Is there a way to “detach” a reserved internal or external IP address from a VM to assign it to another instance with the gcloud command?
I want to do this as I’m scripting with Python and want to automate this process.
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Answer
Following commands might help you –
[1]. To reserve external ip addresses.
gcloud compute addresses create mysecond --region=us-central1
[2]. To unset the external ip address.
gcloud compute instances delete-access-config instance-1 --access-config-name="External NAT"
[3]. To assign a new external ip address to a resource.
gcloud compute instances add-access-config instance-1 --access-config-name="External NAT" --address=0.0.0.0(Your external ip address)
[4]. To list available external ip addresses in project
gcloud compute addresses list
gcp public documentation link –
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/ip-addresses/reserve-static-external-ip-address