Viewing and Changing a Floating IP Address
Scenarios
You can change floating IP addresses after migrating on-premises databases or other cloud databases to RDS.
Constraints
After a floating IP address is changed, the domain name needs to be resolved again. This operation takes several minutes and may interrupt database connections. Therefore, you are advised to change a floating IP address during off-peak hours.
Only floating IPv4 addresses can be changed.
Procedure
You can use a self-configured floating IP address when creating a DB instance.
You can change the floating IP address of an existing DB instance.
- Log in to the management console.
- Click
in the upper left corner and select a region and a project. - Click Service List. Under Database, click Relational Database Service.
- On the Instances page, click the target DB instance.
- In the Connection Information area on the Basic Information page, click Change in the Floating IP Address field.
- Enter an available IP address and click OK.
An in-use IP address cannot be used as the new floating IP address of the DB instance.
Parent topic: Connection Management
- Scenarios
- Constraints
- Procedure