Reserving Existing IPv4 Addresses in Bulk

• Console
• CLI
• API

• 1. Open the navigation menu and click Networking. Under Virtual cloud networks, click the name of the VCN that you want.
  2. Under Resources, click Subnets.

     The subnets in the VCN are listed.

  3. Click the name of the subnet to access the Subnet Details page.
  4. Under Resources, click IPv4 Addresses.

     The IP addresses in the subnet are listed.

  5. To reserve all IP addresses in bulk, select the Name checkbox, and click Reserve IP address. You can also select several IP addresses individually.
  6. In the Add reserved IP address dialog box, click Reserve IP address.
     All the existing ephemeral IP addresses in the Assigned state are reserved excluding the secondary and already reserved IP addresses.
  7. Click Close.

• Use the private-ip update command and required parameters to remove the private IP address reservation:

  oci network private-ip update --private-ip-id IP_address_OCID
  --hostname-label new_hostname_label ... [OPTIONS]

  Note
  
  If the reserved IPv4 address isn't attached to any instance or Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC), then use the delete command to delete the reserved IPv4 address.

  For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the CLI Command Reference.

• If the reserved IPv4 address is attached to any instance or Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC), run the UpdatePrivateIp operation to remove an private IPv4 address reservation.

  Note
  
  If the reserved IPv4 address isn't attached to any instance or Virtual Network Interface Card (VNIC), then run the DeletePrivateIp operation to delete the reserved IPv4 address.