Define public IP addresses for hosts in the VPC Create public IP addresses and associate the IP addresses with hosts in the VPC. Steps Open the Amazon VPC console. Create a public IP address. For more information, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-ip-addressing.html Associate the IP address with the host instance. Click the IP address. Select Actions > Associate address. From the Instance drop-down list, select the host instance. From the Private IP drop-down list, select the private IP address of the host. Click Associate. Click Close.