Associating an Elastic IP Address with the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Instance

An elastic IP address is a static IPv4 address that allows you to access the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault AWS instance from a web browser. An elastic IP address is required in order to configure and maintain the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault node using the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault webGUI and the Entrust Cryptographic Security Platform Vault System Console.

Note: The following procedure is based on the 2019 AWS Console interface. If your version of the AWS Console is different from what is described below, please see your AWS documentation.

1. In the Amazon Management Console's top menu bar, select Services > EC2.
2. In the EC2 Dashboard, select Network & Security > Elastic IPs.
3. Click the blue Allocate new address button.
4. Click Allocate.
5. Make a note of the new IP address and click Close.
6. In the table of elastic IP addresses, select the EIP address you just created.
7. Select Actions > Associate address.
8. On the Associate Address page, select the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault instance in the Instance drop-down list, then click Associate.
9. On the confirmation page, click Close.
10. Repeat this procedure for any other Cryptographic Security Platform Vault instance that does not have an associated IPv4 Public IP address.
11. When you have assigned all Cryptographic Security Platform Vault instances an EIP address, from the EC2 Dashboard, select Instances.
12. In the table, locate your Cryptographic Security Platform Vault instances and make sure the correct elastic IP addresses appear in the IPv4 Public IP column.

What to Do Next 

If this is the first Cryptographic Security Platform Vault node in the cluster, configure it as described in Configuring the First Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Node.

If you are adding this node to an existing Cryptographic Security Platform Vault cluster, see Configuring Additional Cryptographic Security Platform Vault Nodes.