Creating an AWS EC2 instance with a Public IP

The first couple of times you create a new EC2 instance on AWS this is an easy option to miss, and it defaults to private IP only.

If you want to create an EC2 instance with a public IP, when you create your instance from the dashboard ensure this option is set to ‘Enable’ :

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