EC2 Elastic IP address not associated with an instance

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EC2 Elastic IP address not associated with an instance

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Description

An Elastic IP address is a public IP that is reachable from the internet. You can associate an Elastic IP address with an EC2 instance or a network interface to enable communication with the internet. It was detected that the EC2 Elastic IP address {AwsEc2ElasticIpAddress} has no association with an EC2 instance or a network interface. An EC2 Elastic IP address with no association still owes a small fee even though it is unused. For more information about Amazon EC2 Pricing, see: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

Recommended Mitigation

It is recommended to release an IP address from usage if it is no longer needed. For more information on how to 'Release an Elastic IP address', see: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.html#using-instance-addressing-eips-releasing

EC2 Elastic IP address not associated with an instance

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