Quickstart: Create a public IP address using the Azure CLI

In this quickstart, you learn how to create an Azure public IP address. Public IP addresses in Azure are used for public connections to Azure resources. Public IP addresses are available in two SKUs: basic, and standard. Two tiers of public IP addresses are available: regional, and global. The routing preference of a public IP address is set when created. Internet routing and Microsoft Network routing are the available choices.

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create an Azure free account before you begin.

Prerequisites

• Use the Bash environment in Azure Cloud Shell. For more information, see Quickstart for Bash in Azure Cloud Shell.

  

• If you prefer to run CLI reference commands locally, install the Azure CLI. If you're running on Windows or macOS, consider running Azure CLI in a Docker container. For more information, see How to run the Azure CLI in a Docker container.

  • If you're using a local installation, sign in to the Azure CLI by using the az login command. To finish the authentication process, follow the steps displayed in your terminal. For other sign-in options, see Sign in with the Azure CLI.

  • When you're prompted, install the Azure CLI extension on first use. For more information about extensions, see Use extensions with the Azure CLI.

  • Run az version to find the version and dependent libraries that are installed. To upgrade to the latest version, run az upgrade.

• This tutorial requires version 2.0.28 or later of the Azure CLI. If using Azure Cloud Shell, the latest version is already installed.

Create a resource group

An Azure resource group is a logical container into which Azure resources are deployed and managed.

Create a resource group with az group create named QuickStartCreateIP-rg in the eastus2 location.

  az group create \
    --name QuickStartCreateIP-rg \
    --location eastus2

Create public IP

Standard SKU

Note

Standard SKU public IP is recommended for production workloads. For more information about SKUs, see Public IP addresses.

The following command works for API version 2020-08-01 or later. For more information about the API version currently being used, please refer to Resource Providers and Types.

Use az network public-ip create to create a standard zone-redundant public IPv4 address named myStandardPublicIP in QuickStartCreateIP-rg.

To create an IPv6 address, modify the --version parameter to IPv6.

  az network public-ip create \
    --resource-group QuickStartCreateIP-rg \
    --name myStandardPublicIP \
    --version IPv4 \
    --sku Standard \
    --zone 1 2 3

Important

For versions of the API older than 2020-08-01, execute the command without specifying a --zone parameter to create a zone-redundant IP address.

Basic SKU

In this section, you create a basic IP. Basic public IPs don't support availability zones.

Use az network public-ip create to create a basic static public IPv4 address named myBasicPublicIP in QuickStartCreateIP-rg.

To create an IPv6 address, modify the --version parameter to IPv6.

  az network public-ip create \
    --resource-group QuickStartCreateIP-rg \
    --name myBasicPublicIP \
    --version IPv4 \
    --sku Basic \
    --allocation-method Static

If it's acceptable for the IP address to change over time, Dynamic IP assignment can be selected by changing the --allocation-method to Dynamic.

Note

A basic IPv6 address must always be 'Dynamic'.

Create a zonal or no-zone IP address

In this section, you learn how to create a zonal or no-zone public IP address.

Zonal

To create a standard zonal public IPv4 address in Zone 2 named myStandardPublicIP in QuickStartCreateIP-rg, use the following command.

To create an IPv6 address, modify the --version parameter to IPv6.

  az network public-ip create \
    --resource-group QuickStartCreateIP-rgLB \
    --name myStandardPublicIP-zonal \
    --version IPv4 \
    --sku Standard \
    --zone 2

Note

The above options for zones are only valid selections in regions with Availability Zones.

Non-zonal

In this section, you create a non-zonal IP address.

Note

The following command works for API version 2020-08-01 or later. For more information about the API version currently being used, please refer to Resource Providers and Types.

Use az network public-ip create to create a standard public IPv4 address as a non-zonal resource named myStandardPublicIP-nozone in QuickStartCreateIP-rg.

To create an IPv6 address, modify the --version parameter to IPv6.

  az network public-ip create \
    --resource-group QuickStartCreateIP-rg \
    --name myStandardPublicIP-nozone \
    --version IPv4 \
    --sku Standard

The removal of the --zone parameter in the command is valid in all regions.

The removal of the --zone parameter is the default selection for standard public IP addresses in regions without Availability Zones.

Routing Preference and Tier

Standard SKU static public IPv4 addresses support Routing Preference or the Global Tier feature.

Routing Preference

By default, the routing preference for public IP addresses is set to Microsoft network, which delivers traffic over Microsoft's global wide area network to the user.

The selection of Internet minimizes travel on Microsoft's network, instead using the transit ISP network to deliver traffic at a cost-optimized rate.

For more information on routing preference, see What is routing preference (preview)?.

The command creates a new standard zone-redundant public IPv4 address with a routing preference of type Internet:

  az network public-ip create \
    --resource-group QuickStartCreateIP-rg \
    --name myStandardPublicIP-RP \
    --version IPv4 \
    --ip-tags 'RoutingPreference=Internet' \
    --sku Standard \
    --zone 1 2 3

Tier

Public IP addresses are associated with a single region. The Global tier spans an IP address across multiple regions. Global tier is required for the frontends of cross-region load balancers.

For more information, see Cross-region load balancer.

The following command creates a global IPv4 address. This address can be associated with the frontend of a cross-region load balancer.

  az network public-ip create \
    --resource-group QuickStartCreateIP-rg \
    --name myStandardPublicIP-Global \
    --version IPv4 \
    --tier global \
    --sku Standard \

Note

Global tier addresses don't support Availability Zones.

Clean up resources

If you're not going to continue to use this application, delete the public IP address with the following steps:

1. In the search box at the top of the portal, enter Resource group.

2. In the search results, select Resource groups.

3. Select QuickStartCreateIP-rg.

4. Select Delete resource group.

5. Enter QuickStartCreateIP-rg for TYPE THE RESOURCE GROUP NAME and select Delete.

Next steps

Advance to the next article to learn how to create a public IP prefix:

Create public IP prefix using the Azure CLI