# Binding a Virtual IP Address to an EIP

#### Scenarios

This section describes how to bind a virtual IP address to an EIP.

#### Prerequisites

- You have assigned an EIP.

#### Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.

2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Elastic IP.
4. Locate the row that contains the EIP to be bound to the virtual IP address, and click Bind in the Operation column.
5. In the Bind EIP dialog box, set Instance Type to Virtual IP address.
6. In the virtual IP address list, select the virtual IP address to be bound and click OK.

Parent topic: Virtual IP Address