# Binding an IP Address to or Unbinding an IP Address from a Load Balancer

#### Scenarios

You can bind an IP address to a load balancer or unbind an IP address from a load balancer based on service requirements. If you bind an EIP to a load balancer, it can route requests over the Internet. If the EIP is not needed any longer, you can unbind it from the load balancer.

You can only bind EIPs to or unbind EIPs from shared load balancers.

#### Binding an EIP

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner of the page, click and select the desired region and project.
3. Hover on in the upper left corner to display Service List and choose Network > Elastic Load Balancing.
4. Locate the load balancer and click More > Bind EIP in the Operation column.
5. In the Bind EIP dialog box, select the EIP to be bound and click OK.

Alternatively, go to the basic information page of the load balancer and click Bind next to EIP.

#### Unbinding an EIP

1. Log in to the management console.
2. In the upper left corner of the page, click and select the desired region and project.
3. Hover on in the upper left corner to display Service List and choose Network > Elastic Load Balancing.
4. Locate the load balancer and click More > Unbind EIP in the Operation column.
5. Click Yes.

Alternatively, go to the basic information page of the load balancer and click Unbind next to EIP.

Parent topic: Load Balancer