---
title: "associatePublicIpWithServerInstance"
slug: "cli-vserver-publicip-associatepublicipwithserverinstance"
tags: ["VPC", "Server"]
updated: 2026-09-17T10:08:35Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:08:35Z
canonical: "cli.ncloud-docs.com/cli-vserver-publicip-associatepublicipwithserverinstance"
---

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# associatePublicIpWithServerInstance

Available in VPC

Assign public IP instances to server instances.

## Syntax

The `associatePublicIpWithServerInstance` syntax is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver associatePublicIpWithServerInstance \
    --publicIpInstanceNo <public-ip-no> \
    --serverInstanceNo <server-instance-no> \
    [--regionCode <KR|SGN|JPN>] \
    [--output <json|xml>]
```

## Options

This section describes the options available when running `associatePublicIpWithServerInstance`.

### Required options

The following options are required for `associatePublicIpWithServerInstance`.

| Options | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `--publicIpInstanceNo` | String | Required | Public IP instance number - See [getPublicIpInstanceList](/docs/en/cli-vserver-publicip-getpublicipinstancelist). |
| `--serverInstanceNo` | String | Required | Server instance number - See [getServerInstanceList](/docs/en/cli-vserver-server-getserverinstancelist). |

### Common options

For information about the options common to all `vserver` subcommands, see [Server (VPC) options](/docs/en/cli-vserver#%EC%98%B5%EC%85%98).

## Examples

If the request to assign a public IP address is successful, the configuration information for the public IP address and the details of the assigned server are returned.

### Command

The command example is as follows:

```
./ncloud vserver associatePublicIpWithServerInstance \
    --publicIpInstanceNo 78901234 \
    --serverInstanceNo 34567892 \
    --regionCode KR \
    --output json
```

### Output

The output example is as follows:

```
{
  "associatePublicIpWithServerInstanceResponse": {
    "totalRows": 1,
    "publicIpInstanceList": [
      {
        "publicIpInstanceNo": "78901234",
        "publicIp": "203.0.113.10",
        "publicIpDescription": "Test public IP",
        "createDate": "2026-05-14T19:53:38+0900",
        "publicIpInstanceStatusName": "Configuring",
        "publicIpInstanceStatus": {
          "code": "RUN",
          "codeName": "In operation"
        },
        "serverInstanceNo": "34567892",
        "serverName": "public-test-server",
        "privateIp": "192.0.2.6",
        "publicIpInstanceOperation": {
          "code": "SET",
          "codeName": "SETTING OP"
        }
      }
    ],
    "requestId": "d4e5f678-9012-3456-def0-456789012345",
    "returnCode": "0",
    "returnMessage": "success"
  }
}
```