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#Assign a Public IP Address

#*Ensure you are still viewing the instances list where you were redirected as your VM launched. If you need to use the navigation panel, select options ''Compute->Instances'' on the OpenStack menu.

#*Click on the drop-down arrow menu (indicated by ▼) on the far right of the row for your VM and select ''Associate Floating IP'', then in the ''Allocate Floating IP'' window, click on the ''Allocate IP'' button. If this is your first time associating a floating IP, you need to click on the “+” sign in the ''Manage Floating IP Associations'' dialog box. If you need to allocate a public IP address for this VM again in the future, you can select one from the list by clicking the ▼ in the ''IP Address'' field.

#*Click on the ''Associate'' button.

#*You should now have two IP addresses in your IP address column. One will be of the form <code>192.168.X.Y</code>, the other is your public IP. You can also find a list of your public IP addresses and their associated projects by going to ''Network->Floating IPs''. You will need your public IP when you are trying to connect to your VM.

#*On the OpenStack left menu, select ''Network->Security Groups''.

#*On the group row named ''default'', click on the ''Manage Rules'' button on the far right.

#*On the next screen, click on the ''+Add Rule'' button near the top right corner.

#*In the ''Rule'' drop-down menu, select ''SSH''.

#* The ''Remote'' text box should automatically have ''CIDR'' in it; do not change this.

#*In the ''CIDR'' text box, replace <code>0.0.0.0/0</code> with <code>your-ip/32</code>. Note that this is the IP address of the physical computer you are wanting to use to connect to your VM. If you don't know your current IP address, you can see it by going to [http://ipv4.icanhazip.com ipv4.icanhazip.com] in your browser. If you want to access your VM from other IPs, you can add more rules with different IP addresses. If you want to specify a range of IP addresses use [https://www.ipaddressguide.com/cidr this tool] to calculate your CIDR rule for a range of IP addresses.