Foundations · VPC & Edge
Identity that outlives the box
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Detach the network card, keep every identity attached to it.

An ENI's IPs, Elastic IP, and MAC address all move with it to a new instance.

Elastic IP

Static public IPv4, yours until released — unlike an auto-assigned IP that changes on every stop/start

ENI

Private IP + EIP + MAC + Security Groups, detachable from one instance and attachable to another

The ENI hot-swap is still the real fix for stateful workloads an Auto Scaling Group can't simply replace — a licensed appliance, anything where the network identity itself must survive the failure.