Amazon Web Services • Regarding the default setting (Public IP Assign) when restoring an EC2 instance from the VB4AWS UI

Hi,

I am submitting my feedback here because I was directed to post on the forum in the following support case.
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Case # 08068486
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Use VB4AWS to back up an EC2 instance in a private subnet.
When you restore the instance by selecting the “Restore to original location” option, the EC2 instance will start up with only a private IP address.
This is because the original EC2 instance that was backed up had only a private IP address and was not assigned a public IP address.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbaws ... tml?ver=10

However, if you select the “Restore to a new location, or with different settings” option, the public IP assignment is set to the default value.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbaws ... tml?ver=10

To be honest, I don’t think it’s appropriate from a security standpoint for public IP assignment to be the default setting.
I believe the default should be not to assign a public IP.

Alternatively, it should be selected automatically based on the EC2 settings of the backup source.
I hope this will be changed in future updates.

Kind Regards,
Asahi

Statistics: Posted by Asahi — Apr 27, 2026 1:06 am

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