Re-routing global IP addresses using the UI

Follow these steps to route a global IP address to a device, such as a bare metal server, portable subnet address, gateway virtual IP, or virtual server instance.

1. From your browser, open the IBM Cloud console and log in to your account.
2. From the console, click the Menu icon and select Infrastructure > Classic Infrastructure.
3. Select Network > IP Management > Subnets.
4. Find the global IP address you want to route. If necessary, use the Filter subnets section, selecting Global as Type to show only the global IP addresses.
5. Click the Overflow Menu for the global IP address you want to re-route and select Change route.
6. Select a Routing option.
7. Select a routing endpoint.
   • For Unrouted global IP addresses, no routing endpoint is needed.
   • For Static global IP addresses, a table of subnets is shown. Expand the subnet row(s) to see a list of IP addresses that are available to route your global IP address to.
8. Click Change route. A confirmation window will appear.
9. Review the route change details and click Confirm.

When you initiate the global IP address route, the process begins. Routes generally take less than one minute to complete.

Re-routing global IP addresses using the API

You can route and unroute global IP addresses assigned to your account using the API.