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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -x
+
+PUBLIC_IP_NAME=$1
+PUBLIC_IP_RESOURCE_GROUP=$2
+NIC_NAME=$3
+
+az network public-ip create --name "$PUBLIC_IP_NAME" \
+                            --resource-group "$PUBLIC_IP_RESOURCE_GROUP"
+
+az network nic ip-config update --name "ipconfig1" \
+                                --resource-group "$PUBLIC_IP_RESOURCE_GROUP" \
+                                --nic-name "$NIC_NAME" \
+                                --public-ip-address "$PUBLIC_IP_NAME"