# addPublicIPAddress

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Network](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.network.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an Azure Public IP Address resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addPublicIPAddress(name: string): AzurePublicIPAddressResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[AzurePublicIPAddressResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.network/azurepublicipaddressresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.network/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)