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How to Move an Additional IP

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Stephanie R.
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NOTE: Since October 6th, 2022, our service "Failover IP" is named Additional IP. This renaming does not affect its technical features.

Additional IP addresses can be moved between the services you use. This provides an advantage since you can maintain your IP reputation, your SEO, and improve the continuity of service of your applications and systems.
With this technology, you can switch IP addresses from one solution to another in less than a minute, with virtually no interruption to services for your users. It is useful for service migrations (e.g. moving projects from development to production), or when switching to a backup server during a technical issue.

NOTE: An additional IP cannot be moved from one zone to another. For example, an IP located in the VH datacenter cannot be moved to the HB datacenter. Migration only works for whole blocks, it is not possible to migrate individual IPs within a block.

This guide explains how to move an additional IP in your OVHcloud Manager or via the OVHcloud API.

Requirements

NOTE: This feature might be unavailable or limited on servers of the Eco product line. Please visit our comparison page for more information.
NOTE: If the Additional IP address or one of the block IP addresses has a virtual MAC attached, the target server must support the vMAC functionality. Please see this guide for details.  Otherwise, the virtual MACs must be removed from the Additional IPs before the transfer.

Instructions

NOTE: When an IP block containing unique virtual MAC addresses is moved between two servers, those addresses are temporarily suspended. They will appear on the new server once the move is complete.

On the other hand, blocks containing duplicate virtual MAC addresses cannot be moved. You must first delete the duplicate virtual MAC address on the block to be moved.

If an IP block is moved/added to the vRack, it is no longer linked to a physical server. In this case, any virtual MAC address will be lost during the transfer.

Moving an IP from the OVHcloud Control Panel

NOTE: Only a single size block (/32) can be moved from a dedicated server to a VPS.

From the OVHcloud Control Panel:

  1. Click on the Bare Metal Cloud tab at the top of the page.
  2. Click on the IP section in the left-hand navigation menu.
  3. Click the Additional IP tab.
  4. Click on the ... button to the right of the IP address you want to move.
  5. Select Move the additional IP.

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In the pop-up window, select the service to move the IP address to from the menu.

Click Next. On the next screen, click Confirm.

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Moving an IP via the API

Log in to the OVHcloud API.

First, it is best to check if the IP address can be moved.
To check if the IP can be moved to one of your dedicated servers, use the following call:

GET /dedicated/server/{serviceName}/ipCanBeMovedTo
  • serviceName: the destination dedicated server reference
  • ip: the additional IP address to move

To move the IP address, use the following call:

POST /dedicated/server/{serviceName}/ipMove
  • serviceName: the destination dedicated server reference
  • ip: the additional IP address to move

Go further

For more information and tutorials, explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.

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