Reserve a static IP

_{Updated May 8, 2026} A reserved IP is a public address you hold onto independently of any specific VM. While an auto-assigned IP returns to the regional pool the moment you detach it, a reserved IP stays in your account until you explicitly release it. You can attach it to a VM today, detach tomorrow, attach to a different VM next week, and it remains the same address the whole time. Reserve when you need a stable address for DNS records, partner / customer whitelists, TLS certificate pinning, or failover patterns where traffic must continue hitting the same IP across VM rebuilds.

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Open the Reserve IP dialog

In Networking → Public IPs, click the orange + Reserve IP button (top right). The dialog opens with three settings and a live total.

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1. Region

The IP is reserved in one region. It can only be attached to VMs in that same region — IPs are never portable across regions. Pick the region where the VMs that will use this IP live.

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2. IP Type

The dialog updates the Total and Hourly rate lines live as you switch between IPv4 and IPv6 — the screenshot above is the IPv4 selection.

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3. Billing Period

Three durations, all at the same effective per-month rate for the chosen IP type (no volume discount today; yearly and 24-month lock the price for the duration). For IPv4 ($3.00/month): For IPv6 ($1.00/month): The dialog shows the live Total and Hourly rate below the period picker. Charges accrue continuously while the IP is reserved, whether attached or not. If you’re confident you’ll need the IP for a year or two, lock in yearly or 24-month — same price, but you reserve cycles’ worth of capacity up front. Monthly is the default and works for most cases.

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4. Click Proceed to Checkout

The order summary applies your account balance first, then charges your saved card for the difference (same flow as VMs, volumes, Object Storage). Confirm to reserve. The IP appears in the Public IPs list immediately, with Type: Reserved and no VM attached. You can attach it to a VM right away, or hold it unattached.

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What “reserved until you cancel” means

Once reserved, the IP is yours alone until you release it:

• No one else can be assigned this address. It’s not in the auto-assign pool. It’s reserved for your account.
• It survives VM detaches — detach the VM, the IP stays in your account, ready to re-attach.
• It survives VM deletion — delete the attached VM, the IP doesn’t go anywhere.
• It survives even when unattached — that’s the whole point. $3/month buys you a permanent address.
• Billing continues whether attached or not. The address is yours; the meter runs.

To stop the billing, you must explicitly release the IP from the Public IPs list. Until then, charges accrue continuously and settle month-end on the 1st against your account balance, just like every other Raff resource.

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Convert an auto-assigned IP to reserved

If you have an auto-assigned IP on a VM and want to convert it to a reserved IP without changing the address, contact support@rafftechnologies.com — the conversion is staff-assisted today. From the dashboard, the only available paths are:

• Reserve a fresh IP + attach to the VM + remove the auto-assigned one (the address will change)
• Or keep auto-assigned (free) and accept the change-on-rebuild trade-off

The support route preserves the existing address and is the right answer when you’ve already published it in DNS or a partner whitelist.

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Pricing summary

Settlement is continuous and lands month-end on the 1st against your account balance — same model as VMs and volumes. If you delete the IP mid-cycle, the unused days are credited back to your balance — same model as VMs and volumes. See Billing model.

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