Extra ip address configuration
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Last Update a year ago
For extra IPs to work, you must configure them inside the operating system of the server you use.
To temporarily configure an IPv4 “1.2.3.4”, you can run:
Please note that this configuration will not survive a reboot.
To configure the first IPv6 address of an IPv6 netblock 2a01:4f8:2c17:2c::/64, you should run:
How do i permanently configure an extra IP?
On Debian based distributions (Ubuntu versions before 20.04, Debian):
1. Access the server via SSH.
2. Create the configuration file and open an editor:
3. Paste the following configuration into the editor and replace your.Extra.IP with your extra IP:
IPv4:
IPv6:
4. Now you should restart your network. Caution: This will reset your network connection:
Ubuntu 20.04:
1. Access the server via SSH.
2. Create the configuration file and open an editor:
3. Paste the following configuration into the editor and replace your.Extra.IP with your extra IP:
IPv4:
IPv6:
4. Now you should restart your network. Caution: This will reset your network connection:
On RHEL based distributions (Fedora, CentOS):
1. Access the server via SSH.
2. Create the configuration file and open an editor:
3. Paste the following configuration into the editor and replace your.Extra.IP with your extra IP:
IPv4:
IPv6:
4. Now you should restart your network. Caution: This will reset your network connection: