Question

How to change Floating IP on Droplet?

Posted on May 3, 2017
Ubuntu 16.04 Load Balancing DigitalOcean
Asked by Vladimir Chanaev

Ok, DO! How to change Floating IP on Droplet? I already assigned one. But I need to change it to another one. If I delete the current floating IP on Droplet and reassign it again, then I’m geting the same floating IP. But I need different one.

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Jonathan Tittle • May 3, 2017

Accepted Answer

@VladimirChanaev

You can reserve any number of IP’s, in any number of data centers by clicking that link – this will allow you to reserve a Floating IP first, then you can go in, remove the existing from the Droplet, replace it with the new Floating IP and finally, remove the old Floating IP from your account.

As of right now, there’s not a way to be selective without using the above method and having two IP’s for a limited amount of time (until you remove the old one).

DigitalOcean’s backend is setup to attempt to give a customer the same IP that they had if they IP has not yet been reassigned in the time it took to reattach it to the account. If you remove the floating IP and attempt to grab another one seconds later, this is most likely what’s happening.

The above solution works around that, though it does introduce one more step to the process :-).

keveyankaren • February 28, 2019

I have the same question too )

Jeremy Lee • January 17, 2018

I have the same question