Reserved IPs

DigitalOcean Reserved IPs are publicly-accessible static IPv4 addresses. Assign and reassign reserved IP addresses to Droplets as needed, or implement an automated failover mechanism with reserved IPs to build a high availability infrastructure. IPv6 support is now available in public preview. Enroll in the feature preview to create reserved IPv6 addresses.

Getting Started

Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.

How-Tos

How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.

Reference

API and CLI reference documentation for Reserved IPs, including example requests and available parameters.

Concepts

Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Reserved IP.

Details

Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.

Support

Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.

Latest Updates

28 February 2025

• Reserved IPv6 addresses are now available in public preview. Reserved IPv6 addresses are publicly-accessible static IPv6 addresses that you can assign to Droplets and instantly remap to other Droplets in the same datacenter. You must opt-in to the public preview to create reserved IPv6 addresses.

23 September 2022

• We have added the project_id field to the Reserved IP service’s API. The project_id field allows you to create and associate Reserved IPs with a DigitalOcean Project.

  Use the project_id and region fields in a Create a new Reserved IP request to create a Reserved IP within a project. You can assign the IP address to a Droplet later using a Reserved IP action request.

  We have added the project_id field to the following Reserved IP API responses:

  • Create a new Reserved IP (POST)
  • List Reserved IPs (GET)
  • Retrieve an existing Reserved IP (GET)
  • Initiate a Reserved IP action (POST)

1 July 2022

• The following pricing changes are now in effect:

  • A new $4 Droplet with 512MB of memory, 10GB of storage, 1 vCPU, and 500GB of outbound data transfer is now available in NYC1, FRA1, SFO3, SGP1, and AMS3. The slug is s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb.

  • We have simplified pricing for DigitalOcean Kubernetes and some managed databases for better accuracy and predictibility.

  • The prices of Droplets, Snapshots, Load Balancers, Reserved IPs, and Custom Images have increased.

  There is no change to pricing for Spaces, backups, volumes, DigitalOcean Container Registry, or App Platform. There are also no changes to inbound data transfer or bandwidth pricing.

  This is our first major price change in 10 years, and we believe the new model better fits our understanding of our customers and the expanded breadth of our offerings. For a more detailed breakdown of the changes, see our blog post on our new pricing.

For more information, see all Reserved IPs release notes.