When a Cloud Server is created, it is provided with a public IP included in the cost.
You can buy as many public IPs as you need: you will only be charged for the number of Public IPs over and above the number of active Cloud Servers (e.g. with 5 active Cloud Servers and 6 public IPs, you will only be charged for one public IP). If the number of IPs is less than or equal to the number of active Cloud Servers, no charges will be due.
When a Cloud Server is archived, the public IP assigned on creation will be disconnected and will start to incur a cost.
Public IPs can be purchased as follows:
- sign in to the Control panel;
- in the left vertical COMPUTE menu, select Network > Public IPs;
- in the Public IPs section, click on CREATE PUBLIC IP;
- the New Public IP pop-up will be displayed;
- compatibility with the hypervisor can be selected as either:
- Openstack;
- VMware / Hyper-V;
- decide either to:
- get a randomly assigned IP address;
- select a free network from one on which you already have an IP;
- press CONFIRM to confirm;
- at the end of the operation, the pop-up New Public IP Created will be displayed, containing details for IPv4 and IPv6.