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title: "Upgrading and downgrading private bandwidth (vRack) via OVHcloud API"
description: "Learn how to upgrade or downgrade the public vRack bandwidth for your OVHcloud Dedicated Server via the OVHcloud API."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/upgrading-downgrading-private-bandwidth-vrack-via-ovhcloud-api
lang: en
---
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# Upgrading and downgrading private bandwidth (vRack) via OVHcloud API

**Learn how to upgrade or downgrade the public vRack bandwidth for your OVHcloud Dedicated Server via the OVHcloud API.**

 

## Requirements

- access to [OVHcloud API](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/) (to get started, use [this guide](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/manage-and-operate/api/first-steps.md))
- a [Dedicated Server](https://us.ovhcloud.com/bare-metal/)
- a [vRack](https://us.ovhcloud.com/network/vrack/) service activated on your account

 

## Instructions

### Find available services

Use the following API call to list all the available services for upgrade (or downgrade) and verify that the service you wish to upgrade/downgrade is listed:

[GET /order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/console/?section=/order/upgrade&branch=v1#get-/order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth)

 

### Find the plan code

List available offers and find the **planCode** of your choice with the API call below:

[GET /order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth/{serviceName}](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/console/?section=/order/upgrade&branch=v1#get-/order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth/-serviceName-)

 

### Review your order

Use the following API call for a preview of your order, including pricing:

[GET /order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth/{serviceName}/{planCode}](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/console/?section=/order/upgrade&branch=v1#get-/order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth/-serviceName-/-planCode-)

 

### Submit your order

To officially submit the order, use the following API call:

[POST /order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth/{serviceName}/{planCode}](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/console/?section=/order/upgrade&branch=v1#post-/order/upgrade/baremetalPrivateBandwidth/-serviceName-/-planCode-)

 

### Verify

Use the API call below to retrieve the network information of your Dedicated Server:

[GET /dedicated/server/{serviceName}/specifications/network](https://api.us.ovhcloud.com/console/?section=/dedicated/server&branch=v1#get-/dedicated/server/-serviceName-/specifications/network)

 

## Go further

Browse all the [Dedicated Servers guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/landing-page-dedicated-servers.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [Dedicated Servers](https://us.ovhcloud.com/bare-metal/) on the OVHcloud US website.

**Note:**

**Article Contributor(s):**

- Suhail R