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title: "Buying an Additional IP (Public Cloud)"
description: "Learn how to obtain an Additional IP for an OVHcloud Public Cloud project."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/network-services/buying-additional-ip-public-cloud
lang: en
---
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# Buying an Additional IP (Public Cloud)

**Learn how to obtain an Additional IP for an OVHcloud Public Cloud project.**

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| Since October 6th, 2022 our service "Failover IP" is named [Additional IP](https://us.ovhcloud.com/network/additional-ip/). This renaming does not affect its technical features. |

You may need to configure an Additional IP address on your instances for different reasons. For example, you may be:

- Hosting several websites on your instance.
- Hosting international projects.

To meet these needs, you can order an Additional IP address for your Public Cloud instances.

These Additional IP addresses can only be migrated to instances in the same project.

 

## Requirements

- access to the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/)
- a [Public Cloud instance](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/compute/getting-started.md) in your Public Cloud project

 

## Instructions

From the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/):

1. Open your `Public Cloud` project.
2. In the left-hand menu, open `Public IPs` under the **Network** heading.
3. Open the `Additional IP` tab.
4. Click on the `Actions` button and select `Add a new IP`.

 

There are three steps to the ordering process:

1. Select `Additional IP` and click `Next`.
2. Select `United States of America` and click `Next`.
3. Select `your instance` from the drop-down menu, then click on `Generate purchase order`.

 

The purchase order will open automatically for you to complete your purchase.

See our guide on [managing OVHcloud orders](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/account/billing/manage-orders.md) for more details.

You can also find the purchase order in your Control Panel, by going to the **My account** section and clicking on `My orders`.

The next step will be the IP configuration in your OS; please refer to our [guide](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/network-services/configuring-additional-ip-public-cloud.md).

 

## Go further

Browse all the [Networking guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/network-services/landing-page-network-services.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 [Public Cloud Network](https://us.ovhcloud.com/public-cloud/network/) on the OVHcloud US website.