---
title: Failover IP - Quickstart
description: This page provides a quickstart guide for failover IP for Dedibox servers.
tags: dedibox failover-failover IP ip 
---
import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'
import FailoverIp from '@macros/network/failover-ip-limitations.mdx'


Failover IPs are IP addresses you can order and move from one server to another (even across data centers), without changing your whole configuration. If your server is out of order, you can move the failover IP to your fallback server, and keep your services available without any downtime. Failover IPs can also be used as additional IP addresses for a single server, for example, if you want to give each website in Plesk its IP. Another functionality of Failover IPs is to create virtual machines on your Dedibox.

<Requirements />

- A Dedibox account logged into the [console](https://console.online.net)

<FailoverIp />

## How to order a failover IP

1. Click **Server** in your Dedibox console to display a list of your dedicated servers. Then click on the server you want to configure.
2. On the server's status page, click **Failover** in the menu on the left.
3. The list of your existing failover IPs displays. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click **Order IP addresses**.
4. Select either an IP block or individual IP address and click **Command failover IP block** or **Command failover IP** for individual IPs.
5. Confirm the order by clicking **Order**.

## How to assign a failover IP

1. Click **Server** in your Dedibox console to display a list of your dedicated servers. Then click on the server you want to configure.
2. On the server's status page, click **Failover** in the menu on the left.
3. The list of your existing failover IPs displays. Drag and drop your failover IP from the list on the left to the ID of the server you want to use as destination host.
4. Click **Update** once you finish the failover IP destination configuration.

    The failover IP will be routed to the new destination host within a few minutes.

## How to configure a failover IP

We provide a series of dedicated how-to's about the configuration of failover IPs on your Dedibox server:

* [How to configure a failover IP on CentOS](/dedibox-ip-failover/how-to/configure-centos/)
* [How to configure a failover IP on Debian/Ubuntu](/dedibox-ip-failover/how-to/configure-debian-ubuntu/)
* [How to configure a failover IP on FreeBSD](/dedibox-ip-failover/how-to/configure-freebsd/)
* [How to configure a failover IP on Windows Server](/dedibox-ip-failover/how-to/configure-windows/)
* [How to configure the network of a virtual machine](/dedibox-ip-failover/how-to/configure-network-virtual-machine/).