Setup & operation
How many IP addresses can I have on one VPS?
Short answer
Every instance includes one IPv4 address and a routed IPv6 /64 — that is 18 quintillion v6 addresses, not one. Up to eight additional IPv4 addresses can be added per instance at $3 a month each, from the panel, with no justification form and no waiting period.
The /64 is genuinely routed to your instance rather than a single assigned address, so you can give every container, virtual machine or service its own public IPv6 address without NAT.
Additional IPv4 addresses are the usual answer for proxy rotation, multiple TLS endpoints before SNI, or separating mail from web reputation. Bastion instances include three by default.
See also: IPv6
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