Allocate an IP address

Allocates a new IPv4 Address on your Account. The Linode must be configured to support additional addresses - please Open a support ticket requesting additional addresses before attempting allocation.

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You can run this operation for Linodes with legacy configuration interfaces. You can't use it for Linodes with Linode interfaces. To allocate an IP for a Linode with Linode interfaces, use the Add a Linode interface operation and set the public IPv4 address to auto.

Permissions and scopes

To call this operation, you need permissions, based on the model you're using:

• OAuth scopes. Your user needs these scopes assigned. Learn more.

  • Scopes: ips:read_write

CLI

linode-cli networking ip-add \
  --type ipv4 \
  --public true \
  --linode_id 123

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