---
title: "Activate Functions"
description: "Activate Functions in MyAccount, see what activation gives you and charges, and the prepaid balance rule to activate."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "functions"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/functions/how-to/activate-functions/"
topic: ["activate"]
---

# Activate Functions

Activate Functions once for your account to start creating functions. Activation gives the
account a dedicated outbound IP. From then on, the CPU monthly minimum applies each month.

## Before you begin

You need:

- A MyAccount account. Functions is available in Delhi.
- If your account is prepaid, a balance that covers the CPU monthly minimum. With less, MyAccount
  refuses with "Credit are not sufficient."

## Activate Functions

1. In MyAccount, open **Compute > Functions**.
2. Click **Get Started**, then **Activate**.

Activation ends on **Create Function**, with "FaaS plan activated successfully."

## What activation gives you

Activation gives the account a dedicated outbound IP. Every function you create calls out to external services through that one
IP. MyAccount calls it a "Dedicated IP for whitelisting requirement".

An external system can allow that one address in its firewall for all your functions. To find
the address, select any function in the Functions list and open the **Info** tab below the list.
The address is shown as **Outbound IP**, the same for every function.

## What activation charges

The CPU monthly minimum applies for each month in which Functions is active. It includes 4,50,000
GB-seconds of CPU usage. For the amount, see
[E2E's pricing page](https://www.e2enetworks.com/pricing). For how usage is counted, see
[Billing](/myaccount/functions/concepts/billing/).

A prepaid account pays the minimum from its prepaid balance when it activates. Each activation
charges it again, even in the same month. A postpaid account pays nothing at the moment it
activates. The minimum comes on its monthly bill.

If you deactivate Functions later in the same month, the minimum stays on that month's bill. It
is not refunded. See [Deactivate Functions](/myaccount/functions/how-to/deactivate-functions/)
for what deactivation removes.

## What you have now

Functions is activated and you can create your first function. See
[Create a function](/myaccount/functions/how-to/create-a-function/). If activation is refused,
see [Troubleshooting Functions](/myaccount/functions/troubleshooting/functions/).