---
title: "Get started with Reserved IP"
description: "Reserve a public IPv4 address in MyAccount, attach it to one of your nodes as an Add-on IP, and connect to the node on it."
content_type: "get-started"
product: "reserved-ip"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/reserved-ip/get-started/"
---

# Get started with Reserved IP

Reserve a public IPv4 address, attach it to one of your nodes as an Add-on IP, and check that it answers. You need a MyAccount account
with credit and a node to attach the address to.

## Reserve an address

Open **Network > Reserve IP** and click **Reserve New IP**. The popup shows the monthly
price. Keep **Reserve IP from the default network** selected and click **Reserve a new IP**.

The address appears in the list with the status **Available**: it is yours and ready to
attach.

## Attach it to your node

Make sure the node is unlocked. Then open the address's **Actions** menu and choose **Attach
IP**, select **Node**, pick your node, and click **Attach IP**.

The status changes to **Attached**, and your node's name appears under **Assigned To**. On the
node's **Network** tab, the address is listed with the node's add-on IPv4 addresses, next to
its own public IP.

## Check that it answers

The node picks up the address on its own, with nothing to set up inside it. Connect to the
node over SSH on the reserved IP, the same way you connect on its own address. On a Linux
node, `ip addr` lists the reserved IP next to the node's own public IP.

## Next steps

The address stays yours when you detach it or delete the node, and you can attach it to the
next node you build. From here you can:

- [Use it as a Floating IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/use-a-reserved-ip-as-a-floating-ip/)
  shared by up to four nodes.
- Make it a node's [primary public IP](/myaccount/node/how-to/attach-a-reserved-ip/) instead.
- Keep the address a node already has when you
  [delete the node](/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/reserve-a-nodes-public-ip-when-you-delete-it/).

If the attach does not go through, see
[Troubleshooting Reserved IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/troubleshooting/reserved-ip/).