---
title: "Reserve an IP"
description: "Reserve a new public IPv4 address from the pool, or reserve the public IP a resource already has, so it stays yours."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "reserved-ip"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/reserve-an-ip/"
topic: ["reserve"]
---

# Reserve an IP

Reserving an IP gives your account a public IPv4 address to keep. You can take a fresh address
from E2E's pool, or reserve the public IP a resource already has, so that the address stays
yours after the resource is deleted.

## Before you begin

- A MyAccount account with credit. A reserved IP is billed monthly for as long as you hold it;
  the reserve popup shows the price before you confirm.
- Room under your limit: 10 reserved IPs by default, across all projects. At the limit, the
  reserve buttons open the **Reserve IP Limit Exceeded** popup instead; see
  [Request a higher reserved IP limit](/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/request-a-higher-reserved-ip-limit/).

## Reserve a new IP from the pool

Take this path when you want a new address to attach wherever you need it.

1. Open **Network > Reserve IP** and click **Reserve New IP**.
2. Keep **Reserve IP from the default network** selected.
3. Click **Reserve a new IP**.

The address appears in the list with the status **Available**, ready to attach.

## Reserve the public IP a resource already has

Take this path when people already reach a resource on its address and you want to keep that
address, for example before you replace the node.

1. Open **Network > Reserve IP** and click **Reserve Resource IP**.
2. Select the product, **Node** or, in Delhi, **Load Balancer**, then pick the resource. You
   can pick any resource with a public IP that is not reserved yet; the others show in the
   list, greyed out.
3. Click **Reserve IP**.

The address appears in the list with the status **Unavailable**, because the resource is still
using it. The resource keeps running on the address as before. When you later delete the resource, the address turns
**Available** and stays in your account.

## Put the address to use

The address is yours until you delete it. Attach it to a node or a firewall as an
[Add-on IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/attach-a-reserved-ip-as-an-add-on-ip/), make it a
node's [primary public IP](/myaccount/node/how-to/attach-a-reserved-ip/), or
[use it as a Floating IP](/myaccount/reserved-ip/how-to/use-a-reserved-ip-as-a-floating-ip/)
shared by several nodes.