---
title: "Reserve IP"
description: "Reserve IP keeps a public IP, or a private IP from a VPC in your MyAccount project, yours until you delete it."
content_type: "overview"
product: "tir-reserved-ip"
platform: "TIR"
url: "/tir/tir-reserved-ip/"
---

# Reserve IP

A reserved IP is an address kept for you until you delete it, so a resource can keep the same address
through stops, starts, and replacements. Reserve one of two kinds:

- A **public** reserved IP is a static internet address. Point DNS at it, give clients one address that
  stays the same, and move it to a new resource when you replace the old one.
- A **VPC IP** is a private address from a VPC in your E2E MyAccount project. Attached to a TIR instance or
  inference service, it lets that resource talk to your MyAccount VPC over a private address.

Two related screens sit beside it under **Networking**: [Security Groups](/tir/tir-security-group/) decide
which traffic your resources accept and send, and [VPC](/tir/tir-vpc/) gives your VMs a private network
of their own.

## Where to find it

In TIR, open your project. In the side menu, under **PLATFORM SERVICES**, select **Networking**. **Reserve IP**
opens, with **Security Groups** and **VPC** below it.

## What you can do

- [Reserve an IP](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/how-to/reserve-an-ip-address/): a public address with **Reserve
  New IP**, or a private one from a MyAccount VPC with **Reserve from VPC**.
- [Attach a reserved IP](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/how-to/attach-a-reserved-ip/) to an instance, a VM, a Slurm
  cluster, a Kubernetes cluster, or an inference service.
- [Detach a reserved IP](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/how-to/detach-a-reserved-ip/) to move it to another resource.
- [Transfer a reserved IP](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/how-to/transfer-a-reserved-ip/), a public one, to another
  project.
- [Delete a reserved IP](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/how-to/delete-a-reserved-ip/) you are done with.

[Reserved IPs](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/concepts/reserved-ips/) compares the two kinds and explains their
states, and [Reserved IP billing](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/concepts/reserved-ip-billing/) explains what is
charged.

## Where to start

In [Get started with Reserve IP](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/get-started/), you reserve a public IP and attach it
to an instance. The [Reserve IP FAQ](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/faq/) has short answers, and
[Troubleshooting Reserve IP](/tir/tir-reserved-ip/troubleshooting/tir-reserved-ip/) explains each message.