How to keep my droplet IP if I want to remove it and install?

Hi @mikewu,

Rebuilding a Droplet wipes the Droplet’s disk and replaces it with an image you select. This is an option if you’re concerned that your Droplet has been compromised, you’ve lost access to it, you’d like to switch operating system versions, or you’d like to completely replace the contents of a Droplet.

Basically, what you need to do is go to your Control Panel --> On your Droplet Go to the Destroy Tab --> Select the Rebuild Droplet —> Use an image of your choosing.

Now, you mentioned that you already tried to rebuilt it by messed up your firewall settings. What settings are those? Additionally, you can always remove or update your firewall settings.

If you don’t have access to your Droplet, you can use the recovery console, enter the Droplet and fix the firewall from there:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/recovery/recovery-console/

Hello @mikewu

You can rebuild the droplet from the snapshot to keep the current IP address. You can use any image in your account that runs an OS that is in the same family as the Droplet you’re rebuilding, including backups, snapshots, custom images, 1-Click Applications, and base OS distributions we provide. If you’re trying to rebuild from a backup, you need to convert the backup into a snapshot before rebuilding your Droplet.

Rebuilding a Droplet wipes the Droplet’s disk and replaces it with an image you select. This is an option if you’re concerned that your Droplet has been compromised, you’ve lost access to it, you’d like to switch operating system versions, or you’d like to completely replace the contents of a Droplet.

You can also assign a floating IP to the droplet so that even if the droplet is destroyed, you can assign the Floating IP to another droplet.

To learn more about the floating IPs, you can check this guide: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/floating-ips/

I hope this helps!