By irishmick22
I have debian installed on an instance and want to switch to Ubuntu. I have services set up though using the ip that is assigned to my debian install. If I destroy my debian instance and create a new instance in the same DO will my original ip be reassigned to that new instance is there a way to request this?
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Yes, if you recreate it in a short amount of time you will get the same IP address. Make sure the old droplet is fully destroyed before creating a new one.
You are encouraged to help bring this capability about sooner, by voting for it on DigitalOcean’s Customer Feedback Forum: <a href=“http://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digital-ocean/suggestions/2993170-movable-ip-from-vm-to-vm-elastic-ip-?tracking_code=78c5d29b69801650fa8ebf73e0d00862”>movable IP from VM to VM (“elastic IP”) | UserVoice</a>.
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