Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM, Hostripples Web Hosting

Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM

Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM

By default all accounts on your server will share the same IP address- your server’s main IP. You can assign an account a dedicated IP address. You might want to know what is Dedicated IP? Dedicated IP Address is assigned to only one website i.e. there will be only one website on that IP address.

Also if you wish or move an account from a dedicated IP address to Shared IP.

To do those go to ‘Account Functions’, click ‘Change Site’s IP address’

Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM, Hostripples Web Hosting

Select an account using the domains and users in the list or search for an account below.

Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM, Hostripples Web Hosting

Scroll down. Click change. As you can see this account’s current address is the server’s main shared IP.

Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM, Hostripples Web Hosting

Let’s give it a new address. Choose an IP address from the list. Take note of the warning, changing a site’s IP address may cause it to appear down from some locations until the change has propagated across the entire internet.

Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM, Hostripples Web Hosting

To finish, click ‘Change’. It may take a moment for the IP address to be changed!

Success! The accounts IP address has been changed. You can also change a site’s IP address from the ‘list accounts’ page. Click list account. Click on the ‘+’ sign of the required account whose IP address you want to change. Underneath the table you will see advanced features. In that there is an option to change site’s IP address. Select that option. Allowing you to access the same form we just used.

Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM, Hostripples Web Hosting

You now know how to change a sites IP address in WHM.

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Steps for changing Website’s IP address in WHM, Hostripples Web Hosting
Vishwajit Kale
Vishwajit Kale blazed onto the digital marketing scene back in 2015 and is the digital marketing strategist of Hostripples, a company that aims to provide affordable web hosting solutions. Vishwajit is experienced in digital and content marketing along with SEO. He's fond of writing technology blogs, traveling and reading.