When you host a website on a server, it works by using the server's shared IP address - a special number that's used to distinguish any kind of device connected to the World Wide Web. The domain name which you use for the website is for easy accessibility and convenience of the website visitors, but on a more basic level, their Internet browser connects to the IP address of the server. As there are a lot more sites than IPs, shared website hosting servers use the very same IP for several sites even in case they belong to several users. Even though this doesn't affect the site performance directly, having a dedicated IP can slightly boost the loading speed of a particular site, granting it superior rankings in search engine results. Such an IP is necessary for the installation of an SSL certificate too, so when you want to protect the payment or login data that your site visitors type in, you will need an IP alongside the SSL.
Dedicated IP Address in Shared Web Hosting
When you use some of our shared web hosting plans, you can add a dedicated IP address to your account with ease and assign it to any domain or subdomain with no more than a couple of clicks. This is valid no matter which data center you have selected for the account during the sign-up process, which means that you are able to take full advantage of this feature in our US, UK and AU facilities. In this way, you can have a dedicated IP for an electronic commerce site, for instance, while a forum attached to it can use the server's shared IP since you can edit each and every domain or subdomain independently through the Hosted Domains area of your Hepsia Control Panel. If you would like a dedicated IP for an SSL certificate and you acquire the SSL through our company, you will be able to use the auto-configuration tool, which will assign an IP and set up the SSL automatically for the website where you wish to use them.
Dedicated IP Address in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you have a semi-dedicated server account, adding a new dedicated IP address takes just a couple of clicks. Our Hepsia Control Panel is very simple and intuitive to use, so even when you have not had a website hosting account before, you won't have any difficulties to obtain and assign a dedicated IP address. Any domain or subdomain within the account can use its own IP address other than the server's shared one and you'll be able to make this change in the Hosted Domains section, where you can also see all IPs that your sites can use and if a dedicated IP is accessible or you are already using it. In case that you need an IP for an SSL certificate, we have an SSL order tool through which you are able to select everything to be set up automatically. When you use this feature, our system will change the IP of the desired domain/subdomain to a dedicated one and it will set up your certificate within a matter of minutes, so you shall not have to do anything on your end except for approving your SSL request via email.
Dedicated IP Address in VPS Servers
In case you acquire a VPS server from our company, you'll receive a dedicated IP address automatically and another one when you acquire a website hosting Control Panel (Hepsia, cPanel, DirectAdmin). You're able to use the IP addresses for any kind of purpose - a website, some web application such as a VOIP server, even for private name servers that you are able to use to point to your VPS any domain name that you plan to host. You can even add extra dedicated IP addresses to the VPS account when you need them. This can be done via the billing Control Panel that you will receive to manage renewals, upgrade purchases and domain registrations and it takes just a couple of clicks. After you upload your order, the added IP addresses will be accessible, so you are able to use them the way you like.
Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Servers
Because all of our dedicated servers offer 3 dedicated IP addresses included in the plans by default, we shall give you a head start if you would like to run any application which requires this kind of an IP. We provide them at zero cost and you are able to use them for as long as you use the server for anything you'd like - child name servers for any domain that you host, an SSL certificate for any website on the server, a software server (online games, VOIP), and so on. Through the Upgrades menu in the billing Control Panel that you'll obtain to take care of renewals, service upgrades and domain registrations, you'll also be able to buy more dedicated IP addresses in groups of three at any moment. They will be assigned to your server in a few minutes, so that you can start using them for your websites and web-based apps without delay.