All devices on the Internet are recognized by a special number called an IP address, such as 123.123.123.123. In case you have a website, the domain that you type to be able to load it is for your convenience, yet the server where the website files are still has an IP address. Considering that there're many more websites and devices than there're IP addresses, all shared hosting servers have a number of websites under the same IP, whereas with a dedicated server you will have a dedicated IP as well. Even in the first case though, you can get a dedicated IP for your sites and host them on a shared server. One benefit would be that you may get far better search engine rankings because a dedicated IP often means a faster loading website. Last but not least, you need such an IP in case you want to obtain an SSL certificate for your website and protect the information that visitors submit on it.
Dedicated IP Address in Website Hosting
With a website hosting account on our cloud platform, you are able to purchase a dedicated IP address and assign it to any domain or subdomain with a couple of clicks wherever your account is - in the US, the United Kingdom or Australia. This can be done from the Hosted Domains part of the intuitive and user-friendly Hepsia Control Panel where you may also monitor what IPs are available, what are in use and what websites they are assigned to. If you would like to use an SSL certificate so as to secure the information of your site visitors and you acquire it through us, our system will assign a dedicated IP and set up the SSL for you, so you will not have to do anything manually on your end. In the meantime, you may still have a site in a subdomain as an addition to the main one under a shared IP address - a discussion board where users can share opinions about your services, for instance.
Dedicated IP Address in Semi-dedicated Servers
With only a few clicks inside your Hepsia Control Panel, you can add one or a variety of dedicated IP addresses to your semi-dedicated server and assign them to your sites. The Hosted Domains part of Hepsia will help you find the available IP addresses and to check the ones which are in use in no time. If you wish to acquire a new IP for an SSL certificate, you're able to use the auto-configuration function, that is available in our SSL order wizard. When you enable this feature, you won't have to do anything after you submit your order because our system will request a dedicated IP, assign it to the domain or subdomain in question, and then set up the SSL certificate - all of this automatically and without the need of any action on your end. In this way, you will be able to secure the data that visitors post on your site even when you do not have any previous experience with this kind of matters.
Dedicated IP Address in Dedicated Servers
As our dedicated servers come with three dedicated IP addresses as part of the plans by default, we'll give you a serious advantage in case you would like to run any software that requires such an IP. We provide them cost-free and you are able to use them for as long as you use your server for anything you'd like - child name servers for any domain name that you host, an SSL certificate for any website on your server, a software server (games, VOIP), etcetera. Using the Upgrades menu in the billing Control Panel that you'll receive to take care of renewals, service upgrades and domain registrations, you will also be able to acquire more dedicated IPs 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.