Reserved IPs
Generated on 18 Mar 2026
DigitalOcean Reserved IP addresses are publicly-accessible static IP addresses that you can assign to Droplets and instantly remap between other Droplets in the same datacenter.
Base URL
http://169.254.169.254
Endpoints
GET Get Reserved IP Index
/metadata/v1/reserved_ip
An index of IPv4/IPv6 Reserved IPs.
Request: /metadata/v1/reserved_ip
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/reserved_ip"Responses
200
Success
Response
ipv4/
ipv6/
GET Get Reserved IPv4 Attributes Index
/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4
An index of IPv4 Reserved IP attributes.
Request: /metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4"Responses
200
Success
Response
active
ip_address
GET Get Reserved IPv4 Status
/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4/active
Displays true if a Reserved IP is currently assigned to the Droplet and false if it is not.
Request: /metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4/active
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4/active"Responses
200
Success
Response
trueGET Get Reserved IPv4 Address
/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4/ip_address
The IP address of the Reserved IP that is currently assigned to the Droplet.
Request: /metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4/ip_address
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv4/ip_address"Responses
200
Success
Response
45.55.96.17GET Get Reserved IPv6 Attributes Index
/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6
An index of IPv6 Reserved IP attributes.
Request: /metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6"Responses
200
Success
Response
active
ip_address
GET Get Reserved IPv6 Status
/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6/active
Displays true if a Reserved IPv6 is currently assigned to the Droplet and false if it is not.
Request: /metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6/active
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6/active"Responses
200
Success
Response
trueGET Get Reserved IPv6 Address
/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6/ip_address
The IP address of the Reserved IPv6 that is currently assigned to the Droplet.
Request: /metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6/ip_address
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/reserved_ip/ipv6/ip_address"Responses
200
Success
Response
2604:A880:0800:0010:0000:0000:017D:2001