Virtual IPs
Generated on 25 Jun 2026
Virtual IPs are the IP addresses of the network load balancers a Droplet is attached to. Adding a Droplet to a network load balancer adds that load balancer's IP address to this list.
Base URL
http://169.254.169.254
GET Get Virtual IP Index
/metadata/v1/virtual_ips/
An index of the available virtual IP address types.
Request: /metadata/v1/virtual_ips/
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/virtual_ips/"Responses
200
Success
Response
ipv4
ipv6
GET Get Virtual IPv4 Addresses
/metadata/v1/virtual_ips/ipv4
The IPv4 addresses of the network load balancers that the Droplet is attached to. The response lists one address per load balancer.
Request: /metadata/v1/virtual_ips/ipv4
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/virtual_ips/ipv4"Responses
200
Success
Response
203.0.113.10
203.0.113.11
GET Get Virtual IPv6 Addresses
/metadata/v1/virtual_ips/ipv6
The IPv6 addresses of the network load balancers that the Droplet is attached to. The response lists one address per load balancer.
Request: /metadata/v1/virtual_ips/ipv6
curl -X GET \
"http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/virtual_ips/ipv6"Responses
200
Success
Response
2001:DB8::1
2001:DB8::2