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Reconfigure your VPS

Learn how to add IPv4 addresses or change backup retention slots for your VPS from the LumaDock client area.

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You can add extra public IPv4 addresses and change the number of backup retention slots for your VPS from the client area, without reinstalling or migrating the server.

Before you start: if an invoice is waiting on your account, pay it first and the upgrade will go through as normal. The steps are in How to pay an invoice in the client area.

Open the reconfigure options for your VPS

Step 1: Open your VPS page.
Log in to the client area, go to My servers and click Manage next to the VPS you want to change.

My Products and Services list with an arrow to the Manage button.

Step 2: Open Reconfigure Options.
In the menu on the left, under Actions, click Reconfigure Options to open the upgrade page.

Server menu with Reconfigure Options under Actions.

Add additional public IPv4 addresses

Extra IPv4 addresses are useful for hosting several services, running separate applications or setting up custom networks.

Step 3: Choose the number of IPv4 addresses.
In the Additional public IPv4 section, your current configuration is on the left. On the right, enter the new total number of IPv4 addresses you want on the VPS. The page shows the maximum allowed value and the monthly price per IPv4 address.

Additional public IPv4 with the current and the new number of addresses.

Once the upgrade is applied, the new IPv4 address is provisioned automatically. In most cases no reboot is needed, but you need to configure the address inside your operating system, as shown in Add extra IPv4 addresses to your VPS.

Change backup retention slots

Backup retention slots set how many restore points LumaDock keeps for your VPS. More slots give you more past backups to restore from.

Step 4: Choose a backup retention option.
In the Backup retention slots section, check your current plan on the left.

Backup retention slots with the current plan.

Use the dropdown on the right to select a higher retention option, or leave it on No Change if you don't want to change it. Each option shows its monthly price before you confirm.

Backup retention slots list with the higher options and their prices.

Backup retention changes apply immediately and affect future backups. Existing backups follow the new retention rules.

Complete the upgrade purchase

When you have chosen all the options you want, confirm and pay for the upgrade.

Order summary of the reconfigure options.

Step 5: Review the order and check out.
At the bottom of the upgrade page, review the order summary. It shows the selected options, the prorated amount for the current billing period and any recurring charges. Click Checkout.

Checkout page for the reconfigure order.

Step 6: Pay the invoice.
If the upgrade has a cost, an invoice is created automatically. Pay it from My Invoices under Financial. Once the payment is confirmed, the upgrade is applied to your VPS.

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