# How to assign static IP **URL:** \ **Category:** Rancher 1.x\ **Created:** [February 10, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-assign-static-ip/9430 "2018-02-10T18:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shawndewet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/shawndewet/32/3656_2.png) [@shawndewet](https://forums.suse.com/u/shawndewet)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-assign-static-ip/9430/1 "2018-02-10T18:51:43Z")
I configured my Rancher instance on a VM in FreeNAS 11.1. At the time it was assigned an IP address of 192.168.1.13 by my DHCP. I created a host, and got a CrashPlan container up and running. Then my physical box rebooted due to a power failure, and now when I boot up, the Rancher instance has an IP address of 192.168.1.12. The host shows as Disconnected, and I cannot access my CrashPlan container. I’m thinking that if I re-assign this instance to ip address .13, the host may connect again and all will be well. (And once that is done, I will configure my DHCP server to reserve that IP Address for this machine). But how do I do this? How do I configure my Rancher server to this new static IP Address? ---
**Author:** ![shawndewet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/shawndewet/32/3656_2.png) [@shawndewet](https://forums.suse.com/u/shawndewet)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-assign-static-ip/9430/2 "2018-02-12T04:13:18Z")
Well something interesting has happened. In my FreeNAS GUI, I went to the VM’s tab, and stopped and restarted the VM on which Rancher is running. It was again assigned IP address .12 by the DHCP, but this time, when I logged back into my rancher UI on port 8080, the Host showed as Connected, and I was able to manage my crashplan container again. So I immediately configured my DHCP server to reserve address .12 for this VM’s MAC address. But I’d still like to know how to configure the rancher server to use a static IP instead of requesting one from the DHCP server (even though the mentioned address reservation should solve my problem going forward). ---
**Author:** ![vincent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/vincent/32/7156_2.png) [@vincent](https://forums.suse.com/u/vincent)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-assign-static-ip/9430/3 "2018-02-12T04:49:07Z")
The server is a container, it has no control over the IPs on the machine you run it on. If you are running RancherOS on that VM, [http://rancher.com/docs/os/v1.2/en/networking/interfaces/](http://rancher.com/docs/os/v1.2/en/networking/interfaces/) ---
**Author:** ![shawndewet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/shawndewet/32/3656_2.png) [@shawndewet](https://forums.suse.com/u/shawndewet)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-assign-static-ip/9430/4 "2018-02-12T07:21:50Z")
Fantastic. Thanks. I’m still busy getting to grips with rancheros vs rancher server.