# Is there any method of assigning a specific IP address to a virtual machine?

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/is-there-any-method-of-assigning-a-specific-ip-address-to-a-virtual-machine/4408>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 9, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/is-there-any-method-of-assigning-a-specific-ip-address-to-a-virtual-machine/4408 "2017-06-09T03:34:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![vynt-kenshiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vynt-kenshiro](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/vynt-kenshiro)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/is-there-any-method-of-assigning-a-specific-ip-address-to-a-virtual-machine/4408/1 "2017-06-09T03:34:09Z")

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Hi all,

I want to restore accidentally deleted VM by create new VM and restore disk image from backup server. But new VM have new IP address. Is there any method of assigning a specific IP address to a virtual machine?

Regards,

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**Author:** ![knawnd](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/knawnd/32/6119_2.png) [@knawnd](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/knawnd)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/is-there-any-method-of-assigning-a-specific-ip-address-to-a-virtual-machine/4408/2 "2017-06-09T07:13:52Z")

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Hi!

In a template one can specify like

NIC=[  
IP=“10.10.1.2”,  
NETWORK\_ID=“2” ]

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**Author:** ![vynt-kenshiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5fc32e/32.png) [@vynt-kenshiro](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/vynt-kenshiro)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/is-there-any-method-of-assigning-a-specific-ip-address-to-a-virtual-machine/4408/3 "2017-06-12T09:20:12Z")

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Hi,

Is there any method to do that by edit MySQL database ?