{"id":5744,"date":"2024-03-14T03:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-set-a-static-ip-address-in-ubuntu\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:07:19","slug":"how-do-you-set-a-static-ip-address-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-set-a-static-ip-address-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Static IP Setup: Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The steps to set a static IP address in Ubuntu are as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the terminal and enter the following command to open the network configuration file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>sudo nano \/etc\/netplan\/01-netcfg.yaml\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Within the open document, locate the section regarding network interfaces, typically outlined in information such as the following:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-attr\">network:<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">version:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">ethernets:<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">enp0s3:<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">dhcp4:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">true<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Enable DHCP for IPv4.<\/li>\n<li>Do not use DHCP for IPv4.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-attr\">network:<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">version:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">ethernets:<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-attr\">enp0s3:<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">dhcp4:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">no<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">addresses:<\/span> [<span class=\"hljs-number\">192.168<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.100<\/span><span class=\"hljs-string\">\/24<\/span>]\r\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">gateway4:<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">192.168<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.1<\/span>\r\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">nameservers:<\/span>\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">addresses:<\/span> [<span class=\"hljs-number\">8.8<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.8<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.8<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">8.8<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.4<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">.4<\/span>]\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Save changes and exit the editor (press Ctrl + X, then type Y to confirm saving, and finally press Enter to exit).<\/li>\n<li>To apply the new network configuration file, enter the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>sudo netplan apply\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>To restart the network service, enter the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>To check if the IP configuration is effective, enter the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>ip addr show enp0s3\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>By following the above steps, you will be able to successfully set a static IP address in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The steps to set a static IP address in Ubuntu are as follows: Open the terminal and enter the following command to open the network configuration file: sudo nano \/etc\/netplan\/01-netcfg.yaml Within the open document, locate the section regarding network interfaces, typically outlined in information such as the following: network: version: 2 ethernets: enp0s3: dhcp4: true [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5167,2013,6528,6529,6527],"class_list":["post-5744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ip-configuration","tag-linux-networking","tag-netplan-configuration","tag-ubuntu-server-setup","tag-ubuntu-static-ip"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ubuntu Static IP Setup: Complete Guide - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to set a static IP address in Ubuntu using Netplan. 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