: Multiple IP addresses to a server I am trying to figure out the best option for web hosting of a startup business. I want to get a VPS hosting for this business and one factor that affects

@BetL925

You still need a separate IP address for each website that you want to host using HTTPS (SSL).

Here is an article that tells how to set up Apache for SSL. It goes through the historical reasons that you need multiple IP addresses. It presents new technology that makes the need for multiple IP addresses unnecessary. But because browser support is limited it concludes:


In practical terms, this means that for a serious e-commerce Web site or one that needs to have broad appeal, this solution won’t work — yet. Expect in the next year or so for more people to upgrade and more browsers to support SNI.

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@Dunderdale272

One IP could be for your web (HTTP/HTTPS) traffic, another could be for FTP or SSH access, another could be for mail, &c. If the publicly known IP (i.e. the one published to DNS) is separate to the one used for administration (only known by you and your team) then that would be a way of securing your server - by allowing different types of traffic over different IP addresses.

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@Jessie594

There is no benefit to having multiple IP addresses unless you have a plan for doing something with them. What are your reasons for wanting multiple IP addresses?

If you're only going to host one website and require one SSL certificate, then most hosting providers will just provide you with two IP's assigned to your VPS, one of which will be exclusive for your SSL certificate.

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