{"id":1054,"date":"2014-12-11T07:22:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T07:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T10:07:08","slug":"whm-error-add-new-ip-address-skipping-already-added","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/whm-error-add-new-ip-address-skipping-already-added\/","title":{"rendered":"WHM error: Add new IP address &#8211; skipping: &#8220;already added&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sometimes, something odd happens\u00a0when you go to add an IP address to your server, you\u2019ll see this error:<\/span><br \/>\n[wpfmb type=&#8217;error&#8217; theme=2]$IPADDRESS is already an active IP. Skipping $IPADDRESS .. already added ![\/wpfmb]<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ADD-an-IP-address.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1055 pleslwp\" src=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ADD-an-IP-address.jpg\" alt=\"ADD an IP address\" width=\"637\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ADD-an-IP-address.jpg 637w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ADD-an-IP-address-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ADD-an-IP-address-636x506.jpg 636w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ADD-an-IP-address-320x255.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cpanelplesk.com\/wp62\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ADD-an-IP-address-239x190.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">If\u00a0that happens there are a couple of things to check and correct. Hopefully one of these will work for you.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Make sure that the IP address you\u2019re trying to add has been removed from these files:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">\/etc\/hosts\r\n\/etc\/ips\r\n\/etc\/mail_reverse_dns<\/pre>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p>If you are\u00a0trying to add back the IP that was previously the primary IP address, you will \u00a0need to update this file:<\/p>\n<div class=\"cpanel-files\"><\/div>\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">\/var\/cpanel\/mainip<\/pre>\n<div class=\"space1\"><\/div>\n<p>Once you edit the <strong>mainip<\/strong> file to reflect the new\u00a0IP address, run these commands:<\/p>\n<div class=\"command-sh\">\n<pre class=\"lang:default decode:true \">\/etc\/init.d\/network restart\r\n\/etc\/init.d\/ipaliases restart\r\n\/scripts\/rebuildhttpdconf<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now\u00a0you should be able to add the IP address to WHM again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, something odd happens\u00a0when you go to add an IP address to your server, you\u2019ll see this error: [wpfmb type=&#8217;error&#8217; theme=2]$IPADDRESS is already an active IP. 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