To configure IP on OVH VPS, you need to manually configure networking as OVH gateway is outside the failover IP subnet. For most hosting providers getaway will be in the same subnet as the IP address. To configure IP using netplan, see instruction here.
First, install ifupdown package
apt install -y ifupdown
Now edit file
vi /etc/network/interfaces
Add
auto NETWORK_INTERFACE_HERE
iface NETWORK_INTERFACE_HERE inet static
address FO_IP_ADDR
netmask 255.255.255.255
broadcast FO_IP_ADDR
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
post-up ip route add GATEWAY_ADDR dev NETWORK_INTERFACE_HERE
post-up ip route add default via GATEWAY_ADDR dev NETWORK_INTERFACE_HERE
pre-down ip route del GATEWAY_ADDR dev NETWORK_INTERFACE_HERE
pre-down ip route del default via GATEWAY_ADDR dev NETWORK_INTERFACE_HERE
In the above text, replace
NETWORK_INTERFACE_HERE = with your actual network interface name, for example, eth0, ens18, etc.
FO_IP_ADDR = Your VPS IP address, OVH calls this Failover IP address. It is just any secondary IP address you purchase.
GATEWAY_ADDR = Gateway IP address. This is the same as the Main IP of the server with the last octal replaced by 254
Example
Configuration is the same as Ubuntu 18.04, the only difference is post-up and pre-down tines, where Ubuntu 18.04 used older route command, in Ubuntu 20.04, we use “ip route” command instead.