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# IP Failover

To make sure that High Availability (HA) or [<mark style="color:blue;">failover</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#failover) setups on your [<mark style="color:blue;">Virtual Machines</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#virtual-machine-vm) are effective in case of events such as a physical server failure, you should set up "IP failover groups".

They are essential to all HA or fail-over setups irrespective of the mechanism or protocol used.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:** Ensure that the HA setup is fully installed on your VMs. Creating an IP failover group in the [<mark style="color:blue;">DCD</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/support/general-information/glossary-of-terms#data-center-designer-dcd) alone is not enough to set up a failover.
{% endhint %}

## Product Overview

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Overview</strong></mark></td><td>Learn about IP Failover, its concepts, and limitations.</td><td><a href="/pages/NhAYgyF3fiSICXSMKBE3">/pages/NhAYgyF3fiSICXSMKBE3</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Quick Links

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to create and manage IP failover groups for high-availability configurations.</td><td><a href="/pages/EBTZlKyV9ItweqT8Uye1">/pages/EBTZlKyV9ItweqT8Uye1</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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