How to Migrate From Vultr VPC 2.0 Network to a Vultr VPC Network

Updated on March 12, 2025
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A Vultr VPC Network creates a secure and isolated private networking environment for instances to connect and share resources. A VPC Network supports IPv4 Network addresses to enable communication and data sharing between instances.

Follow this guide to migrate your instances from a Vultr VPC 2.0 Network to Vultr VPC Network.

Note
This guide assumes that you have VPC 2.0 Network already set up with instances attached to it, and you want to migrate them to a new VPC Network.

Create a New VPC Network

  1. Navigate to the Network section of your Vultr Customer Portal.

  2. Select VPC Networks. Click Add VPC Network.

    add vpc network

  3. In Network Location section, select the same location as your existing VPC 2.0 Network. For example: If your VPC 2.0 Network was created in Atlanta, the location of your new VPC Network will also be Atlanta.

    select location

  4. (Optional) Match the IP range used by the current VPC2 subnet if you want to preserve IP settings.

    match Ip range

  5. Provide a name to the new VPC Network for easy identification.

  6. Click Add VPC Network (the instance will restart again).

Migrate Instances to New VPC Network

Note
Virtual Machines are automatically rebooted when detaching from a VPC 2.0 Network and attaching to a VPC Network. Bare Metals do not reboot automatically. You must either manually reboot the instance or configure its network interfaces using the supplied MAC and IP addresses after detaching from the VPC 2.0 Network and attaching to the VPC Network.
  1. Navigate to the Settings section of an existing instance you want to migrate from your VPC 2.0 Network to the new VPC Network.

  2. Select the VPC 2.0 tab from the leftmost section.

  3. You will be able to notice the already attached VPC 2.0 Network, click Detach VPC. The detachment procedure will trigger an instance restart automatically.

    detach vpc 2.0 network

Attach the New VPC Network

  1. After the detachment procedure is completed, open the IPv4 tab on the same instance page.

  2. From the drop-down menu, choose the new VPC Network you created.

    selecting VPC network

  3. Click Attach VPC, the instance will automatically get rebooted.

    attach vpc network

Note
Repeat the above procedure for all the instances in your VPC 2.0 Network for migration to a new VPC Network.

Delete the Existing VPC 2.0 Network

  1. Navigate to the Network section of your Vultr Customer Portal.

  2. Select VPC 2.0.

    open vpc window

  3. Click Delete Network to delete the existing VPC 2.0 Network.

    delete vpc network

Note
A VPC 2.0 Network can only be deleted after all attached nodes have been detached.