3 homepage: https://webinstall.dev/vps-myip
5 VPS My IP answers the question "what's my IP address?"
8 Creates permanent swap space that will be activated on each boot.
10 `vps-myip` will contact ipify.org to tell you your IP addresses:
12 1. `api.ipify.org` for your IPv4 or A address
13 2. `api6.ipify.org` for your IPv6 or AAAA address
19 IPv4 (A) : 136.36.196.101
20 IPv6 (AAAA): 2605:a601:a919:9800:f8be:f2c4:9ad7:9763
23 ### What is an IP address?
25 An IP or Internet Protocol address is basically the phone number of your
28 Whenever you visit a domain - such as https://google.com - the `google.com` part
29 is _resolved_ to the IP address using, quite literally, the internet's Contacts
32 ### How to get your IP address?
34 Due to how complex networking can be, the most reliable way to get your IP
35 address is basically to "make a call" to another server and ask it to tell you
36 what shows up on the "called id", as it were.
38 _IPify_ is such a service.
40 You likely have an IPv4 or A address as well as an IPv6 or AAAA address.
42 To find out your IPv4 or A address:
45 curl -s https://api.ipify.org
48 To find out your IPv6 or AAAA address:
51 curl -s https://api6.ipify.org
54 To find out either address:
57 curl -s https://api46.ipify.org
60 You can also use the `ifconfig`, `ip`, or `ipconfig` commands to figure this
61 out, but they may give you incorrect information if the network setup is complex
62 (as is the case... most of the time - home and business networks, cloud