# Changing the IP Address of your IVS (Static)

The following guide is tailored for Debian servers using the interfaces file, but you could also use [Webmin](https://kb.filewave.com/books/filewave-server/page/webmin-gui-on-premise "Webmin GUI (On-Premise)"), assuming the IVS comes online initially with DHCP.

<p class="callout warning">For Webmin, know that you will need to go to Webmin -&gt; Webmin Configuration -&gt; Operating System and Environment and make sure it's set to Debian 12.4 (At the time of this KB's publishing, you can verify the version with `cat /etc/debian_version` on the server).</p>

1. **Locate Network Interface**:
    
    First, identify the network interface you wish to configure. You can list all network interfaces using:
    
    ```
    networkctl list
    ```
    
    [![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-01/scaled-1680-/1mWKjVXFvMUjRTH7-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-01/1mWKjVXFvMUjRTH7-image.png)
2. **Edit the /etc/network/interfaces file:** Using 'nano', edit the interfaces file to set the network configurations.  
    ```
    nano /etc/network/interfaces
    ```
    
    Your default interfaces file should look something like this (your interface name may be different):  
    ```
    # The loopback network interface
    auto lo eth0
    iface lo inet loopback
    
    # The primary network interface
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    ```
3. Change the file to look like this, using your network preferences (note 'dhcp' has been changed to 'static' in line 6)  
    ```
    # The loopback network interface
    auto lo eth0
    iface lo inet loopback
    
    # The primary network interface
    iface eth0 inet static
    address 192.168.10.33
    netmask 255.255.255.0
    broadcast 192.168.10.255
    dns-nameservers 192.168.10.254 192.168.10.255
    ```
4. **Verify Resolv.conf and hostname files:** Verify that these files in /etc/ are configured correctly for your network and server.  
      
    **/etc/resolv.conf**: This file should list your DNS servers  
      
    **/etc/hostname**: Specifies the hostname for your IVS. This is **filewave-ivs** by default.
5. **Reboot &amp; Verify Changes**