[BlueOnyx:14985] Re: Fwd: Can't change IP address for site

[Will Nordmeyer, WnA Consulting Services]

On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:00:49 -0500, Michael Stauber
<mstauber at blueonyx.it> wrote:
> Hi Will,
> 
>> On my 5108R, I set up a site at a "temporary" IP
>> (one of the last ones in my range) while the site owner configured it.
>> Now they are ready to go live, so I want to move it down to the 'active'
>> range where I keep all the production hosts. I'm in general settings and
>> I switch the IP, as I have done numerous times before, even picking the
>> IP from the autopopulate list in my browser. The IP has other domains
>> hosted on it, so it is a valid IP on the box... but the GUI reports back
>> The IP address 123.123.123.123 is not allowed. Please choose another IP
>> address.
>>
>> Any thoughts as to why I can't change the IP?
> 
> If that Vsite is *not* owned by "admin", then please check "IP Address
> Allocation" and make sure the Vsite owner has access to both the old and
> new IP address range.
> 
> If the problem happens while the site is owned by "admin", then turn off
> "IP address allocation" and try again.
> 
> If the problem still persists, run "tail -f /var/log/messages" and try
> again. Then post the relevant CCE messages from the logfile here.

Thanks Michael - the site was owned by admin - turning off IP
Allocation got me through... but the IP I was setting it to was within
the allocation range.

Any thoughts on why having the allocation range set and trying to use
an address within the range didn't work?

--Will