{"id":206,"date":"2011-07-13T05:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T05:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:42:19","slug":"cpanel-account-creation-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pheonixsolutions.com\/blog\/cpanel-account-creation-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"cPanel-Account creation failed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While creating a new hosting account in WHM via <strong>Account Functions \u2192 Create a New Account<\/strong>, the process may fail with the error:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Account Creation Status: failed (out of available IP addresses)\nUnable to find an IP address<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This issue occurs when the server is unable to assign a free IP address to the new account. It is commonly linked to the hosting package configuration where <strong>Dedicated IP assignment is enabled<\/strong>, requiring a free IP for every new account creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before performing the resolution steps, ensure the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Root SSH access to the server <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WHM\/cPanel administrative access <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to package configuration files under:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/var\/cpanel\/packages\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IMPLEMENTATION<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><!--StartFragment--><a href=\"http:\/\/linuxhostingsupport.net\/blog\/account-creation-status-failed-your-system-has-run-out-of-available-ip-addresses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0057ae; font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600; text-decoration: underline;\">Account Creation Status: failed (out of available ip addresses)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 12px 40px 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">Account Creation Status: failed (Your system has run out of available ip addresses, or you do not have permission to use any more ip addresses. (Unable to find an ip address.) )<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 12px 40px 0px; text-indent: 0px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt;\">You receive the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\"> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Account Creation Status: failed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt;\"> error message while adding a domain from <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">WHM &gt;&gt; Account Functions &gt;&gt; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Create a New Account\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt;\"> option which states that there is no free IP address to assign to your new domain.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt;\">The package you are using while adding a domain has the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dedicated IP\u00e2\u20ac\u009d option enabled which searches for a free IP on the server and tries to assign to the every new domain you create. To overcome the issue, you will have to <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">deselect the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dedicated IP\u00e2\u20ac\u009d option from the package<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt;\"> which can be achieved via ssh.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt;\">Edit the <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">package file located under \/var\/cpanel\/packages<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 12px 40px 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\"># vi \/var\/cpanel\/packages\/packagename<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">Search for <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 12px 40px 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">IP=y<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">and replace it with<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 12px 40px 0px; text-indent: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: 'DejaVu Sans'; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: 600;\">IP=n<\/span><!--EndFragment--><\/div>\n<h2><strong>CONCLUSION<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>T<span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">he error is caused due to the hosting package being configured to assign a <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\" data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1179\">Dedicated IP (IP=y)<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> while no free IP addresses are available on the server. 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