Private & Public IP

Private IP

A Virtual Machine is created by default with a Private IP address (also called a Fixed IP). By default, this IP is allocated using DHCP from your Virtual Network subnet range.

Public IP

A VM can optionally be assigned a Public IP address (also called Floating IP) that can be used to access it over a public network.

Public IPs are allocated using subnets from External Networks. See External Networks to read about how to create an external network and then a pool of public IPs using your external network.

Assign Public IP to VM

You can assign a public IP to a VM by creating a public IP first and then assigning it to the VM.

1. Navigate to Networking -> Public IPs in the Private Cloud Director UI. Select 'Create Public IP' to create a new public IP address.
2. Assign the IP address to the VM as part of public IP creation, or go to the VM grid view and then select 'Add Public IP' as the option from actions menu.
3. Choose the public IP you created in step 1. Select the VM's virtual network interface that you'd like to assign the public IP to.

Now your VM has a public IP address assigned and you can access it using the public IP address.