📄️ Creating an Isolated Network
The Cloud Management Portal allows you to create isolated networks that provide a fully private and secure network environment for your instances. Isolated networks are ideal when you require complete network segregation with source NAT, DHCP, DNS, and other networking services.
📄️ Isolated Network Details
The Isolated Network Details section allows users to view and manage configurations specific to an isolated network. This document provides a comprehensive overview of the information available on this screen and its functional controls.
📄️ Egress Rule
Egress rules control outbound network traffic from virtual machines (VMs) in an isolated guest network to external destinations such as the internet. These rules are vital for maintaining a secure and controlled network environment by preventing unauthorized communication from your cloud instances to external networks.
📄️ Public IP
In a cloud environment, public IP addresses are critical for enabling communication between your isolated network instances and the outside world (e.g., internet or other networks). This section guides you through the process of acquiring and managing public IP addresses using the Cloud Management Portal.
📄️ Source NAT vs Static NAT
In cloud-based networking, Network Address Translation (NAT) is a critical function that enables virtual machines (VMs) within private, isolated networks to communicate with external systems. The Cloud Management Portal supports two types of NAT configurations: Source NAT and Static NAT. Each serves a distinct purpose and offers different connectivity behaviors based on your application and access requirements.
📄️ Firewall
The Cloud Management Portal provides built-in firewall capabilities that allow users to manage inbound traffic to virtual machines (VMs) through public IP addresses associated with isolated networks.
📄️ Port Forwarding
The Cloud Management Portal offers built-in Port Forwarding capabilities that allow users to expose specific services hosted on virtual machines (VMs) within an isolated network to the outside world via public IP addresses. This feature is particularly useful when you want to make certain applications (e.g., web servers, SSH, or databases) accessible externally, without opening access to the entire network.
📄️ Load Balancer
The Load Balancer feature in the Cloud Management Portal allows users to distribute incoming traffic across multiple virtual machines (VMs) within an isolated network. This ensures high availability and efficient utilization of resources by balancing client requests across backend services.
📄️ Assigning a VM to a Source NAT IP
In a cloud-managed isolated network, a Source NAT IP acts as a shared public IP that allows multiple virtual machines (VMs) to access external networks (e.g., the internet) and be reachable from outside when properly configured.
📄️ Assigning a VM to a Static NAT IP
The Static NAT feature in the Cloud Management Portal allows administrators to assign a dedicated public IP address to a specific Virtual Machine (VM). This direct one-to-one IP mapping makes the VM accessible from the internet using the assigned public IP, ideal for services requiring unrestricted external access.
📄️ Remote Access VPN
The Remote Access VPN feature in the Cloud Management Portal enables users to securely connect to their isolated network using encrypted VPN tunnels over the internet. This functionality is essential for remote administrators, developers, or IT teams who need access to virtual machines (VMs) and services within a private cloud network.