IP options
Internet Protocol (IP) assigns standardized structure to data packets that are transmitted online between computers or servers. The IP addresses used with Rackspace services depend on the following conditions:
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Data traffic (inbound vs. outbound)
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Access levels (internal vs. external)
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Intended use (Internet vs. within the same data center)
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Connected services
The following table describes the available IP address types, explains when and why each is used, and links to documents that explain how to use them.
| IP address type | Description | Role | Related article |
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| Virtual | An address that distributes incoming connections to back-end nodes based on the configuration of the load balancer. | Use to connect to a service that is load balanced. | Configure a load balancer |
| PublicNet | A public address that provides access to and from the Internet. | Use to provide access to the Internet, to Rackspace services such as Cloud Monitoring, Managed Cloud Support, RackConnect, and Cloud Backup, and to certain operating system updates. | Attach a Cloud Network to an existing cloud server |
| ServiceNet | An internal address that provides access to and from the Rackspace network known as ServiceNet. | Use to provide access to Rackspace services through an internal only, multi-tenant network connection within each Rackspace data center. | Attach a Cloud Network to an existing cloud server |
| Private network (from existing user network) | Private address that provides access to or from a network that you create. | Use to isolate network traffic on your own private network within the Rackspace Cloud. | Attach a Cloud Network to an exisiting cloud server |
| RackConnect public | A public IP address that has been provided from an IP address block assigned exclusively to your dedicated environment. | Use to assign public IP addresses to dedicated servers. | RackConnect v3.0 retained public IP addresses |
Updated 12 months ago