ServiceNet in the cloud

ServiceNet is an internal, IPv4-only multi-tenant network within each Rackspace cloud region. ServiceNet is optimized to carry traffic across servers within your configuration (east-west traffic). It provides servers with no-cost access to regionalized services such as Cloud Files, Cloud Load Balancers, Cloud Databases, and Cloud Backup.

You can configure a cloud server without ServiceNet, but Rackspace recommends that all servers be connected to ServiceNet so that they can access the aforementioned services.

ServiceNet is required for Windows cloud server activation and Managed Operations support.

The networks 10.176.0.0/12 and 10.208.0.0/12 are reserved for ServiceNet. Any servers that have ServiceNet connectivity will be provisioned with an IP address from one of these networks.

See also

Networking considerations for cloud servers Networking considerations for OnMetal servers Networking considerations for RackConnect PublicNet in the cloud ServiceNet in the cloud Building servers without PublicNet or ServiceNet

Customer benefits from Cloud Networks Typical use cases for Cloud Networks Security groups DNS in the cloud Gateway Instances in Rackspace Cloud

Understanding Cloud Networks introduces key ideas. To learn how to put these ideas to work, start at Actions for Cloud Networks.