This document describes how to obtain public IP addresses in private and public cloud.
Obtain public IP addresses in private cloud
In public networks you can reserve or purchase public IP addresses for your VMs. Reserved IPs may be charged while they are reserved, even if they are not used in VMs.
You can reserve public IPs directly from the Edit VM dialog or on the Public networks tab.
Privileges: Manage public IPs, Access public networks tab, Manage public network elements
To add new public IP addresses to your virtual datacenter:
Go to myCloud → Networks → Public
On the Public IPs page, click the + add button to display the list of available public IPs
To move between pages, use pagination controls, such as arrows and page numbers
To filter your search, enter an IP address or Network name in the Search filter box
Select IP addresses to add them to your virtual datacenter
Click Add to reserve the IPs
The platform will add the IPs to your VDC
Obtain public IP addresses in public cloud
During onboarding from public cloud, the platform will onboard existing public IP addresses in providers that support them, such as AWS and Azure. You can obtain them from the provider and assign them to your virtual datacenters and VMs.
The provider may charge for public IP addresses as soon as you reserve them for your virtual datacenter. Therefore you should reserve your IP addresses just before you deploy and check they are deleted when you undeploy your VMs. Remember that your provider may also limit the number of public IP addresses that you can use per virtual datacenter.
To add public IP addresses to your virtual datacenter, so that you can later assign them to your VMs:
Privileges: Manage virtual network elements, Manage floating IPs, Access public networks tab, Manage public network elements
Go to Virtual datacenters → Select a public cloud virtual datacenter → Network → Public
On the Allocated public IPs page, click the + add button
To add the public IP to a virtual datacenter, click the Add to VDC link near the IP address
Now when you edit a VM in the VDC and go to Network → Public, the platform will display the public IP address and you can add it to your VM.
To obtain a public IP directly for a VM, click Purchase public IPs.