Associate a floating IP (Advanced Console)

This article explains how to associate a floating IP address to an existing virtual machine/instance.

The DataTenant cloud has the option to bind 'floating IP addresses' to virtual machines/instances to allow them to communicate across 'external networks' (like the public internet, for example). Floating IPs can have their bindings to network ports added or removed at will, and when in use, route traffic like in the style of Network Address Translation (i.e. NAT).

The most common usage for floating IP addresses is to bind a public IP address to an instance in your environment that you want to be accessible from the WAN (like a web server, for example). To do this, follow the steps in this article.

Associate a floating IP address

Login to the DataTenant Cloud. Navigate to the Project, Compute, Instances menu.

In the 'Actions' menu for your instance, choose 'Associate Floating IP'.

Select one of the available IP addresses from the list. Click 'Associate'.

NOTE: Be very cautious when assigning a public IP address to your virtual machine! An instance with a public IP address assigned will be accessible to everyone on the internet. Please be sure you have carefully crafted the security group in use on this port and/or instance to prevent unauthorized access!