Overview: Private Network

For Cloud Server and Dedicated Server managed in Cloud Panel

You can use a private network to divide your existing network into several logical networks.

The use of private networks offers you the following advantages:

• You can organize your networks according to organizational aspects.

• You can easily add or remove your servers.

• You can decrease the latency and network load.

• You can optimize the traffic by prioritizing the data packages.

• Each server can communicate only with servers that are located in the same private network.

For example, a private network may be useful in the following cases:

• Setting up a private network for departments or project teams.

• Setting up a private network that is connected to a load balancer.

• Setting up a private network for a web server and a database server.

In the Network > Private Network section of the Cloud Panel, your private networks are displayed in a table. This table lists the most important information for each individual private network:

Name: the name assigned to the private network. You can change it at any time.

Status:  current status of the private network.

Network address: the network address that you have assigned to the private network. Enter this information to make it easier to identify the private network.

Subnet Mask: subnet mask that you have assigned to the private network. Enter this information to make it easier to identify the private network.

Data Center: data center in which the private network is hosted.

To display all of the data for a specific private network, click the name of the private network. The list includes the following additional information: