Overview: Private Network

For Cloud Servers and Dedicated Servers managed in the Cloud Panel

With a private network, you can divide your existing network into several logical networks.

The use of private networks offers you the following advantages:

• You can organise your networks according to organisational aspects.
• You can easily add or remove your server.
• You can reduce latency times and network load.
• You can optimise traffic by prioritising data packets.
• Each server can only communicate with servers in the same private network.

The use of a private network can be useful in the following cases, for example:

• Setting up a private network for departments or project teams
• Setting up a private network connected to a load balancer
• Setting up a private network for a web server and a database server

Structure of the Section Private Network

In the Cloud Panel, your private networks are listed in a table in the section Network > Private network. This table contains the most important information on the individual private networks:

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

Status: Current status of the private network.

Network address: Network address you have assigned to the private network. Enter this information to identify the private network more easily.

Subnet mask: Subnet mask that you have assigned to the private network. Enter this information to identify the private network more easily.

Data centre: Data centre where the private network is hosted.

To call up all information on the desired private network, click on the name of the private network. The list contains the following additional information: