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Networking

Networking

Manage IP addresses, private networks, and bandwidth for your virtual machines.

Public IP Addresses

Every VM is assigned a public IPv4 address upon creation. This is your VM's primary public address for incoming and outgoing traffic.

Finding Your IP Address

  1. Navigate to your VM's Networking tab
  2. Your public IPv4 is displayed at the top
  3. Click the copy icon to copy to clipboard

Screenshot: Networking tab showing IP addresses

Static IPs: Your public IP remains the same for the lifetime of your VM. It only changes if you delete and recreate the VM.

Additional IP Addresses

You can add additional public IPv4 addresses to your VM for hosting multiple services, SSL certificates, or failover configurations.

Adding an IP Address

  1. Go to your VM's Networking tab
  2. Click Add IP
  3. Confirm the additional cost ($2/month per IP)
  4. The new IP is allocated and displayed in the list

Screenshot: Add IP confirmation dialog

Configuring Additional IPs

Additional IPs are assigned to your VM but need to be configured in the operating system. Here's how to add an IP on Ubuntu/Debian: 

# Add a secondary IP to eth0
sudo ip addr add YOUR_NEW_IP/32 dev eth0

# Make it persistent (Ubuntu 18.04+)
# Edit /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml and add:
#   addresses:
#     - YOUR_PRIMARY_IP/24
#     - YOUR_NEW_IP/32

Removing an IP Address

  1. Go to your VM's Networking tab
  2. Find the IP you want to remove
  3. Click the trash icon next to the IP
  4. Confirm deletion

Note: You cannot remove your primary IP address. Only additional IPs can be deleted.

Private Networks

Private networks allow your VMs to communicate with each other securely over a private network, without traffic going over the public internet.

Benefits

  • • Secure VM-to-VM communication
  • • No exposure to public internet
  • • Lower latency than public networking
  • • Free bandwidth between VMs

Limitations

  • • Same region only
  • • One private IP per network per VM
  • • Maximum 10 networks per account

Creating a Private Network

  1. Go to any VM's Networking tab
  2. Scroll to Your Private Networks
  3. Click Create Network
  4. Enter a name for the network
  5. Click Create Network

The network is automatically assigned an IP range (e.g., 10.x.0.0/24) and gateway.

Screenshot: Your Private Networks table

Attaching VMs to a Network

  1. Go to the VM's Networking tab
  2. Click Attach Network
  3. Select the network from the dropdown
  4. The VM is assigned a private IP on that network
# After attaching, the network interface appears automatically
# Check with:
ip addr show

# You should see an interface like ens4 with your private IP
# e.g., inet 10.185.0.2/24

Detaching and Deleting

To detach a VM from a network, click the trash icon next to the attached network. To delete a network entirely, you must first detach all VMs from it.

Private networks are free. There's no charge for creating or using private networks.

Bandwidth

Monitor your VM's bandwidth usage from the Networking tab. Edge Network includes generous bandwidth with zero egress fees.

Zero Egress Fees

Unlike other cloud providers, Edge Network doesn't charge for outbound data transfer. Upload and download as much as you need.

Viewing Bandwidth Usage

The Networking tab shows your current month's bandwidth usage:

  • Inbound: Data received by your VM
  • Outbound: Data sent from your VM
  • Total: Combined bandwidth usage

Screenshot: Bandwidth Usage section

IPv6

IPv6 support varies by region. Where available, your VM is assigned a public IPv6 address in addition to its IPv4 address.

IPv6 addresses are displayed in the Networking tab alongside your IPv4 addresses. Both protocols are supported simultaneously.

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