Public IP Addresses

By default, access to VPSA instances from the public Internet is not available, for security and privacy reasons.

The VPSA Front-End IP address is used for VPSA management via the UI and REST API. It is also used for data IO workload, where host connectivity is via iSCSI, NFS, and SMB protocols. The VPSA Front-End IP address is allocated on the Zadara Storage Cloud Front-End network. Only servers in the Cloud Servers network can reach this IP address. Servers outside this network cannot access it.

To enable access to VPSA instances from outside the cloud network, Public IP addresses are allocated in the Cloud management interface, and can be assigned to VPSA instances.

A typical use case requiring Public IP addresses is VPSA Asynchronous Remote Mirroring. This involves two VPSAs in different regions, or between on-premise and public cloud deployments, or even between different Cloud Providers for Disaster Recovery (DR). In these cases, communication between the VPSAs takes place via an authenticated and encrypted channel over the public Internet , thus requiring Public IPs.

Cloud admins can use Command Center to view, define, edit and delete public IP addresses, and to assign them to VPSA instances.

Adding Public IP Addresses

To define new Public IP Addresses:

  1. Click Public IPs in Command Center’s left menu panel.

    The Public IPs grid displays.

  2. Click New Public IP(s) at the top right.

    The New Public IP(s) dialog opens.

    1. To configure the new IP range, enter the properties’ values:

      Property

      Description

      Label

      Descriptor for the Public IPs

      VLAN ID

      A new or existing VLAN for this Public IP range that is different from the cloud tenant’s VLANs

      Gateway

      Public IP network Gateway

      Netmask

      Public IP network subnet mask

      Public IP Range

      Range of external public IP addresses to be defined

      IP Range

      For NAT, enter the Corresponding internal IP range. Otherwise, enter the external range

    2. Click Submit to confirm the operation.

Note

To assign Public IPs to VPSAs and Object Storages, see:

Editing Public IP Addresses

To edit the configuration of a Public IP:

  1. Click Public IPs in Command Center’s left menu panel.

    The Public IPs grid displays.

  2. Click the edit icon on the right of the IP to be edited.

    The Edit Public IP dialog opens.

    1. Update the relevant properties’ values.

    2. Click Submit to confirm the operation.

Deleting Public IP Addresses

To delete the configuration of a Public IP:

  1. Click Public IPs in Command Center’s left menu panel.

    The Public IPs grid displays.

  2. Click the edit icon on the right of the IP to be edited.

    The Edit Public IP dialog opens.

    1. At the top right, click Delete.

    2. Confirm the deletion operation.