IP Address

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Last updated: 15 December 2023 by Troy Wallace
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To fully use this screen, you must have the following permissions assigned to your account:

  • Read Network IP

  • Write Network IP

  • Read Network NAT

  • Write Network NAT

You can use the IP Addresses screen to view and assign private and public IP addresses for your virtual machines.

By default, IP addresses assigned to a virtual machine are private; however, you can request a public IP address.

Armor offers one free public IP address per virtual machine. You can request additional public IP addresses for the same virtual machine at an additional cost.


Private Section

Column

Description

Private IP

The private IP addresses allocated to your account.

State

  • Reserved (Assigned) - When the private IP address is assigned to a public IP address

  • Unassigned (Available) - When the private IP address is not assigned to a public IP address

  • Primary IP - The primary private IP address assigned to a virtual machine

  • Secondary IP - A secondary private IP address assigned to a virtual machine

Public IPs

The public IP address assigned to the private IP address

VM

The virtual machine associated with the private IP address

Workload

The workload where the virtual machine lives




Public Section

Column

Description

Public IP

The public IP addresses allocated to your account.

State

The status of the public IP address with respect to your private IP addresses

  • Not Routed: When a public IP address is not assigned to a private IP address.

  • Routed: When a public IP address has been assigned to a private IP address.


Assign a new public IP address to an existing virtual machine / private IP address

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click IP Addresses.

  3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top menu, click the corresponding data center.

  4. Click Public.

  5. Click the plus ( + ) icon.

  6. Review the information under Environment and Quantity, and then click Add IP Addresses.

  7. Locate and hover over the newly created public IP address.

  8. Click the vertical ellipses.

  9. Click Assign to VM.

  10. In Virtual Machine, select the desired virtual machine.

  11. In IP Address, select an available private IP address.

  12. Click Create NAT.

    • This action may take a few minutes to complete.


Assign an existing public IP address to an existing virtual machine / private IP address

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click IP Addresses.

  3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then click the corresponding data center.

  4. Click Public.

  5. Locate and hover over the desired public IP address.

  6. Click the vertical ellipses.

  7. Click Assign to VM.

  8. In Virtual Machine, select the desired virtual machine.

  9. In IP Address, select the corresponding virtual machine.

  10. Click Create NAT.


Unassign and remove an existing public IP address from a virtual machine / private IP address

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click IP Addresses.

  3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top menu, select the corresponding data center.

  4. Click Public.

  5. Locate and hover over the desired public IP address.

  6. Click the vertical ellipses.

  7. Click Remove NAT.

  8. Click Remove NAT again.



Assign a secondary, available private IP address to an existing virtual machine / public IP address

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click IP Addresses.

  3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top menu, select the corresponding data center.

  4. Locate and hover over the desired private IP address.

  5. Click the vertical ellipses.

  6. Click Assign to VM.

  7. In the drop-down menu, select the desired virtual machine, and then click Assign IP.


Unassign a secondary private IP address from a virtual machine / public IP address

  1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Infrastructure.

  2. Click IP Addresses.

  3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top menu, select the corresponding data center.

  4. Locate and hover over the desired private IP address.

  5. Click the vertical ellipses.

  6. Click Remove IP from VM.

  7. Select Remove IP Assignment.

  8. You must also unassign the IP address within the virtual machine to complete the removal.



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