PublicNet in the cloud

Rackspace PublicNet connects cloud infrastructure components such as cloud servers, cloud load balancers, and network appliances to the Internet.

PublicNet is optimized for traffic flowing to and from the Internet (north-south traffic). It follows a direct addressing model, so all public IP addresses are directly configured on the servers without being Network Address Translated.

PublicNet is dual-stacked for IPv4 and IPv6. When you create a server with PublicNet, your server receives an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address by default.

See also

Networking considerations for cloud servers Networking considerations for OnMetal servers Networking considerations for RackConnect PublicNet in the cloud ServiceNet in the cloud Building servers without PublicNet or ServiceNet

Customer benefits from Cloud Networks Typical use cases for Cloud Networks Security groups DNS in the cloud Gateway Instances in Rackspace Cloud

Understanding Cloud Networks introduces key ideas. To learn how to put these ideas to work, start at Actions for Cloud Networks.