Associating/Disassociating IPs

Associating and Disassociating Public IPs in Qumulus lets you dynamically manage external internet connectivity to your instances.

When external connectivity is required, such as hosting public services or APIs can be done by quickly associating a Public IP to your instances. This capability allows instant scalability, better accessibility, and easy remote management of resources.

Disassociating Public IPs enhances security by reducing the external accessibility of your instances when external access is no longer required. This also helps in optimizing resources and cost management by releasing IP addresses for alternative allocation.

Follow these steps to Associating and Disassociating IPs:

Associating Public IP to an Instance

Make your instances (VMs) publicly accessible by associating a Public IP:

1. Navigate to Compute > Instances.

2. Click the three-dot (⋮) under the Action column next to your desired instance.

3. Select "Associate Public IP".

4. In the pop-up window, Choose the instance's internal IP and available public IP from the dropdown lists.

5. Click "Attach" to confirm.

After successful association, the public IP status updates to Allocated.

Disassociating Public IP from an Instance

To stop your Instance's external access, dissociate its Public IP:

1. Navigate to Compute > Instances.

2. Click the three-dot (⋮) under the Action column next to your desired instance.

3. Select "Disassociate Public IP".

4. Confirm the disassociation by clicking on "Unassign".

Recommended Best Practices

• Regularly review your associated IPs, free up unused IPs that maximize your resource allocation effectiveness.

• Implement strict firewall and security groups that filter only essential traffic toward your accessible public resources.

• You should conduct regular inspections and audits of your public IP addresses to preserve your infrastructure security status.