How to attach resources to a Private Network

VPC allows you to build your own Virtual Private Cloud on top of Scaleway’s shared public cloud. Within each VPC, you can create multiple Private Networks and attach Scaleway resources to them, as long as the resources are in an AZ within the network’s region. Attached resources can then communicate between themselves in an isolated and secure layer 2 network, away from the public Internet.

Private Networks also have built-in Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), making it easy to manage the private IP addresses of your resources on the network.

Up to 512 resources can be attached to each Private Network, and each resource can be attached to up to eight Private Networks.

The following resource types can be attached to a Private Network:

• Instances
• Elastic Metal servers
• Load Balancers
• Public Gateways
• Managed Databases for PostgreSQL and MySQL

How to attach a resource to a Private Network

1. Click VPC in the Network section of the side menu. Your VPC dashboard displays:

   

2. Click the VPC containing the Private Network to which you want to attach a resource.

   A list of Private Networks in this VPC displays:

   

3. Click the Private Network to which you want to attach a resource.

   The Private Network’s dashboard displays.

   

4. Click the Attached resources tab.

   If you already have resources attached to the Private Network, a list of these displays. Otherwise, you see a welcome screen.

5. Click + Attach resource. The following screen displays.

   

6. Select the type of resource (Instance, Elastic Metal server etc.) that you want to attach. Then select the specific resource to attach. Only resources within the same region (or one of its Availability Zones) as the Private Network will be displayed.

7. Click Attach resource to finish.

   You are returned to the list of attached resources, where the newly-attached resource now displays.

How to view the resource’s IP address

When you attach a resource to a Private Network, it is automatically assigned an IPv4 and IPv6 address on that network. This is assigned from the CIDR block defined at the time of the Private Network’s creation.

The IP allocated when you attach the resource remains stable for as long as the resource is attached to the Private Network, and does not risk changing even across reboots and long poweroffs. The IP is lost only when you delete the resource or detach it from the Private Network.

You can view a resource’s IPv4 or v6 address in the Attached Resources tab of the Private Network itself (follow steps 1 - 5 above)

It can also be viewed via the Private Networks tab of the resource’s own dashboard.

How to detach a resource from a Private Network

1. Click VPC in the Network section of the side menu.

2. Click the VPC containing the Private Network from which you want to detach a resource.

   A list of Private Networks in this VPC displays.

3. Click the Private Network from which you want to detach a resource.

4. Click the Attached resources tab.

   A list of resources attached to the Private Network displays.

   

5. Click the «Unlink Icon» icon next to the resource you want to detach.

6. Click Detach resource when prompted to confirm.