Networking Services

Networking Services in CloudRaya allow you to design, secure, and control how your resources communicate, both internally and with the internet.

What You Can Do with Networking Services

With CloudRaya Networking Services, you can:

• Isolate workloads using Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Control inbound and outbound traffic using ACL rules
• Assign and manage public IP addresses
• Distribute traffic using Load Balancers
• Securely connect networks using VPN

These services give you full control over network topology, security boundaries, and traffic flow.

How Networking Services Work with Virtual Machines

Virtual Machines do not operate in isolation.

Each VM:

• Lives inside a VPC
• Uses a private IP for internal communication
• Optionally uses a public IP for internet access
• Is protected by ACL rules

Networking Services define the environment where VMs operate.

📄 See: VM Networking Basics for VM-level behavior

Core Networking Components

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

A VPC is an isolated virtual network that contains your resources.

• Each VPC is scoped to a Cloud Zone
• VMs in different VPCs cannot communicate by default
• Subnets divide a VPC into logical segments

📄 See: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

IP Addressing

CloudRaya supports both private and public IP addresses.

• Private IPs are used for internal communication and are assigned automatically within a VPC
• Public IPs enable internet access and are managed as separate resources
• IPs are attached at the network interface level

📄 See:

• Public IP Address
• VM Networking Basics

Traffic Management

Use Load Balancers to distribute traffic across multiple VMs.

• Improve availability
• Handle incoming traffic efficiently
• Support common application ports

📄 See: Load Balancer

Secure Connectivity

CloudRaya supports secure connectivity options such as VPN.

• Connect on-premise networks to the CloudRaya networks
• Enable secure remote access
• Extend private networks securely

📄 See: VPN

When Should You Use Networking Services?

Networking Services are essential when you need to:

• Isolate environments (production, staging, testing)
• Expose only selected services to the internet
• Secure internal communication
• Scale applications with controlled traffic flow
• Integrate with external networks

Next Steps

Start exploring CloudRaya Networking Services:

📄 Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

📄 Public IP Address

📄 Load Balancer

📄 VPN

📄 SSH Key

📄 Networking Best Practices