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title: "Network Settings for Databases | Hostman Docs"
description: "Configure public IP or private network settings for databases easily using Hostman’s intuitive management platform with full guides."
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Each [cloud database](https://hostman.com/managed-database/) cluster has a private IP address from a particular private network. You can choose whether the cluster should also have a public IP as well as move the database cluster to another private network.

## Private networks

You can move the cluster to another private network.

1.  Go to the **Database** section and click on the cluster.
    
2.  Go to the **Network** tab.
    
3.  Click **Configure** next to the private network. 
    
4.  Select one of the existing networks or create a new one.
    
5.  Click **Transfer**.
    

Transferring the cluster will take some time. Normally, 10 GB transfers within 1 minute. 

After the transfer is complete, the database will be restarted. 

Overall downtime is around 5-10 minutes.

## Public and private IPs

When you create a database cluster, it is assigned a [private and public IP address](https://hostman.com/blog/public-vs-private-ip-addresses-what-s-the-difference/) by default.

You can restrict access to the cluster via public IP so the cluster is only accessible within the private network. 

1.  Go to the **Database** section and click on the cluster.
    
2.  Go to the **Network** tab.
    
3.  Disable the **Allow access by public IP address** option. 
    
4.  Confirm disabling public access.
    

> [!NOTE]
> Later on, you can restore public access to the cluster, however, a new public IP address will be issued for the cluster.