Add and Remove Services

Last updated May 28, 2024

There are several ways to add a service to a private network.

Adding Services to VPC
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You can add a cloud service to an existing private network:

  • In the Networks → Private Networks section
  • In a server’s settings
  • When creating a new service

In "Private Networks"
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  1. In the Networks → Private networks section click on the network.

  2. Click Add in the Services block.

  3. Select New or Existing depending on whether the service already exists in the control panel.

    • New: Select the service type: server, database, or load balancer.

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You will be redirected to the service creation page, where the required network will already be selected in the Network step. 

Complete creating the service. The IP address for the service will be issued automatically.

    • Existing: Select the service you want to add to VPC and click Add.

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Hostman will start transferring the service to this VPC. Usually, it takes about one minute to transfer 10 GB. After the transfer is completed, the service will be restarted, with the total downtime of 5-10 minutes.

In Server’s Settings
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To add a server to a private network: 

  1. Go to Cloud servers and click on the server.

  2. Go to the Network tab.

  3. Click Enable next to the Private network.

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  1. Select an existing network or click Add Network to create a new one.

    • New network: leave the default address range or specify your own. 

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    • Existing network: the server will be issued a private address automatically.

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  1. Click Connect.

Hostman will start transferring the server to the private network. Usually it takes about one minute to transfer 10 GB. 

The server will be on during the transfer. After the transfer is completed, the server will be rebooted with the downtime of 5-10 minutes.

When Creating a Service
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  1. Start creating a new cloud server, database, load balancer or a Kubernetes cluster.
  2. In the Network step, select the private network from the drop-down list.

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  1. Finish creating the service.

The service will be automatically added to this network when created. The private IP address for the service will be issued automatically.

Removing Services from VPC
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To remove a server from a private network:

  1. Go to Cloud servers and click on the server.

  2. In the Network tab, click Configure next to Private network.

  3. Click Exclude from the network.

  4. Click Exclude and reboot.

Hostman will start removing the server from this network. Usually it takes about one minute for each 10 GB of disk size.

After the process is completed, the server will be rebooted with downtime of 5-10 minutes. The network interface will be assigned a public IP address.