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The one thing I really want from Digital Ocean is a guide that carefully explains how to set up the "private network" piece of the equation. The "orange box" t

The one thing I really want from Digital Ocean is a guide that carefully explains how to set up the "private network" piece of the equation. The "orange box" that represents the private network in each of the examples is taken for granted, but for someone coming from an application development perspective that piece isn't trivial to make. EC2 Security groups make that sort of box incredibly easy to make, but DO doesn't have anything like that.

beigeotter 12y ago
The article on setting up and effectively using the private network for what you're describing is actually now in our pipeline. It will probably be live this or early next week :) You can find our most recently published tutorials in our community here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/?filter=tutorials https://www.digitalocean.com/community/?filter=tutorials or catch it in our twitter feed (@digitalocean)
- ptr 12y ago
  Great! If that article would contain setting up custom hosts without using the HOSTS file (local DNS?), that'd be awesome. I don't like those ugly IP-addresses.
- estsauver 12y ago
  Awesome! Thank you very much!
decentrality 12y ago
Private Networking is available at certain data centers, like NYC2 == yes, vs. SFO1 == not yet. But these apply to your desired documentation: * https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/introducing-private-networking/ https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/introducing-privat... * https://digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-and-use-digitalocean-private-networking https://digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-an...
- estsauver 12y ago
  This "private networking" is private to the every DO droplet in the same datacenter. If you expose a port for private networking in a data center and I get your IP I can access it if I also get a droplet in that data center.
beigeotter 12y ago
As promised— here's the article that covers that info: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-isolate-servers-within-a-private-network-using-iptables https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-isola... Let us know in the comments if you have any other suggestions :)

beigeotter 12y ago

The article on setting up and effectively using the private network for what you're describing is actually now in our pipeline. It will probably be live this or early next week :) You can find our most recently published tutorials in our community here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/?filter=tutorials https://www.digitalocean.com/community/?filter=tutorials or catch it in our twitter feed (@digitalocean)

ptr 12y ago
Great! If that article would contain setting up custom hosts without using the HOSTS file (local DNS?), that'd be awesome. I don't like those ugly IP-addresses.
estsauver 12y ago
Awesome! Thank you very much!

decentrality 12y ago

Private Networking is available at certain data centers, like NYC2 == yes, vs. SFO1 == not yet. But these apply to your desired documentation: * https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/introducing-private-networking/ https://www.digitalocean.com/company/blog/introducing-privat... * https://digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-and-use-digitalocean-private-networking https://digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-an...

estsauver 12y ago
This "private networking" is private to the every DO droplet in the same datacenter. If you expose a port for private networking in a data center and I get your IP I can access it if I also get a droplet in that data center.

beigeotter 12y ago

As promised— here's the article that covers that info: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-isolate-servers-within-a-private-network-using-iptables https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-isola... Let us know in the comments if you have any other suggestions :)