Introduction

Now that you have created a Global Private Fabric (GPF), the next step is to add your servers. Attaching your Bare Metal and Cloud servers to the fabric allows them to communicate securely using a private IP address. This guide will show you how to add and remove servers from your GPF in the my.liquidweb.com portal.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Log into your my.liquidweb.com account with your username and password, or sign in with Google SSO.
In the left navigation menu, expand the Network menu and click on Global Private Fabric.
Click on the name of the fabric you want to manage.
On the fabric details page, you will see a list of all eligible servers.
- To add all servers: Click the Add All button to attach every eligible server to the fabric.
- To manage individual servers: Find the server in the list and click the Attach or Remove button next to its name.

Server Attachment Time

While removing a server from a fabric can be done almost immediately, attaching a server to a fabric can take a few minutes for the networking configurations to be applied.

Next Steps

Once you attach a server, a new private IP address will appear next to its name in the fabric list.

This is the IP address you will use for secure, internal communication between your servers. For example, you can now configure your database server to only accept connections from your web server’s private IP, blocking all public traffic and dramatically improving your security.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

While removing a server is almost instant, attaching a server can take a few minutes. The system needs this time to apply the new network configurations. Please wait 3-5 minutes and then try your connection again.

Your Public IP is what your visitors use to access your website. It is open to the entire internet. Your Private IP is only visible to other servers inside your Global Private Fabric. It is a secure, internal-only address.

This usually happens for one of two reasons:

Already in Another Fabric: A server can only be attached to one Global Private Fabric at a time. Please check your other fabrics to see if the server is already attached.
Server Ineligibility: The server may be a legacy product or on a plan that does not support the Global Private Fabric.

You should use this private IP for any communication between servers in your fabric. For example, use it in: