Networking
TurboStack gives your servers secure, private ways to talk to each other and to your own network. This page explains the networking capabilities you can rely on and the value each one brings. Private networking keeps internal traffic - database replication, backups and monitoring - off the public internet, and high availability reduces downtime; both matter for keeping critical sites online.
PrivateNet
PrivateNet is a secure, encrypted private overlay network - a mesh Virtual Private Network (VPN) - that connects your managed servers. It lets your servers exchange traffic safely for tasks such as database replication, backups and monitoring, without exposing anything to the public internet.
PrivateNet uses a private Domain Name System (DNS) suffix, so your servers reach each other by name with no public DNS required. Servers join the network automatically, and you get secure, short-lived certificate-based Secure Shell (SSH) access over the overlay.
Site-to-site VPN
An optional IPsec site-to-site VPN creates encrypted tunnels between your own network and your servers, so an office network and the servers behave as one private network. Split tunnelling is available so only the traffic you choose travels through the tunnel.
Remote-access VPN
An optional Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN (OpenConnect, compatible with Cisco AnyConnect) gives your team secure remote access to your environment. It supports per-user accounts and split-tunnel routes so users reach your servers without routing all of their traffic through the VPN.
High availability and load balancing
For resilient setups, a virtual IP (Internet Protocol) address can fail over between a pair of servers in an active/passive configuration. This means one server handles traffic while a second stands by. Health checks continuously monitor the active server, and if it fails the virtual IP moves to its partner so your service keeps running.
How these are set up
Most networking features are provisioned by Hosted Power as part of your setup rather than being self-served toggles, so they are tailored to your environment.
Note
To enable a VPN or high-availability configuration, contact support.