Can't access other servers over private network

Posted July 6, 2014

I’ve turned on private networking on two droplets, but I can’t even get them to ping each other over the private network. Any help?

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kiantonio • May 20, 2015

Hi @kamaln7, I have the same problem. I did all the steps you mentioned and still no luck connecting to mysql. But running nc -zv database-droplet-ip 3306 succeeded w/ my ufw on, the database ip I used is the private network address. When I try to turn off my ufw I have no trouble connecting to mysql, also when I allow my public ip on ufw it connects perfectly.

taylor280302 • July 14, 2014

It turns out that one of my droplets wasn’t properly configured for private networking. I have it all sorted out now. Thanks.

taylor280302 • July 9, 2014

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taylor280302 • July 9, 2014

nc -zv database-droplet-ip 3306 timed out (I replaced database-droplet-ip with the private network ip of the database droplet).

sudo netstat -plutn | grep 3306 on the database droplet returned:

tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:3306            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      8312/mysqld

Kamal Nasser • July 6, 2014

Do you have a firewall installed that might be blocking ICMP packets? I believe UFW does that by default. If you’re using UFW, try disabling it and trying to run ping again.

Also, what’s the output of the following command?

sudo sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all

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