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How to restrict droplet to only accept connections over private IP

I see that each droplet has a publiv IPv4 adress and a private VPC adress. How can I easily configure an Ubuntu docker droplet to only accept connections from within the VPC (i.e. via the private IP)?


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alexdo
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February 22, 2023

Hello @mattiaswelander

I believe with a docker container this can be easily achieved by specifying localhost in the required host IP when you spin the container.

An example is docker run -p 127.0.0.1:1234:80

This should do the trick for you.

Hope that this helps!

KFSys
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February 18, 2023

Hey @mattiaswelander,

You can just deny all incoming connection using your firewall, either IP tables or UFW. You can choose one of them and use it.

If you wish to use IPtables, check the following article:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/iptables-essentials-common-firewall-rules-and-commands

If you wish to use UFW, you can check this one out:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-firewall-with-ufw-on-ubuntu-20-04

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