Setup:
- Built a base image via packer.
- This base image is used to set up my infrastructure (via ansilbe)
- Terraform sets private_networking https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/do/r/droplet.html#private_networking variable to true
Question:
- why do are these droplets (configured via terraform) assigned a public ip?
- why is their public ip reachable on the internet
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- Droplets always have public ip, they can have private ip if u choose to have private networking on.
- you can always set firewall rules to deny public ip .
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