Will private networking speed up the connection between droplets?

December 22, 2015 3.1k views
Networking MongoDB PHP
King Julien
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King Julien

I'm a little confused about what is the practical use of a private networking. I want to create two droplets for my website, on for the php staff (server A) and another for mongodb database (server B). Should I enable private networking on these servers and use server B's private ip for mongodb connection string on server A or this is not the correct use for private networking?

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jschwenn MOD February 12, 2016

Hey there,

Running a remote Database is a perfect use of Private Networking. You could further restrict the public interface access on Server B for added security.

Happy coding,

Jon Schwenn
Platform Support Specialist
DigitalOcean

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  • newbie March 6, 2016

    @jschwenn
    Do i need to enable private networking on boh vps?
    Also is it posible to install phpmyadmin on this ocation?

    • jschwenn MOD March 6, 2016

      You would need to enable private networking on both Droplets. Phpmyadmin would be for MySQL databases. Technically you could host a tool on Server A to use to work with the database, but you would want to weigh the security implications of that.

      • newbie March 7, 2016

        @jschwenn
        thanks for your answer,
        just one thing is not clear, if i must install phpmyadmin of the database server, dont i need to install remaining of LEMP on that server? like nginx and php?

        i would really appreciate if you give me a details idea on this part.

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