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Managing a VPC

After deploying a VPC, the portal provides an overview dashboard and management tools for all resources within the VPC.

VPC Overview Dashboard​

Select your VPC from Infrastructure → Cloud to view the overview page. The dashboard displays:

  • Gateway status — whether the gateway is running
  • Gateway uptime — how long the gateway has been online
  • SSH bastion — enabled or disabled
  • Location — the PoP where the VPC is deployed

Time and Traffic Filters​

In the top right of the dashboard, you can filter the view by:

  • Time range — last 24 hours, yesterday, last week, or a custom date range
  • Traffic direction — inbound or outbound

Network Transfer​

The dashboard shows total network transfer for the VPC, split by inbound and outbound, with a graph showing transfer over time (typically the last month).

VPC Details​

Below the network transfer section, the dashboard displays:

  • Created — when the VPC was provisioned
  • IPv6 address and IPv4 address of the VPC
  • Virtual machines — number of VMs deployed inside the VPC
  • SNAT rules — number of outbound NAT rules
  • DNAT rules — number of inbound NAT rules
  • Firewall rules — number of active firewall rules
  • Load balancers — number of network load balancers and HTTPS (Layer 7) load balancers

Deploying VMs Inside a VPC​

Navigate to Virtual Machines within your VPC to deploy and manage VMs. The workflow is similar to deploying standard (edge) VMs through Infrastructure → Virtual Machines, with two key differences:

  1. You do not select a location — the VM is deployed in the same location as the VPC.
  2. You do not configure network details — the VM is automatically attached to the VPC's internal network, and all traffic routes through the gateway.

To deploy a VM inside the VPC:

  1. Click + Add under Virtual Machines within the VPC.
  2. Select a CPU type and click Continue.
  3. Configure billing (hourly).
  4. Select an OS image, SSH keys, and other settings — these work identically to edge VM deployments.
  5. Click Deploy.

Once deployed, the VM has an internal IP on the VPC subnet. To access it from the internet, configure NAT rules for inbound traffic, or use the SSH bastion for management access.

Note: All other VM management features (power controls, console access, resize, tags, etc.) work identically to edge VMs. See Managing a Virtual Machine for full details.

Next Steps​

  • Gateway — configure bastion access and manage floating IPs
  • Firewall — set up inbound traffic rules
  • NAT Rules — configure DNAT and SNAT
  • Load Balancing — distribute traffic across backend VMs

Need Help?​

Contact support@netactuate.com or open a support ticket from the portal.