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Introduction

Internal networking lets applications running inside the same Private Cloud cluster communicate over the private cluster network instead of routing traffic through the public internet. This can reduce egress costs, lower latency, and simplify architectures where services talk to each other frequently.

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Configuring internal networking

1

Enable internal networking

In the environment that should receive internal traffic, enable internal networking from “Settings > Network”. An internal URL is generated for your application as soon as internal networking is enabled.
2

Choose which environments can reach you

Decide which environments are allowed to connect over the internal network. You can allow all environments in the cluster to reach your application, or restrict access to a specific environment for more granular access control.
Only environments within the same Private Cloud can be selected.
3

Deploy to synchronize the changes

Deploy your environment to apply the new network settings. Once the deployment finishes, the selected environments can reach your application over the internal network.
4

Connect using the internal URL

Retrieve your internal URL from the environment’s canvas or from “Settings > Network”. Other environments can now reach your application through this internal address rather than the public internet, keeping traffic within your Cloud account.The internal hostname follows the format env-{uuid}.private.laravel.cloud, for example:
When you allow all environments, every environment in the cluster can connect to your application over the internal network. When you restrict access to a specific environment, only that environment can reach your application, and requests from any other environment are blocked.

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Connection and routing

  • When internal networking is enabled for an environment, selected environments within the same Private Cloud can reach the application over HTTP. No TLS certificates are issued for internal routes.
  • Port 80 is open by default. If a deployment is configured to listen on 443 (HTTPS), internal routing maps that to port 80, without TLS.