Hey everyone! I'm working on splitting my server cluster into several VPS instances that I plan to rent out. I'm trying to find a range of public IP addresses and could really use some insight on the potential costs involved. ISPs are pretty tight-lipped about this, probably to keep their business under wraps. I'm particularly curious about the price for something like a /27 range. I've heard it could go up into the thousands each month, which makes me wonder if it might be smarter to just rent VPS instances from AWS or similar providers and direct their public traffic to my cluster instead. Any advice based on your experiences?
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From what I've seen, the smallest block of individually routable IPv4 addresses is a /24, and those can set you back around $100k. However, if you're self-hosting and have a solid justification, getting something like a /27 shouldn't be super challenging or overly expensive. That said, do you really need that many IPs? A single public IP might be enough for a load balancer in most cases.
Totally agree with you! Just one public IP could suffice, especially when you’re starting. I'm still figuring out how exactly to route traffic to different VPSs, though. When clients point their domain to your public IP, how do you direct that traffic to the right VPS? I’m assuming a reverse proxy like Traefik would be part of the setup, but I’m not fully clear on it yet.
Actually, /24s have dropped in price lately; I just picked one up for $7k. You might want to double-check those figures.