[Labs-l] Obtaining a public IP address

[Ryan Lane]

Which project? I'll up your quota.

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Harry Burt <jarry1250 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> You'll have to forgive me if this has come up before, but what is the
> process for obtaining a public IP address for one's instance? I'm
> afraid I have literally no expertise in this area whatsoever, so I
> have no idea what's involved, and hence I thought it might be a good
> idea to piece together what I've been told so far and lump it all into
> this thread, rather than wonder on in blind ignorance:
>
> * I would like to make my web instance (which hosts a test wiki)
> publicly accessible
> * To achieve this, I need to get a public IP address routed to it
> * Wikimedia Labs has only a small number of IP addresses under its control
> * Therefore it may not be possible to have my wiki publicly accessible
>
> Is this a correct state of affairs? Is there any way of resoling this
> issue? (A few people have suggested things already, but I'm afraid I
> can't recall any of them.)
>
> Many thanks,
> Harry
>
> --
> Harry Burt (User:Jarry1250)
> GSoC student
>
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