Anyway to expose my private IP as public ip on Internet?

Hello Gurus,

I have installed Jenkins on my CentOS 7 and wanted to do Continuous Integration with GIT.

Git webhook works well on my AWS server as the url I provide to GIT has Public IP.

Unfortunately, in my lab, CentOS has IP of 192.168.1.55 hence Git is not able to contact to the server.

My question is there a way to change private IP to Public Ip for Jenkins and Git integration would work for my home lab?

Btw, I did "NAT" configuration as well but I still get same IP 192.168.1.55

Note, port 8080 is opened in my home lab.

Any guidance would be sincerely appreciated.

Many Thanks

You seem to be confused about IP's.
You always have both a public and private IP. 192.168.1.* are common private IPs. You will also have a public IP.

Try a command such as

curl ipinfo.io/ip

to get your public ip


EDIT: I suppose always isn't true if you have an IPv6 ISP

Hi there,

Thanks for that, I got my public IP.

Now the next challenge is Jenkins is accessible on Private IP but not on Public IP!?

I accessed it the same way "http://<Public IP>:8080" but no response, I did the same URL on Linux server and got the message, connection refused. What is the likely the issue?

Can I access my application only on One IP that Private IP or Public Ip but not on both?

Kindly guide me

Thank you

You would probably need to allow the port access through your router firewall.

But there are security implications to this. You will need to make sure you take steps to secure the connection.

Keep in mind as well that unless you have a static ip from your isp, it may change from time to time breaking your connection.

if you're using a home router you will (should) be able to give yourself a static IP to get out.

You can use a dynamic DNS provider such as noip.com. You should also make sure you properly secure your router.

Check your ISPs terms of service. In the USA, at least, most ISPs prohibit public-facing servers unless you have at least a business level account.

Many thanks All!