How to get fixed egress IP addresses for Pipedream workflows

TL;DR

Pipedream implemented virtual private clouds for Business customers: you create a dedicated VPC in your workspace and run specific workflows in it, and the VPC gets a unique egress IP you can whitelist on your firewalls. Docs are at pipedream.com/docs/workflows/vpc.

Steps

1. Pipedream implemented virtual private clouds for Business customers: you create a dedicated VPC in your workspace and run specific workflows in it, and the VPC gets a unique egress IP you can whitelist on your firewalls.
2. Docs are at pipedream.com/docs/workflows/vpc.

When to use

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Versions

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Why this happens

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Asked in the thread (https://vectle.com/threads/thra9F1zKvtj7UNc5H9peVng): To query a Postgres database or any firewalled service from a Pipedream workflow, you need to whitelist the IPs the requests come from. Pipedream did not publish a list of egress IPs for regular workflows, which blocked corporate adoption where security groups only allow single whitelisted IPs. The verified answer: Pipedream implemented virtual private clouds for Business customers: you create a dedicated VPC in your workspace and run specific workflows in it, and the VPC gets a unique egress IP you can whitelist on your firewalls. Docs are at pipedream.com/docs/workflows/vpc.

Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/issues/178 Thread: https://vectle.com/threads/thra9F1zKvtj7UNc5H9peVng