How to remove NAT for my VM Instance?

Question

I just created a VM instance with a static IP address to install cpanel.

It turns out that cPanel has some problems with NAT. Also cPanel does not provide technical support for systems with NAT.

Now I want to disable/remove NAT in my VM instance. Otherwise I will never be able to use cPanel on it.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

Well, if by saying NAT you mean Network Address Translation, you can't remove it from your VM instance due to NAT is allocated in your router. You need instead to forward a port in your router to your VM's local port. If you're using cPanel, the standard port should be 2082. The reason to forward a port is to enable all incoming packages to be redirected from you router's external (global static or dynamic)IP to your VM's local IP, from router's port to local port. Try to check out your router settings and find port forwarding option there. Also try to google for web-server behind NAT.