infrastructureaddress

Infrastructureaddress is a term used to describe the network or system identifier associated with the underlying components that make up a computing or networking infrastructure. It is not a standardized term in major networking references, but it is commonly used in documentation and IaC (infrastructure as code) contexts to distinguish addresses tied to the infrastructure itself from those belonging to end-user services or application workloads.

In practice, an infrastructureaddress can refer to any identifier that allows management and control planes to reach an infrastructure component. This may include IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6) assigned to servers, switches, routers, load balancers, or virtual appliances, as well as MAC addresses or DNS names that resolve to those addresses. The concept is often employed in asset inventories, monitoring configurations, access control lists, and orchestration templates to ensure that management interfaces and control planes can be located reliably.

Common representations include private or public IP addresses, DNS hostnames, or cloud resource identifiers that map to a reachable management endpoint. In cloud environments, infrastructureaddresses are frequently used to distinguish the addresses of infrastructure components from the addresses of user-facing services.

Best practices involve documenting infrastructureaddresses in a configuration management database, using stable aliases or DNS names for long-term reachability, applying network segmentation and strong access controls, and rotating addresses as part of routine maintenance. Because infrastructureaddress is not a universally defined term, organizations should establish a clear internal definition and usage guidelines.