diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index 3eeb5d414..aa86f3249 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function registerSubdomain(app, overwrite, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof overwrite, 'boolean');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+    sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
         async.retry({ times: 200, interval: 5000 }, function (retryCallback) {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function unregisterSubdomain(app, location, callback) {
         return callback(null);
     }
 
-    sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+    sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
         async.retry({ times: 30, interval: 5000 }, function (retryCallback) {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ function waitForDnsPropagation(app, callback) {
         return callback(null);
     }
 
-    sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+    sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
         subdomains.waitForDns(config.appFqdn(app.location), ip, 'A', { interval: 5000, times: 120 }, callback);
diff --git a/src/cloudron.js b/src/cloudron.js
index e944a8bb8..32ceefe7e 100644
--- a/src/cloudron.js
+++ b/src/cloudron.js
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ function configureAdmin(callback) {
 
     debug('configureAdmin');
 
-    sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+    sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
         subdomains.waitForDns(config.adminFqdn(), ip, 'A', { interval: 30000, times: 50000 }, function (error) {
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ function addDnsRecords(callback) {
     var dkimKey = readDkimPublicKeySync();
     if (!dkimKey) return callback(new CloudronError(CloudronError.INTERNAL_ERROR, new Error('Failed to read dkim public key')));
 
-    sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+    sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
         if (error) return callback(new CloudronError(CloudronError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
         var webadminRecord = { subdomain: constants.ADMIN_LOCATION, type: 'A', values: [ ip ] };
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ function migrate(options, callback) {
 function refreshDNS(callback) {
     callback = callback || NOOP_CALLBACK;
 
-    sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+    sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
         if (error) return callback(new CloudronError(CloudronError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));
 
         debug('refreshDNS: current ip %s', ip);
diff --git a/src/settings.js b/src/settings.js
index 876495964..249b376b4 100644
--- a/src/settings.js
+++ b/src/settings.js
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function getEmailDnsRecords(callback) {
             status: false
         };
 
-        sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+        sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
             if (error) return callback(error);
 
             records.ptr.domain = ip.split('.').reverse().join('.') + '.in-addr.arpa';
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ function setDnsConfig(dnsConfig, domain, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof domain, 'string');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    sysinfo.getIp(function (error, ip) {
+    sysinfo.getPublicIp(function (error, ip) {
         if (error) return callback(new SettingsError(SettingsError.INTERNAL_ERROR, 'Error getting IP:' + error.message));
 
         subdomains.verifyDnsConfig(dnsConfig, domain, ip, function (error, result) {
diff --git a/src/sysinfo.js b/src/sysinfo.js
index a5c452635..b0a3f6452 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo.js
+++ b/src/sysinfo.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 exports = module.exports = {
     SysInfoError: SysInfoError,
 
-    getIp: getIp
+    getPublicIp: getPublicIp
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ function getApi(callback) {
     }
 }
 
-function getIp(callback) {
+function getPublicIp(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     getApi(function (error, api) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
 
-        api.getIp(callback);
+        api.getPublicIp(callback);
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/sysinfo/caas.js b/src/sysinfo/caas.js
index fe1d2c9de..7d75b1de0 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo/caas.js
+++ b/src/sysinfo/caas.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getIp: getIp
+    getPublicIp: getPublicIp
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var assert = require('assert'),
     safe = require('safetydance'),
     SysInfoError = require('../sysinfo.js').SysInfoError;
 
-function getIp(callback) {
+function getPublicIp(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     if (process.env.BOX_ENV === 'test') return callback(null, '127.0.0.1');
diff --git a/src/sysinfo/ec2.js b/src/sysinfo/ec2.js
index c0ff9ab91..256c775ef 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo/ec2.js
+++ b/src/sysinfo/ec2.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getIp: getIp
+    getPublicIp: getPublicIp
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ var assert = require('assert'),
     SysInfoError = require('../sysinfo.js').SysInfoError,
     util = require('util');
 
-function getIp(callback) {
+function getPublicIp(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     superagent.get('http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-ipv4').timeout(30 * 1000).end(function (error, result) {
diff --git a/src/sysinfo/generic.js b/src/sysinfo/generic.js
index d63421ffd..38165f19c 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo/generic.js
+++ b/src/sysinfo/generic.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getIp: getIp
+    getPublicIp: getPublicIp
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var assert = require('assert'),
     superagent = require('superagent'),
     SysInfoError = require('../sysinfo.js').SysInfoError;
 
-function getIp(callback) {
+function getPublicIp(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     async.retry({ times: 10, interval: 5000 }, function (callback) {
diff --git a/src/sysinfo/interface.js b/src/sysinfo/interface.js
index 74ad6aff4..8cc7905de 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo/interface.js
+++ b/src/sysinfo/interface.js
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 // -------------------------------------------
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getIp: getIp
+    getPublicIp: getPublicIp
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert');
 
-function getIp(callback) {
+function getPublicIp(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     callback(new Error('not implemented'));
diff --git a/src/sysinfo/scaleway.js b/src/sysinfo/scaleway.js
index 09b89f097..de6fcd984 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo/scaleway.js
+++ b/src/sysinfo/scaleway.js
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 'use strict';
 
 exports = module.exports = {
-    getIp: getIp
+    getPublicIp: getPublicIp
 };
 
 var assert = require('assert'),
     superagent = require('superagent');
 
-function getIp(callback) {
+function getPublicIp(callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
     superagent.get('http://169.254.42.42/conf').timeout(30 * 1000).end(function (error, result) {