diff --git a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml
index b2ef444ff1..aea55e5e7b 100644
--- a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml
+++ b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/make_rings.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     - name: set the options in the proxy config file
       shell:
         cmd: |
-          crudini --set /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['proxy1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}
+          crudini --set /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['proxy1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}
           crudini --set /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf DEFAULT user {{ ansible_user_id }}
           crudini --set /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf app:proxy-server node_timeout 20
         executable: /bin/bash
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     - name: set the options in the account config file
       shell:
         cmd: |
-          crudini --set /etc/swift/account-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}
+          crudini --set /etc/swift/account-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}
           crudini --set /etc/swift/account-server.conf DEFAULT user {{ ansible_user_id }}
         executable: /bin/bash
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     - name: set the options in the container config file
       shell:
         cmd: |
-          crudini --set /etc/swift/container-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}
+          crudini --set /etc/swift/container-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}
           crudini --set /etc/swift/container-server.conf DEFAULT user {{ ansible_user_id }}
         executable: /bin/bash
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     - name: set the options in the object config file
       shell:
         cmd: |
-          crudini --set /etc/swift/object-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}
+          crudini --set /etc/swift/object-server.conf DEFAULT bind_ip {{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}
           crudini --set /etc/swift/object-server.conf DEFAULT user {{ ansible_user_id }}
           crudini --set /etc/swift/object-server.conf DEFAULT conn_timeout 3
           crudini --set /etc/swift/object-server.conf DEFAULT container_update_timeout 3
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
         executable: /bin/bash
 
     - name: scp rings to all swift-cluster nodes
-      command: scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o ConnectionAttempts=360 /home/{{ ansible_user }}/rings/{{ item[0] }} {{ ansible_user }}@{{ hostvars[item[1]].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:/etc/swift
+      command: scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=5 -o ConnectionAttempts=360 /home/{{ ansible_user }}/rings/{{ item[0] }} {{ ansible_user }}@{{ hostvars[item[1]].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:/etc/swift
       with_nested:
         - ['account.ring.gz', 'container.ring.gz', 'object.ring.gz', 'object-1.ring.gz', 'object-2.ring.gz']
         - "{{ groups['swift-cluster'] }}"
diff --git a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2 b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2
index fdb9b27352..500448f3d9 100755
--- a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2
+++ b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/make_multinode_rings.j2
@@ -7,32 +7,32 @@ cd /home/{{ ansible_user }}/rings
 rm -f *.builder *.ring.gz backups/*.builder backups/*.ring.gz
 
 swift-ring-builder object.builder create 10 3 1
-swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder object.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder object.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder object-1.builder create 10 2 1
-swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder object-1.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder object-1.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder object-2.builder create 10 6 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb4 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb5 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb6 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb7 1
-swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb8 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb4 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb5 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb6 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb7 1
+swift-ring-builder object-2.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['object1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 10 }}/sdb8 1
 swift-ring-builder object-2.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder container.builder create 10 3 1
-swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder container.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['container1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 11 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder container.builder rebalance
 swift-ring-builder account.builder create 10 3 1
-swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb1 1
-swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb2 1
-swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb3 1
+swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb1 1
+swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb2 1
+swift-ring-builder account.builder add r1z1-{{ hostvars['account1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}:{{ swift_base_port + 12 }}/sdb3 1
 swift-ring-builder account.builder rebalance
diff --git a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/test.conf.j2 b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/test.conf.j2
index 9be3a23f17..59328ee3bf 100644
--- a/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/test.conf.j2
+++ b/tools/playbooks/multinode_setup/templates/test.conf.j2
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [func_test]
 # Sample config for Swift with tempauth
-auth_host = {{ hostvars['proxy1'].nodepool.public_ipv4 }}
+auth_host = {{ hostvars['proxy1'].nodepool.private_ipv4 }}
 auth_port = 8080
 auth_ssl = no
 auth_prefix = /auth/