diff --git a/translator/hot/tests/test_translate_outputs.py b/translator/hot/tests/test_translate_outputs.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fb2d54c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translator/hot/tests/test_translate_outputs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import os
+from translator.hot.tosca_translator import TOSCATranslator
+from translator.toscalib.tests.base import TestCase
+from translator.toscalib.tosca_template import ToscaTemplate
+import translator.toscalib.utils.yamlparser
+
+
+class ToscaTemplateOutputTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_translate_output(self):
+        tosca_tpl = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+            "../../tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml")
+        tosca = ToscaTemplate(tosca_tpl)
+        translate = TOSCATranslator(tosca, [])
+        hot_translation = translate.translate()
+
+        expected_output = {'nodejs_url':
+                           {'description': 'URL for the nodejs '
+                            'server, http://<IP>:3000',
+                            'value':
+                            {'get_attr':
+                             ['app_server', 'networks', 'private', 0]}},
+                           'mongodb_url':
+                           {'description': 'URL for the mongodb server.',
+                            'value':
+                            {'get_attr':
+                             ['mongo_server', 'networks', 'private', 0]}}}
+
+        hot_translation_dict = \
+            translator.toscalib.utils.yamlparser.simple_parse(hot_translation)
+
+        outputs = hot_translation_dict.get('outputs')
+        for resource_name in outputs:
+            translated_value = outputs.get(resource_name)
+            expected_value = expected_output.get(resource_name)
+            self.assertEqual(translated_value, expected_value)
diff --git a/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py b/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py
index 773cfb36..769ceb21 100755
--- a/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py
+++ b/translator/hot/tosca/tosca_compute.py
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ class ToscaCompute(HotResource):
         # Convert from a TOSCA attribute for a nodetemplate to a HOT
         # attribute for the matching resource.  Unless there is additional
         # runtime support, this should be a one to one mapping.
-        if attribute == 'ip_address':
-            attr['get_attr'] = [self.name, 'networks', '"private"', 0]
+
+        # Note: We treat private and public IP  addresses equally, but
+        # this will change in the future when TOSCA starts to support
+        # multiple private/public IP addresses.
+        if attribute == 'private_address' or \
+            attribute == 'public_address':
+                attr['get_attr'] = [self.name, 'networks', 'private', 0]
+
         return attr
diff --git a/translator/hot/translate_outputs.py b/translator/hot/translate_outputs.py
index c2e11f68..d31480ae 100644
--- a/translator/hot/translate_outputs.py
+++ b/translator/hot/translate_outputs.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 from translator.hot.syntax.hot_output import HotOutput
 
-TOSCA_TO_HOT_GET_ATTRS = {'ip_address': 'first_address'}
-
 
 class TranslateOutputs():
     '''Translate TOSCA Outputs to Heat Outputs.'''
diff --git a/translator/tests/data/tosca_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml b/translator/tests/data/tosca_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml
index c5d834a3..a02ae62f 100644
--- a/translator/tests/data/tosca_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml
+++ b/translator/tests/data/tosca_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ node_templates:
       snapshot_id: { get_input: storage_snapshot_id }
 
 outputs:
-  public_ip:
-    description: Public IP address of the newly created compute instance.
-    value: { get_attribute: [my_server, ip_address] }
+  private_ip:
+    description: Private IP address of the newly created compute instance.
+    value: { get_attribute: [my_server, private_address] }
   volume_id:
     description: The volume id of the block storage instance.
     value: { get_attribute: [my_storage, volume_id] }
diff --git a/translator/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml b/translator/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml
index e705d83f..40e6ed92 100644
--- a/translator/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml
+++ b/translator/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ node_templates:
           implementation: nodejs/config.sh
           inputs:
             github_url: { get_property: [ SELF, github_url ] }
-            mongodb_ip: { get_attribute: [mongo_server, ip_address] }
+            mongodb_ip: { get_attribute: [mongo_server, private_address] }
         start: nodejs/start.sh
 
   mongo_dbms:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ node_templates:
         configure:
           implementation: mongodb/config.sh
           inputs:
-            mongodb_ip: { get_attribute: [mongo_server, ip_address] }
+            mongodb_ip: { get_attribute: [mongo_server, private_address] }
         start: mongodb/start.sh
 
   mongo_server:
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ node_templates:
 outputs:
   nodejs_url:
     description: URL for the nodejs server, http://<IP>:3000
-    value: { get_attribute: [app_server, ip_address] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [app_server, private_address] }
   mongodb_url:
     description: URL for the mongodb server.
-    value: { get_attribute: [mongo_server, ip_address] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [mongo_server, private_address] }
 
diff --git a/translator/tests/data/tosca_multiple_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml b/translator/tests/data/tosca_multiple_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml
index 69fd5b1f..d6df1812 100644
--- a/translator/tests/data/tosca_multiple_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml
+++ b/translator/tests/data/tosca_multiple_blockstorage_with_attachment.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ node_templates:
       snapshot_id: { get_input: storage_snapshot_id }
 
 outputs:
-  public_ip:
-    description: Public IP address of the newly created compute instance.
-    value: { get_attribute: [my_server, ip_address] }
+  private_ip:
+    description: Private IP address of the newly created compute instance.
+    value: { get_attribute: [my_server, private_address] }
diff --git a/translator/tests/test_blockstorage.py b/translator/tests/test_blockstorage.py
index fa7ca82e..67873318 100644
--- a/translator/tests/test_blockstorage.py
+++ b/translator/tests/test_blockstorage.py
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ class ToscaBlockStorageTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(translated_value, expected_value)
 
         outputs = output_dict['outputs']
-        self.assertIn('public_ip', outputs)
+        self.assertIn('private_ip', outputs)
         self.assertEqual(
-            'Public IP address of the newly created compute instance.',
-            outputs['public_ip']['description'])
+            'Private IP address of the newly created compute instance.',
+            outputs['private_ip']['description'])
         self.assertEqual({'get_attr': ['my_server', 'networks', 'private', 0]},
-                         outputs['public_ip']['value'])
+                         outputs['private_ip']['value'])
         self.assertIn('volume_id', outputs)
         self.assertEqual('The volume id of the block storage instance.',
                          outputs['volume_id']['description'])
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/elements/TOSCA_definition.yaml b/translator/toscalib/elements/TOSCA_definition.yaml
index dadfe488..94f50a03 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/elements/TOSCA_definition.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/elements/TOSCA_definition.yaml
@@ -51,14 +51,10 @@ tosca.nodes.Compute:
         - greater_or_equal: 0 MB
       description: >
         Size of memory, available to applications running on the Compute node.
-    ip_address:
-      required: no
-      type: string
-      description: >
-        The primary IP address assigned by the cloud provider that applications
-        may use to access the Compute node.
   attributes:
-    ip_address:
+    private_address:
+      type: string
+    public_address:
       type: string
   capabilities:
       host:
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/functions.py b/translator/toscalib/functions.py
index 94631ba1..28bc8764 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/functions.py
+++ b/translator/toscalib/functions.py
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class GetAttribute(Function):
 
     Examples:
 
-    * { get_attribute: [ server, ip_address ] }
-    * { get_attribute: [ HOST, ip_address ] }
+    * { get_attribute: [ server, private_address ] }
+    * { get_attribute: [ HOST, private_address ] }
     """
 
     def validate(self):
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/CSAR/tosca_single_instance_wordpress/Definitions/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/CSAR/tosca_single_instance_wordpress/Definitions/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml
index 9bbfe642..a72fd078 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/CSAR/tosca_single_instance_wordpress/Definitions/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/CSAR/tosca_single_instance_wordpress/Definitions/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml
@@ -105,4 +105,4 @@ node_templates:
 outputs:
   website_url:
     description: IP address for Wordpress wiki.
-    value: { get_attribute: [server, ip_address] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [server, private_address] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_keyword.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_keyword.yaml
index c3ceac02..a02e71c7 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_keyword.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_keyword.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ node_templates:
         configure:
           implementation: configure.sh
           inputs:
-            ip_address: { get_attribute: [ HOST, ip_address ] }
+            ip_address: { get_attribute: [ HOST, private_address ] }
 
   database:
     type: tosca.nodes.Database
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ node_templates:
         configure:
           implementation: configure.sh
           inputs:
-            ip_address: { get_attribute: [ HOST, ip_address ] }
+            ip_address: { get_attribute: [ HOST, private_address ] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_not_found.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_not_found.yaml
index bacd6e1a..0f0d9695 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_not_found.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_host_not_found.yaml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ node_templates:
         configure:
           implementation: configure.sh
           inputs:
-            ip_address: { get_attribute: [ HOST, ip_address ] }
+            ip_address: { get_attribute: [ HOST, private_address ] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_illegal_host_in_outputs.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_illegal_host_in_outputs.yaml
index 2b621541..fdb4a660 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_illegal_host_in_outputs.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_illegal_host_in_outputs.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ node_templates:
 
 outputs:
   ip_address:
-    value: { get_attribute: [ HOST, ip_address ] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [ HOST, private_address ] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_unknown_node_template_name.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_unknown_node_template_name.yaml
index 5f609d7d..edc2e4a3 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_unknown_node_template_name.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/functions/test_get_attribute_unknown_node_template_name.yaml
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ node_templates:
 
 outputs:
   ip_address:
-    value: { get_attribute: [ unknown_node_template, ip_address ] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [ unknown_node_template, private_address ] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_normative_type_by_shortname.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_normative_type_by_shortname.yaml
index fa932394..aee9bd9b 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_normative_type_by_shortname.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_normative_type_by_shortname.yaml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ node_templates:
 outputs:
   server_address:
     description: IP address of server instance.
-    value: { get_attribute: [server, ip_address] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [server, private_address] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error1.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error1.yaml
index 482b7c1e..e7f98b63 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error1.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error1.yaml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ node_templates:
 outputs:
   server_address:
     description: IP address of server instance.
-    value: { get_property: [server, ip_address] }
+    value: { get_property: [server, private_address] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error2.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error2.yaml
index fe3dbbf5..ad72b5c7 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error2.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/test_tosca_top_level_error2.yaml
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ node_template:
 outputs:
   server_address:
     description: IP address of server instance.
-    value: { get_property: [server, ip_address] }
+    value: { get_property: [server, private_address] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml
index 40f8d178..f2650a5b 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_elk.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dsl_definitions:
         pre_configure_source:
           implementation: collectd/pre_configure_source.py
           inputs:
-            host: { get_attribute: [ TARGET, ip_address ]}
+            host: { get_attribute: [ TARGET, private_address ]}
       tosca.interfaces.relationship.Configure:
          pre_configure_target:
            implementation: collectd/pre_configure_target.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dsl_definitions:
         pre_configure_source:
           implementation: rsyslog/pre_configure_source.py
           inputs:
-            host: { get_attribute: [ TARGET, ip_address ]}
+            host: { get_attribute: [ TARGET, private_address ]}
 inputs:
   my_cpus:
     type: integer
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ node_templates:
             pre_configure_source:
               implementation: pre_configure_source.py
               inputs:
-                host: { get_attribute: [ TARGET, ip_address ] }
+                host: { get_attribute: [ TARGET, private_address ] }
                 port: { get_attribute: [ TARGET, port ] }
     interfaces:
       tosca.interfaces.node.lifecycle.Standard:
@@ -199,19 +199,19 @@ node_templates:
 outputs:
   nodejs_url:
     description: URL for the nodejs server.
-    value: { get_attribute: [ app_server, ip_address ] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [ app_server, private_address ] }
   mongodb_url:
     description: URL for the mongodb server.
-    value: { get_attribute: [ mongo_server, ip_address ] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [ mongo_server, private_address ] }
   mongodb_port:
     description: Port for the mongodb server.
     value: { get_property: [ mongo_dbms, dbms_port ] }
   elasticsearch_url:
     description: URL for the elasticsearch server.
-    value: { get_attribute: [ elasticsearch_server, ip_address ] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [ elasticsearch_server, private_address ] }
   logstash_url:
     description: URL for the logstash server.
-    value: { get_attribute: [ logstash_server, ip_address ] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [ logstash_server, private_address ] }
   kibana_url:
     description: URL for the kibana server.
-    value: { get_attribute: [ kibana_server, ip_address ] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [ kibana_server, private_address ] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml
index b882b27f..de0148a8 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/data/tosca_single_instance_wordpress.yaml
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ node_templates:
 outputs:
   website_url:
     description: URL for Wordpress wiki.
-    value: { get_attribute: [server, ip_address] }
+    value: { get_attribute: [server, private_address] }
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/test_functions.py b/translator/toscalib/tests/test_functions.py
index 93ec6a40..745e9dd1 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/test_functions.py
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/test_functions.py
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ class GetAttributeTest(TestCase):
             x for x in tpl.outputs if x.name == 'website_url'][0]
         self.assertIsInstance(website_url_output.value, functions.GetAttribute)
         self.assertEqual('server', website_url_output.value.node_template_name)
-        self.assertEqual('ip_address', website_url_output.value.attribute_name)
+        self.assertEqual('private_address',
+                         website_url_output.value.attribute_name)
 
     def test_get_attribute_invalid_args(self):
         expected_msg = 'Expected arguments: node-template-name, attribute-name'
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscadef.py b/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscadef.py
index 6614636a..d535446f 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscadef.py
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscadef.py
@@ -99,13 +99,12 @@ class ToscaDefTest(TestCase):
 
     def test_properties_def(self):
         self.assertEqual(
-            ['disk_size', 'ip_address', 'mem_size',
-             'num_cpus'],
+            ['disk_size', 'mem_size', 'num_cpus'],
             sorted(compute_type.get_properties_def().keys()))
 
     def test_attributes_def(self):
         self.assertEqual(
-            ['ip_address'],
+            ['private_address', 'public_address'],
             sorted([p.name for p in compute_type.attributes_def]))
 
     def test_requirements(self):
diff --git a/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py b/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py
index 94c785e2..38a24e36 100644
--- a/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py
+++ b/translator/toscalib/tests/test_toscatplvalidation.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class ToscaTemplateValidationTest(TestCase):
         outputs:
           server_address:
             description: IP address of server instance.
-            values: { get_property: [server, ip_address] }
+            values: { get_property: [server, private_address] }
         '''
         outputs = (translator.toscalib.utils.yamlparser.
                    simple_parse(tpl_snippet)['outputs'])
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class ToscaTemplateValidationTest(TestCase):
         outputs:
           server_address:
             descriptions: IP address of server instance.
-            value: { get_property: [server, ip_address] }
+            value: { get_property: [server, private_address] }
         '''
         outputs = (translator.toscalib.utils.yamlparser.
                    simple_parse(tpl_snippet)['outputs'])