Adding a Firewall Rule¶
Scenarios¶
Add an inbound or outbound rule based on your network security requirements.
Notes and Constraints¶
A firewall can contain no more than 20 rules in one direction, or performance will deteriorate.
Procedure¶
Log in to the management console.
Click
in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.Click
in the upper left corner and choose Network > Virtual Private Cloud.The Virtual Private Cloud page is displayed.
In the navigation pane on the left, choose Access Control > Firewalls.
Locate the target firewall and click its name to switch to the page showing details of that particular firewall.
On the Inbound Rules or Outbound Rules tab, click Add Rule to add an inbound or outbound rule.
Click + to add more rules.
Locate the row that contains the firewall rule and click Replicate in the Operation column to replicate an existing rule.
Figure 1 Add Inbound Rule¶
Table 1 Parameter descriptions¶ Parameter
Description
Example Value
Type
The firewall type. This parameter is mandatory. You can select a value from the drop-down list. Currently, only IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.
IPv4
Action
The action in the firewall. This parameter is mandatory. You can select a value from the drop-down list. Currently, the value can be Allow or Deny.
Allow
Protocol
The protocol supported by the firewall. This parameter is mandatory. You can select a protocol from the drop-down list.
You can select TCP, UDP, ICMP, or All.
TCP
Source
The source from which the traffic is allowed. The source can be an IP address or IP address range.
IP address:
Single IP address: 192.168.10.10/32
All IP addresses: 0.0.0.0/0
IP address range: 192.168.1.0/24
0.0.0.0/0
Source Port Range
The source port number or port number range. The value ranges from 1 to 65535. For a port number range, enter two port numbers connected by a hyphen (-). For example, 1-100.
You must specify this parameter if TCP or UDP is selected for Protocol.
22, or 22-30
Destination
The destination to which the traffic is allowed. The destination can be an IP address or IP address range.
IP address:
Single IP address: 192.168.10.10/32
All IP addresses: 0.0.0.0/0
IP address range: 192.168.1.0/24
0.0.0.0/0
Destination Port Range
The destination port number or port number range. The value ranges from 1 to 65535. For a port number range, enter two port numbers connected by a hyphen (-). For example, 1-100.
You must specify this parameter if TCP or UDP is selected for Protocol.
22, or 22-30
Description
Supplementary information about the firewall rule. This parameter is optional.
The description can contain a maximum of 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).
N/A
Click OK.