Creating a Firewall¶
Scenarios¶
You can create a custom firewall. By default, a newly created firewall is disabled and has no inbound or outbound rules, or any subnets associated.
By default, you can create a maximum of 200 firewalls in a region.
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.
In the right pane displayed, click Create Firewall.
On the Create Firewall page, configure parameters as prompted.
Figure 1 Create Firewall¶
Table 1 Parameter descriptions¶ Parameter
Description
Example Value
Name
The firewall name. This parameter is mandatory.
The name contains a maximum of 64 characters, which may consist of letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name cannot contain spaces.
fw-92d3
Description
Supplementary information about the firewall. This parameter is optional.
The description can contain a maximum of 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >).
N/A
Click OK.