Configuring the Firewall on Private Cloud environments

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The firewall is managed from the server’s Firewall menu.

Rules

Use this menu to find, create and adjust your firewall rules.

Administration interface: list of active firewall rules
Administration interface: list of active firewall rules

If you have a number of rules, the rule placed highest will take precedence over the others.

Adding a rule

To add a rule, choose:

  • the protocol: UDP or TCP
  • the type of rule: ACCEPT, DROP (reject without informing the sender) or REJECT,
  • the direction: in our out,
  • the relevant IPs/hosts,
  • the ports,
  • The IPs version.

Not putting anything in Hosts and Ports will enable the rule for all unless a higher rule states the opposite.

Administration interface: adding a rule
Administration interface: adding a rule

It is possible to give a label by rules (Annotations) and directly in your rules by using the string #.

To specify all ports you can leave empty or enter the range 0:65535.

Examples

Allow your own IP address to never be blocked on any ingoing port

TitleValue
ProtocolUDP/TCP
TypeACCEPT
DirectionInput
Hosts<your IP>
Ports<specify nothing>
IP versionIPv4, IPv6 or IPv4/IPv6 (depending on the stated IPs)

Block the MySQL port from outside

TitleValue
ProtocolUDP/TCP
TypeREJECT
DirectionInput
Hosts<specify nothing>
Ports3306
IP versionIPv4/IPv6

Bans

Here you will see the IP addresses currently banned and the services that they are banned from.

Administration interface: list of current bans
Administration interface: list of current bans

If you end up banned from a service, check this menu and delete your IP if it is banned and add the necessary rule.

A ban lasts for 10 minutes by default and takes place after some fifty connection failures.