Managing security groups using the Cloud management portal¶

Creating a security group¶

To create a security group using the Cloud management portal, follow these steps:

• Press “Networking” and then “Security groups” in the sidebar menu.

• Press the “+” icon in the bottom right corner.

• Under region, “europe-se-1” should be pre-selected.

• Name your security group and optionally provide a description.

• Press “create”.

Adding rules to a security group¶

To add rules to a security group using the Cloud management portal, follow these steps:

• Press “Networking” and then “Security groups” in the sidebar menu.

• On the security group you want to add a rule to, press the small “create rule” icon (looks like several rows of text with a small “+” sign).

• Define the rule. More info in our Designing security group rules article.

• Press “create rule”.

Adding a security group to an instance¶

To add a security group to an instance using the Cloud management portal, follow these steps:

• Press “Compute” and then “Instances” in the sidebar menu.

• Press the instance that you want to add the security group to.

• In the top tab (under the instance name), security groups menu is available when scrolling to the right. Press it.

• Press “Allocate”.

• Select the group you want to add.

• Press “connect group”.