Managing security groups using the Cloud management portal

Creating a security group

To create a security group by using the Cloud management portal

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

  • Press the + (plus) icon in the lower right corner.

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

  • Name your security group and optionally provide a description.

  • Press Create

Note

The new security group will not have any rules so wont actually do anything. To add rules, follow next step.

Adding rules to a security group

To add rules to a security group by using the Cloud management portal

  • 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 (rows of text with a small + plus sign).

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

  • Press Create rule.

Note

For ease of use, we recommend using the already defined rules. These are project specific so you can also tweak them as you see fit.

Adding a security group to an instance

To add a security group to an instance by using the Cloud management portal

  • 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

Note

Remember: you need to add your security groups to all instances.

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