Managing security groups using the Cloud management portal¶
Creating a security group¶
To create a security group using the Cloud management portal
Press Networking and then Security groups in the sidebar menu.
Press the + (plus) 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
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 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 (looks like several 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 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 groups to all instances, all rules are evaluated in a per instance fashion.
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