Note: To make full use of this article, you must log in to the Hostwinds Client Area. Additionally, this article outlines the management of an essential section in your Cloud Control portal. To access your Cloud Control portal, you will need to click on the Cloud Control dropdown on the top of the Client portal dashboard menu.
To get to your Firewall settings, click on the Network dropdown on the top menu of the Cloud Control home dashboard. In the dropdown, the third link down is the link to the Firewalls page of your Cloud Control. Upon clicking the link, you will enter the Firewall page.
Adding Rules
To start, click the + icon to the left of a Firewall for a complete list of its information. The Firewall you selected will expand to show a more detailed view. Below is a list of the data, as well as a brief explanation of what they are.
Adding rules to your Firewalls will tell them what to protect you from and how.
A pop-up prompt will appear with all options for the FireWall rule.
To add rules, you'll need to set the direction of the traffic the rule enforces, the protocol, IP type, Min and Max ports. Here is a brief description of how your Firewall will use each protocol:
- Direction: The direction of the traffic that the rule applies to, incoming is trafficked.
- Inbound: to the instance and outgoing trafficks from the instance.
- Protocol: Specifies the type of traffic, ICMP, TCP, UDP
- IP Type: The IP type that the rule applies to IPv4 or IPv6
- Start Port: The minimum port that the rule applies to
- End Port: The maximum port that the rule applies to
Edit or Deleting Rules
There is an Actions dropdown on each row of the Firewall table that can either edit the Firewall profile or delete it entirely. You can edit the name and description of the profile by clicking the edit link, entering in the new Name or Description fields, and clicking the green Confirm button.
To delete a rule from the Actions dropdown, press the Delete link. A pop-up prompt will appear to confirm, and click the green Confirm button. Note: You will not be able to access this Firewall, and it is deleted entirely.
