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The platform can create firewall policies in virtual datacenters in the provider, or in the platform only, for later use in providers, depending on provider support.

To create a new firewall, do these steps:

You can define firewall rules for inbound and outbound traffic in your firewall policy.

To add a new firewall rule:

1. Select the virtual datacenter or location

2. Select the firewall

3. On the Firewall rules panel, click the pencil Edit button

4. Select the Inbound or Outbound tab for the traffic direction you wish to control

5. Enter the details of a rule

   1. Protocol

      • Select from Common protocols, OR

      • Select and enter a Custom protocol

   2. Port range with the Start port and End port that this rule will apply to.
      To enter one port, enter the same value twice, or optionally apply the rule to a number of ports at the same time. 
      For Azure and GCP, you can enter:

      1. a single port, such as 80

      2. a range, such as 1024-65535

      3. a list of port/range, such as 80,1024-65535

   3. Sources or Targets as a network address and netmask, or a comma separated list of these (with no spaces)

6. Click Add. The firewall rule will be added to the Firewall rules list

7. Enter more rules as required, then click Save

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In GCP, the platform can create firewall policies in virtual datacenters or in global networks, to later attach to VMs.

To create a new firewall, do these steps:

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → Network → Firewalls
   or go to myCloud → Global → select the GCP provider → Network → Firewalls

2. Click the Add button

3. Enter the firewall details and select the direction

   For more details see table of Create firewall policy GCP general information below

4. Go to Inbound or Outbound and add firewall rules

   For more details see table of Create firewall policy GCP rules inbound outbound field descriptions

5. After you finish adding rules, click Save

The platform will create your firewall in the provider.

Table of Create firewall policy GCP general information

Table of Create firewall policy GCP rules inbound outbound field descriptions

You can set a

default firewall policy for each virtual datacenter. 

To set or unset a default firewall for a virtual datacenter:

1. Select the firewall

2. Click the star default firewall button

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When the user creates a VM, the platform will assign the default firewall. The firewall rules apply to VMs, not individual NICs on the VMs. Changes to the firewall ruleset will apply to every VM in the virtual datacenter with the default firewall. If you do not set a default firewall but the provider requires one, for example, AWS, the platform will set the provider's default firewall. In AWS the default firewall is not marked. 

When you edit a firewall, you can add tags to group resources. You can then go to Control view to manage tagged resources.

To manage tags for a firewall, edit the firewall, go to Tags, and add tags.

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For more details, see Edit resource tags

Before you begin:

1. Check if your provider allows you to move firewalls. For example, Azure ARM allows you to move firewalls to other VDCs in the same resource group

To move a firewall to another virtual datacenter

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → Locations or Global

2. Select the public cloud region, or Azure provider and resource group

3. Edit the firewall policy and select the new Virtual datacenter

You can display and manage firewalls in the platforms at the level of the virtual datacenter or the location (public cloud region or datacenter).

To display firewalls in a virtual datacenter in a provider:

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → select a virtual datacenter → Network → Firewalls

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To display all firewalls in Google Cloud Platform

1. Go to myCloud → Global view → select the GCP provider → Networks → Firewalls

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To display all firewalls in a location (public cloud region or datacenter):

1. Go to Cloud virtual datacenters view → Locations

2. Select a location

3. Go to Network → Firewalls

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   Firewalls that do not exist in the provider are grayed out, and you should delete these firewalls.

To display firewalls in an Azure Resource Group:

1. Go to Cloud virtual datacenters view

2. Go to Global → Azure → Resource Groups → select a resource group

3. To display the details of the firewall, edit the firewall

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To delete firewall

rules, do these steps.

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → select a virtual datacenter or select All → Network → Firewalls

2. Edit the firewall

3. Select the Inbound or Outbound tab

4. On the left-hand side of each rule you wish to delete, click the trash bin Delete button

5. Click Save

To delete a firewall policy:

1. Edit each VM that is using the firewall policy to remove the firewall policy

2. Select the firewall policy

3. Click the Delete button