In GCP, the platform can create firewall policies rules in virtual datacenters or in global networks, to later attach to VMs. | Panel |
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Privileges: Manage firewall, Manage global networks |
To create a new firewall, do these steps: Go to Virtual datacenters → Network → Firewalls
or go to myCloud → Global → select the GCP provider → Network → Firewalls Click the Add button Enter the firewall details and select the direction For more details see table of Create GCP firewall policy GCP general information table below Go to Inbound or Outbound and add firewall rules For more details see table of Create GCP firewall policy GCP rules inbound outbound field descriptionsrules table below After you finish adding rules, click Save
The platform will create your firewall in the provider. Table of Create GCP firewall policy GCP general informationtable Field | Description |
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Name | Name of the firewall policy. See GCP entity naming conventions | Virtual datacenter | Optionally select a virtual datacenter. This option is useful in recommending firewalls for your users and to enable you to set a default firewall. If you do not select a virtual datacenter, the platform will still create the firewall in the provider and users can still attach this firewall to their VMs | Direction | Select INGRESS for incoming traffic or EGRESS for outgoing traffic | Sources or Targets | Enter a list of comma separated values in CIDR format | Priority | The default is 1000 and lower numbers have higher priority | Allow | If selected, allow traffic; if unselected, deny traffic | Disabled | If selected, disable the firewall | Logs activated | If selected, activate firewall rule logs in GCP |
Table of Create GCP firewall policy GCP rules inbound outbound field descriptionsrules table Field | Description |
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Common protocols | Optionally select from a predefined common protocol to automatically complete the Protocol and default Ports | Protocol | Enter the protocol | Ports | Enter a list of ports, separated by commas, and/or a port range, separated with a dash (e.g. 80,8000-8009) |
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