Login to your cloud dashboard with userid / password provided in an email.

(IMPORTANT: Dashboard uses features from HTML5, please use browser that fully supports HTML5. Some examples are Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera).
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1. In dashboard, expand “Network” from left navigation menu.
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2. Select “Firewalls” section. (IMPORTANT: Once a firewall is successfully created, the default is to drop all traffic unless specified in “Firewall Rules”).
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3. Go to “Firewall Rules” tab.
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4. Click “+ Add Rule” button to create your first rule, or additional rules.
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   • Name, recommended format is “flowtype-network-action-ports” (Example: ingress-dmz-allow-80, this name defines in-bound traffic to DMZ network that is allowed over port 80).
   • Description can be helpful to understand rules.
   • Protocol
   • Action
   • Source IP Address/Subnet
   • Destination IP Address/Subnet
   • Source Port/Port Range
   • Destination Port/Port Range
   • Click “Add”
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5. Go to “Firewall Policies” tab.
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6. Click “+ Add Policy” button to create your firewall policy.
   • Name for the policy.
   • Description.
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   • Click on Rules tab to add / remove rules from policy.
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   • Click “Add”
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7. Now that you have successfully created some rules and a policy, it is time to create the firewall. Go to “Firewalls” tab and click “Create Firewall”
   • Name : Something that you can remember.
   • Description : Provide a description for your own reference
   • Policy, select a policy created in step 3.
   • Click “Add”
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8. Firewall Status will change from “PENDING_CREATE” to “ACTIVE” in few seconds. You have successfully created a firewall.
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9. Congratulations, now your virtual data-center has a firewall to control security.