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Create a Firewall Rule

1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), on the left-side navigation, click Security. 

2. Click Firewall. 

3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top menu, click the corresponding data center. 

4. Click Actions, and then click New Rule. 

   • If you do not see Actions, then click Create a Firewall Rule. 
5. In Name, enter a descriptive name. 
6. In Action, select Allow to allow specified traffic to access your virtual machine or Block to block specified traffic. 
7. Under Service, enter and select the name of the desired Service Group.

   • To learn how to create a Service Group, see Create a Service Group. 

     After you create a rule, you have the option to disable the rule. This rule will be saved, and you can enable the rule at a later time.

8. Under Source, enter and select the name of the desired IP Group.
   • To learn how to create an IP Group, see Create an IP Group.

     • In the Firewall screen, each entry in the table represents a single firewall rule; however, each firewall rule can contain several IP addresses or just a single IP address. 

       You can combine related IP addresses into a single IP Group. For example, if you want to block traffic from three separate IP address, you do not have to create three separate firewall rules. Instead, you can combine the three separate IP addresses into a single, configurable IP Group. Then, when you create a firewall rule, you can pick the newly created IP Group as your Source or Destination IP addresses.

9. Under Destinations, in the field, enter and select the name of the desired IP Group.

10. Click Save Rule. 

Edit a Firewall Rule

1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Security. 

2. Click Firewall. 

3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top drop-down menu, select the desired data center.  
4. Locate and hover over the desired firewall rule. 
5. Click the vertical ellipses. 
6. Click Edit Rule. 

7. Several options are available to edit. Follow the appropriate sub-steps below:

Edit the Name of a Firewall Rule 

1. Under Name, edit the name. 

2. Click Save Rule. 

3. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

Edit Action

1. Under Action, select Allow or Block.

2. Click Save Rule.  

3. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

Edit Source

• Add a Source

1. Under Source, enter and select:  
   
   • an IP address
   • an IP address range
   • a CIDR
   • an existing IP Group
2. Click Save Rule

3. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

   You cannot create a new IP Group from this window. To learn how to create an IP group, see Create an IP group.

• Remove a Source

1. Under Source, hover over the desired source. 
2. Click the trash icon. 
3. Click Save Rule

4. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

   You cannot save a rule without a source. You must have an entry in the Source section.

Edit Destination

• Add a Destination

1. Under Destination, enter and select:  
   
   • an IP address
   • an IP address range
   • a CIDR
   • an existing IP Group
2. Click Save Rule

3. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

   You cannot create a new IP Group from this window. To learn how to create an IP group, see Create an IP group.

• Remove a Destination

1. Under Destination, hover over the desired source. 
2. Click the trash icon. 
3. Click Save Rule

4. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

   You cannot save a rule without a source. You must have an entry in the Destination section.

Edit Services

1. Under Service, enter and select:  
   
   • a service
   • a subprotocol
   • an existing service group
2. Click Save Rule

3. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

   You cannot create a new Service Group from this window. To learn how to create a service group, see Create a service group.

Delete a Firewall Rule

1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Security. 

2. Click Firewall. 

3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top drop-down menu, select the desired data center.  

4. Hover over the desired firewall rule. 

5. Click the vertical ellipses.  

6. Click Delete Rule. 

7. Click Delete Rule again.  

8. In the top menu, click Save. 

Enable or Disable a Firewall Rule

To enable or disable a firewall rule: 

1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Security. 

2. Click Firewall. 

3. If you have virtual machines in various data centers, then in the top drop-down menu, select the desired data center.  

4. Hover over the desired firewall rule. 

5. Click the vertical ellipses.  

6. Click Enable Rule or Disable Rule. 

7. Click Enable Rule or Disable Rule again.   

8. In the top menu that appears, click Save. 

Reorder a Firewall Rule

1. Under Rule, in the numbered fields, enter a number to move the rule to a different position. 
   • If you have more than 25 rules, the additional rules will be placed in a secondary section within the Firewall screen. To reorder and move these additional rules into a higher position, enter a number under the Order column, and then press Enter on your keyboard. 

2. In the top menu that appears,  click Save.

   If you are not familiar with ordering rules, contact Armor Support to help you properly order your firewall rules. It is extremely important to order rules in order to receive desired traffic.

   To learn how to send a support ticket, see Armor Support.

Export Firewall Data

1. In the Armor Management Portal (AMP), in the left-side navigation, click Security. 

2. Click Firewall.

3. If you have virtual machines in various data center, then click the corresponding data center. 

4. Select Rules, IP Groups, or Service Groups to filter the data.

5. (Optional) Use the filter function to customize the data displayed. 

6. In the bottom, right part of the screen, click CSV. 

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