Managing virtual firewalls

The topic describes how cloud administrators can manage firewall rules for a virtual firewall. The topic includes the following sectyions:

• • Overview of managing virtual firewalls
  • Before you begin
  • Components of a firewall definition
  • To manage a virtual firewall from a network container
  • To manage a virtual firewall from a service instance
  • Related topics

Overview of managing virtual firewalls

Cloud administrators can manage firewall rules (inbound and outbound access control lists (ACLs)) for a virtual firewall by:

• Adding or deleting firewall rules
• Editing a firewall rule to
  • Enable or disable the firewall
  • Allow or deny traffic
  • Update other settings

Cloud administrators can manage virtual firewall rules from:

• A network container using the BMC Cloud Administrator Console, as described in To manage a virtual firewall from a network container.
• A service instance using the BMC My Cloud Services Console, as described in To manage a virtual firewall from a service instance.
• The list of all virtual firewalls in the Network Resources Overview of the BMC My Cloud Services Console, as described in To manage a virtual firewall from the Network Resources Overview in the BMC My Cloud Services Console.

Before you begin

The network container must have at least one firewall.

Components of a firewall definition

The following illustration depicts the main components of a firewall definition.

To manage a virtual firewall from a network container

You can access the Manage Virtual Firewalls dialog from the Resource Manager > Network > Network Containers workspace or from the accompanying Details pane for the selected container.

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console,
   1. Click the vertical Workspaces menu on the left side of the window and select Resources.
   2. Under Quick Links on the left, click Network Containers under the Network section to display the network containers.
   3. Select a network container that has a virtual firewall that you want to manage.
   4. Click the Manage Virtual Firewalls icon .
2. From the Details pane,
   1. Select the network container with the virtual firewall entry or entries.
   2. Expand the Details pane.
   3. Under the Virtual Firewalls label, select the virtual firewall from the Virtual Firewalls table.
   4. Click the Manage Virtual Firewalls icon .
      The Manage Virtual Firewall rules dialog is displayed.
      

3. Review the following field descriptions:
   

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To add or edit a firewall rule, see Using-the-Manage-Virtual-Firewalls-dialog-box.

To manage a virtual firewall from a service instance

Related topics

Creating-network-containers

Managing-virtual-load-balancers