Managing virtual firewalls

This feature allows cloud administrators to manage firewall rules for a virtual firewall by

• adding or deleting firewall rules
• editing a firewall rule to
  • enable or disable the firewall
  • allow or deny traffic
  • change the transport protocol

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.

To manage a virtual firewall from a network container

1. From the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management Administration Console, 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.
    The network containers are displayed.
3. Select a network container.
4. Click the Manage Virtual Firewalls icon .
    The Manage Virtual Firewall rules dialog is displayed. The message, "There are no firewalls associated with this network container." is displayed if no firewalls exist in the selected network container.
   
5. Continue as described in Using-the-Manage-Virtual-Firewalls-dialog-box.

To manage a virtual firewall from a service instance

To manage a virtual firewall from the Network Resources Overview in the BMC My Cloud Services Console

1. From the Overview pane of the BMC My Cloud Services Console under Network Resources on the left, click the count number next to Virtual Firewalls.
    The Manage Virtual Firewall rules dialog is displayed.
2. Select a network container.
3. Click the Manage Virtual Firewalls icon .
    The Manage Virtual Firewall rules dialog is displayed.
   
4. Continue as described in Using-the-Manage-Virtual-Firewalls-dialog-box.

Related topics

Creating-network-containers

Managing-virtual-load-balancers