How-to guides

The user can enter the required information for the Firewall service through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console, select detailed options, and create the service.

Firewall Create

You can create and use the Firewall service from the Samsung Cloud Platform Console.

To set up the firewall, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Go to the Firewall’s Service Home page.

2. Click the preceding service to be created on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the service creation page.

   • Create VPC: Enable the Internet Gateway and Transit Gateway firewall of the VPC service.
     • When creating the VPC’s Internet Gateway service, set the Firewall usage item to enabled. For detailed explanation, refer to Create Internet Gateway.
     • Create the VPC’s Transit Gateway service and apply for the Uplink Firewall’s linked service. For detailed instructions, refer to Create Transit Gateway.
   • Direct Connet Creation: When creating a Direct Connet service, set the Firewall Use item to Enabled. For detailed instructions, see Create Direct Connect.
   • Load Balancer creation: When creating a Load Balancer service, set the Firewall usage item to enabled. For detailed description, refer to Load Balancer creation.

3. When the prerequisite service creation is completed, check whether the corresponding Firewall resource is displayed in the Firewall list.

Firewall Check detailed information

The Firewall service can view and edit the full resource list and detailed information in the resource management menu.

To view detailed firewall information, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Go to the Firewall’s Service Home page.
2. Service Home on the page, click Firewall list. Firewall list page will be opened.
   • Firewall list On the page, you can see the information below.

     Category	Detailed description
     Firewall name	Firewall pre-service type automatically generated in Firewall format
     Firewall classification	Firewall preceding service type (Internet Gateway, Direct Connect, Load Balancer)
     Size	User-selected Firewall size
     VPC name	VPC name connected to Firewall
     Connection Name	Automatically generated in the format of preceding service name_Firewall using Firewall
     Number of rules	Number of rules used in the firewall
     Usage	Whether Firewall is used (enabled) or not used (disabled) If not used, the Any Allow rule is applied and no charges are incurred for the Firewall
     Status	Firewall status display Click the More button to set On/Off

     Table. Firewall resource list items
3. Firewall List Click the resource to view detailed information on the page. Firewall Detail You will be taken to the page.

• Firewall Details page displays status information and additional feature information, and consists of Details, Rules, Tags, Activity History tabs.

  Category	Detailed description
  Service status	Firewall status display Creating: Creating Active: Active Editing: Editing Deploying: Deploying Deleting: Deleting Error: Error

  Table. Firewall status information

Detailed Information

You can view detailed information of the selected resource from the Firewall list and, if necessary, edit the information.

Rules

Rule tab, you can view the Firewall rule list and add, edit, or delete rules.

tag

Firewall List page you can view the tag information of the selected resource, and you can add, modify, or delete it.

Work History

You can view the operation history of the selected resource in the Firewall list.

Firewall Rule Management

You can add, modify, or delete firewall rules.

Create Rule

Rule in the tab you can add Firewall rules.

To add a firewall rule, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Navigate to the Firewall’s Service Home page.
2. Click Firewall List on the Service Home page. You will be taken to the Firewall List page.
3. Firewall List Click the resource to add a rule on the page. Firewall Details Navigate to the page.
4. Firewall Details on the page click the Rules tab. Navigate to the Rules tab page.
5. Click the Add Rule button in the Rule tab. It will navigate to the Add Rule popup.

5. After checking the rule to add, click the Confirm button.

Create Rules in Bulk

To add multiple firewall rules at once, follow these steps.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Navigate to the Firewall’s Service Home page.
2. Click Firewall list on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Firewall list page.
3. Firewall List Click the resource to add a rule on the page. Firewall Details Navigate to the page.
4. Click the Rules tab on the Firewall Details page. You will be taken to the Rules tab page.
5. Click the Excel Download button in the Rules tab. The bulk rule entry Excel file will be downloaded.
6. Enter the rule information in the batch input Excel file and then save.
7. Click the Bulk Rule Input button. Bulk Rule Input popup appears.
8. Batch Rule Input in the popup window, click Attach File to attach the Excel file you created, and click Upload File.
   • If the attached Excel file format differs from the registration form or the file is encrypted, it cannot be uploaded.
   • The maximum number of batch registration rules that can be uploaded at once is 100. If you exceed the maximum number of registration rules, you cannot upload.
   • If you exceed the maximum number of rules that can be registered to the Account, you cannot upload the file.
9. Rule Check Check the details in the popup window and click the Confirm button.

Edit Rules

From the Firewall rule list, you can select a specific rule to view and edit the rule.

If you want to modify the Firewall rules, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Please click the menu. Navigate to the Firewall’s Service Home page.
2. Service Home on the page, click Firewall list. Navigate to the Firewall list page.
3. Click the resource to edit the rule on the Firewall List page. You will be taken to the Firewall Details page.
4. Click the Rules tab on the Firewall Details page. Navigate to the Rules tab page.
5. Click the rule you want to edit on the Rule tab page. It will navigate to the Rule Details popup window.
6. Rule Details In the popup window, click the Edit button. Navigate to the Rule Edit popup window.
7. Rule Edit Enter the item you want to edit in the popup window and click the Confirm button.

   Category	Required?	Detailed description
   Order	-	The order of the rules. To change the order, click More > Change Order in the rule list.
   Rule ID	-	Unique ID value for the rule cannot be changed
   Rule Index	-	Unique Index value for the rule, can be used for log analysis
   Departure address	Required	Departure address registered in the rule Can be changed by entering multiple addresses at once using CIDR (IP/Subnet Mask) format with commas (,), ranges (-), up to a maximum of 128 addresses
   Destination Address	Required	Destination address to add to the rule Can input multiple addresses up to 128 at once using CIDR (IP/Subnet Mask) format with commas (,), range (-)
   Protocol	Required	Protocol registered in the rule You can select and change to the desired protocol among TCP, UDP, ICMP, ALL values ALL means all ports for all protocols
   Destination Port	Required	TCP/UDP destination ports registered in the rule You can select well-known ports such as SSH, HTTP, TELNET and change them When entering manually, you can input values from 1 to 65,535, and you can use commas (,) or ranges (-) to input up to 128 at once for changes
   Type	Required	ICMP Type registered in the rule Among values defined as ICMP Type, frequently used Types such as Echo can be selected and changed When entering directly, you can specify a range using start value-end value to change
   Protocol Number	Required	Enter Protocol Number 1 ~ 254 Value input possible
   Action	Required	Ability to change traffic Allow/Deny classification due to rules Allow: Traffic allowed when matched to rule Deny: Traffic blocked when matched to rule
   Direction	Required	Ability to change the access direction of traffic based on the firewall criteria registered in the rule Inbound: external → internal Outbound: internal → external
   Active status	-	Active status of the rule, if inactive the rule does not operate
   Status	-	Status value for the rule
   Description	Choice	Additional description written by the user Can be changed by entering up to 255 characters

   Table. Firewall Rule Modification Details

Delete Rule

To delete the firewall rule, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Navigate to the Firewall’s Service Home page.
2. Click Firewall List on the Service Home page. It navigates to the Firewall List page.
3. Firewall List page, click the resource to edit the rule. Firewall Details page will be opened.
4. Firewall Details page, click the Rules tab. Navigate to the Rules tab page.
5. In the Rules tab, click More > Delete for the rule you want to delete.

Firewall Resource Management

You can modify the Firewall size and change the log usage settings.

Firewall Resize

To modify the Firewall size, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Navigate to the Firewall’s Service Home page.
2. Click Firewall list on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Firewall list page.
3. Click the resource to edit on the Firewall List page. Navigate to the Firewall Details page.
4. Firewall Details page, click the Size Edit icon. It will navigate to the Size Edit popup.
5. Resize In the popup window, select the size to modify, and click the Confirm button.

Using Log Saving

To use Firewall log storage, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Service Home Navigate to the page.
2. Click the Firewall menu on the Service Home page. Navigate to the Firewall List page.
3. Firewall list page, click the resource (Firewall) to use log storage. Firewall detail page is accessed.
4. Click the Edit icon of Log Save Status on the Firewall Details page. Edit Log Save Status popup window will open.
5. Log storage modification In the popup window, select Use of the log storage, and click the Confirm button.

Disable log saving

Firewall To set log storage to disabled, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page.
2. Click the Firewall menu on the Service Home page. Go to the Firewall list page.
3. Click the resource (Firewall) that will not use log storage on the Firewall List page. Go to the Firewall Details page.
4. Edit Log Save Option Click the button. Edit Log Save Option It will move to the popup window.
5. Modify log storage setting In the popup window, deselect Use for the log storage, and click the Confirm button.
6. Notification Check the popup window’s message and click the Confirm button.

Firewall Disable setting

Firewall service cannot be deleted alone. If you delete the preceding service, the connected Firewall will be deleted together. If you do not use the firewall while maintaining the preceding service, you can change the firewall to an unused state on the firewall list page.

To disable the firewall, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Networking > Firewall Click the menu. Service Home Navigate to the page.
2. Click the Firewall menu on the Service Home page. Go to the Firewall List page.
3. On the Firewall list page, click More > Unused for the resource to be switched to unused.
4. After the usage change is completed, check on the Firewall list page whether the resource’s usage status has changed to unused.