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Overview

Service Overview

Security Group is a virtual logical firewall that controls Inbound/Outbound traffic occurring in the virtual server of Samsung Cloud Platform. The target resources that can apply Security Group are Virtual Server, Database, Kubernetes Engine, etc. Security Group is applied to the port of the target resource, and multiple Security Groups can be applied according to the characteristics of each resource.

When the Security Group is created for the first time, it blocks all Inbound/Outbound traffic according to the default rules (Any/Deny).

The user can create Inbound/Outbound rules by specifying the IP address, port, and protocol, and only allowed traffic to the target resource is possible according to the created rules.

Figure. Security Group Configuration Diagram

Component

The elements that make up the Security Group are as follows.

Component	Detailed Description
Applicable Target	The target resource to which the Security Group is applied Apply Security Group to Virtual Server, Database, Kubernetes Engine, Load Balancer Security Group is applied to the port of the target resource, and multiple Security Groups can be applied according to the characteristics of each resource
Security Group rules	When a Security Group is first created, it follows the default rules (Any/Deny) and blocks all Inbound/Outbound traffic Ping, SSH communication between servers in the same subnet is also blocked, and users can use it after setting the necessary rules Inbound/Outbound allowance rules can be added by setting the target address, protocol, and port Block rules cannot be set Bulk creation of rules is provided through form creation

Component

Detailed Description

Applicable Target

The target resource to which the Security Group is applied

Apply Security Group to Virtual Server, Database, Kubernetes Engine, Load Balancer

Security Group is applied to the port of the target resource, and multiple Security Groups can be applied according to the characteristics of each resource

Security Group rules

When a Security Group is first created, it follows the default rules (Any/Deny) and blocks all Inbound/Outbound traffic

Ping, SSH communication between servers in the same subnet is also blocked, and users can use it after setting the necessary rules

Inbound/Outbound allowance rules can be added by setting the target address, protocol, and port

Block rules cannot be set

Bulk creation of rules is provided through form creation

Fig. Security Group Components

Constraints

The Security Group of Samsung Cloud Platform has a default quota (limit) set. There is a maximum number of Security Groups and Security Group rules that can be created. Samsung Cloud Platform Console is a space where you can check and manage quotas for many resources related to Samsung Cloud Platform services and request quota increases.

Classification	Basic Quota	Detailed Description
Security Group	100	The default number of Security Groups created per Account
Number of Security Group rules	100	Default rule creation limit per Security Group
Number of Security Group rules > per project	1,000	Default number of Security Group rules that can be created per Account

Table. Security Group Restrictions

Preceding Service

Security Group has no preceding service.

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