Assign a firewall policy to a VM

If your provider offers firewall policies, first create them in your virtual datacenters, then assign firewall policies to your VMs.

To assign a firewall from the virtual datacenter to a VM:

1. Go to Virtual datacenters → edit VM → Firewalls
2. Mark the required firewall policy with a tick in the Firewall policies checklist
3. Click Save or continue editing the VM as required

Troubleshooting:

• If you cannot assign more firewall policies, check your cloud provider's limit. For example, for AWS, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/VPC_SecurityGroups.html#VPCSecurityGroups
• If your provider's default firewall policy does not display, you may need to synchronize your virtual datacenter or firewall policies before you continue
• If an expected firewall policy does not display, for example, a firewall policy that you recently created, you may need to wait for the firewall policy to propagate through the provider's API because of eventual consistency
• You can remove the default firewall when editing a VM. However, if the provider requires a firewall and you do not supply another one, the platform will assign the default firewall again.

Related pages:

• Configure Virtual Machines - Main VM configuration page
• Manage Firewalls - Create firewall policies at the virtual datacenter level