Colt help
Use Colt® Edge Private Cloud on VMware Cloud Foundation™ to create a firewall rule to allow internet access for networks. If you do not have a network to add the rule to, you must configure a network.
To create a firewall rule to allow internet access for networks:
Field | Description |
Name | Type a name for the network. |
Category | Leave this field as User defined. |
State | To enable the firewall rule, turn this option on. |
Applications | Click the icon, turn on the Choose a specific application option, select the applications for the rule, then click SAVE. |
Source | Click the icon, turn on the Any Source option, then click KEEP. |
Destination | Click the icon, select the destinations for the rule, then click KEEP. To use any destination, turn on the Any Destination option. |
Action | Select one of the following options:
|
IP Protocol | Select one of the following versions of IP for the firewall rule:
|
Logging | To enable logging for the firewall rule, turn this option on. |
Note: You will need to make a note of the public IP that is listed under External IP in order to create a SNAT (Source Network Address Translator) rule.
Field | Description |
Name | Type a name for the rule. |
Description | Type a description for the rule. |
Interface Type | Select one of the following interface types for the rule:
|
External IP | This field is not available if you selected NO SNAT for the Interface Type. Type the external IP address as listed on the NAT screen. |
External Port | This field is only available if you selected DNAT or NO DNAT for the Interface Type. Type the external port for the rule. |
Internal IP | Type the internal IP address for the rule. |
Application | This field is only available if you selected DNAT for the Interface Type. Click the icon, turn on the Choose a specific application option, select the application to use, then click SAVE. |
Destination IP | This field is only available if you selected SNAT or NO SNAT for the Interface Type. Type the destination IP address for the traffic. |
State | To enable the rule, turn this option on. |
Logging | To enable logging for the rule, turn this option on. |
Priority | Type the priority of the rule. A lower number signifies priority. For example, 1 is higher than 2. Valid numbers depend on the total number of rules for the edge gateway. |
Firewall Match | Select one of the following options to determine how the firewall matches the address during NAT translating if the firewall stage is not skipped:
|
Applied To | Select Public-1. |
Explore Edge Computing Solutions