Configuring secure access

This tutorial will walk you through Security Groups and IP rules

Create Security Group

Configuring your security groups allows you to determine what traffic can access which port on your instance

In the web interface go to Project > Network > Security Groups

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Now click on Create Security Group on the right of your screen, then give your security group a name and click on Create Security Group in this new frame

Enabling HTTP and HTTPS

In this tutorial we will add rules to your security group that will enable HTTP and HTTPS access to your instance

In the web interface go to Project > Network > Security Groups

The available security groups for this project are now displayed, find the group you just created and click Manage Rules on the right

Click on Add Rule

Select HTTP from the Rule dropdown list, make sure the Remote is set to CIDR and fill in 0.0.0.0/0

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Click Add

You have now added a rule to the Security Group

click Add Rule again

Select HTTPS from the Rule dropdown list, make sure the Remote is set to CIDR and fill in 0.0.0.0/0

click Add

You can now access your instance by HTTP and HTTPS