Configuring secure access
This tutorial will walk you through Security Groups and IP rules
Security Groups
Configuring your security groups allows you to determine what traffic can access which port on your instance
Enabling SSH and ICMP
In this tutorial we will add rules to the existing Default security group that will enable SSH and ICMP access to your instance
Navigate to Project > Network, then click on Security Groups
The available security groups for this project are now displayed, select the group with the Default security group description and click Manage Rules on the right
Click on Add Rule
Select SSH from the Rule dropdown list, make sure the Remote is set to CIDR and fill in 0.0.0.0/0
Click Add
You have now added a rule to the Security Group
click Add Rule again
Select All ICMP from the Rule dropdown list
Make sure the Direction is set to Ingress, the Remote is set to CIDR and fill in 0.0.0.0/0
click Add
You can now access your instance by SSH and ICMP