Creating Security Group

To add security group rules, follow the below steps:

1. Log on to the OpenStack as admin user.

2. On the navigation pane, click Project > Compute > Access & Security.
   
   The default Security Group defined by the system is displayed. Click Create Security Group to define a security group.

   Access & Security

   

3. Provide a name and description for the Security Group. Click Create Security Group.

   Creating Security Group

   

4. Under Actions column, click Manage Rules for the newly created security group.

   Manage Rules

   

5. Click Add Rule to define the rules for security group (ems-sg).

   Add Rules

   

6. In the Manage Security Group Rules window, define the following Ingress rules:

   The Egress rules are by default defined when the security group is created.

   Manage Security Group Rules - Ingress Rules

    

   Direction	Ether type	IP Protocol	Port Range	Remote
   Ingress	IPv4	ICMP	-	0.0.0.0/0 (CIDR)
   Ingress	IPv4	TCP	1-65536	0.0.0.0/0 (CIDR)
   Ingress	IPv4	UDP	1-65536	0.0.0.0/0 (CIDR)

7. Add ICMP rule by specifying the following values:

   1. Select All ICMP from Rule drop-down menu.

   2. Select Ingress from Direction drop-down menu.

   3. Select CIDR from Remote drop-down menu.

   4. Specify 0.0.0.0/0 as CIDR.

   5. Click Add.

      Adding Rule - All ICMP

      
8. Add TCP rule by specifying the following values:

   1. Select All TCP from Rule drop-down menu.

   2. Select Ingress from Direction drop-down menu.

   3. Select CIDR from Remote drop-down menu.

   4. Specify 0.0.0.0/0 as CIDR.

   5. Click Add.

      Add Rule - All TCP

      
   6. Add UDP rule by specifying the following values:

      1. Select All UDP from Rule drop-down menu.

      2. Select Ingress from Direction drop-down menu.

      3. Select CIDR from Remote drop-down menu.

      4. Specify 0.0.0.0/0 as CIDR.

      5. Click Add.

      Add Rule - All UDP

      

9. The following screen displays the security rules added for the newly defined security group:

   Manage Security Rules - All Rules Defined