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Put a VM behind an external firewallNetworking

Use External firewall when a regular guest's traffic is filtered by a customer firewall on the same network — often a pfSense or OPNsense VM in the pool (see Create a firewall VM i…

Published 9/28/202618 views
Create a firewall VM in a Cloud PoolNetworking

Launch pfSense or OPNsense from the same create wizard you use for other Cloud Pool VMs. The form changes for those families — options are listed in Firewall appliance templates (p…

Published 9/28/202619 views
Firewall appliance templates (pfSense and OPNsense)Networking

A firewall appliance template (pfSense or OPNsense) builds a VM that is your firewall. Picking that OS family changes the create wizard: no cloud init, no SSH key inject, and the i…

Published 9/28/202617 views
Networks in Cloud PoolsNetworking

Each Cloud Pool has a Networks tab for private networks, public IP blocks, and attaching networks to VMs. Open Networks Compute → Cloud pools → select a pool → Networks . Private n…

Published 9/28/202616 views
Firewalls for Cloud PoolsNetworking

Cloud Pool VMs can use organization firewalls (reusable rule sets) and, on each VM, optional ad hoc rules for one off needs. pfSense and OPNsense templates are different: they are …

Published 9/28/202618 views
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