HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.3 and 7.3 Update 1 Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide

NOTE: This tab is enabled only when a software image with a Cloud source type is selected on
the Software tab. Images for any external cloud provider, including HP CloudSystem Foundation
and KVM Private Cloud, have Cloud listed as their source type.
The Required selection (the default) defines a firewall that must be in effect when a service is
created. With this option, the server group cannot be deployed to a provider that does not support
firewalls. The default cloud firewall blocks all inbound traffic. To allow inbound traffic, you must
create one or more rules on this page that describe that traffic.
Select None to avoid placing a firewall into effect. With this option, the server group cannot be
deployed to a provider that requires a firewall.
Selecting Optional configures a firewall on the provisioned servers only if firewalls are supported
by the provider. If the provider does not support firewalls, the firewall definition is ignored. The
default cloud firewall blocks all inbound traffic. To allow inbound traffic, you must create one or
more rules on this page that describe that traffic.
The Optional setting makes the template flexible for use with different cloud software images when
using the Custom Attributes feature to customize the operating system at service creation time. For
more information, see “Customizing template attributes when a service is created” (page 145).
A firewall is created as part of the Create Service operation and is uniquely associated with a
single cloud server group within a service. An IO user can only change the rules for the firewalls
associated with services that they own.
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