Cloud Firewall - Guides

Updated Friday, July 15, 2022

A free cloud-based firewall service that makes it easy to secure network traffic to and from Compute Instances.

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Basics

Get Started with Cloud Firewalls: Learn how to start using Cloud Firewalls.
Create a Cloud Firewall: Learn how to deploy Linode’s Cloud Firewall service.
Manage Cloud Firewall Rules: Define rules to accept or drop traffic.
Apply a Cloud Firewall to a Compute Instance: Add (and remove) Compute Instances to your Cloud Firewalls.
Enable or Disable a Cloud Firewall: Configure the status of a Cloud Firewall.
Delete a Cloud Firewall: Remove a Cloud Firewall and its rules.

Going Further

Comparing Cloud Firewalls to Linux Firewall Software: Learn which firewall solution may work best for your use case.
Troubleshooting Firewalls: Information on troubleshooting any firewall service.

This page was originally published on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.