How do I change the firewall rules for my SmartVPS?

The Brownrice Dashboard has a firewall editor available on all Gen7 VPSs. By using this firewall editor you can easily edit the firewall rules for MySQL(port 3306) and SSH(port 22) to allow, block, or restrict access over that service/port.

Just follow the steps below to edit your firewall rules:

Log in to the Dashboard.
Select the 'VPS Hosting' tab.
Select 'Manage' on the VPS service that you would like to edit the Firewall rules for.
Select 'Firewall' from the menu.

A menu will appear below showing the SSH and MySQL firewall rules (Allowed, Blocked, or Restricted).

Allowed: Access allowed for all IP addresses.

Blocked: Access blocked for all IP addresses.

Restricted: Access restricted to only those IP addresses added to rule.

To change a rule status, click the pencil icon.

Select your desired rule status from the drop-down menu.

To add an IP address to the Restricted rule, Select 'Add IP' and input an IP address to give it firewall access.

Be sure to click the 'Save' button when changes are made. It may take up to 10 or 15 seconds before the changes are reflected on the Dashboard.

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