This feature is available to appliances provisioned through the portal to the AWS cloud platform.

Log in to the portal and select the Cloud Appliances tab. If your user account is associated with multiple companies, select the company that contains the appliance for which you want to add a custom rule.

Select Appliances, and then select the name of the appliance for which you want to add a custom rule.

Select the Network Controls tab, and then click Add Custom Rule.

These options are available in the Add Custom Rule dialog box:

Protocol specifies a protocol for communication with the portal (TCP, UDP, or ICMP).

From Port specifies the starting port number for a range of ports on the appliance that peer nodes are allowed to access.

To Port specifies the ending port number of a range of ports on the appliance that peer nodes are allowed to access.

Source specifies the IP address of the virtual machine hosting the appliance. Click Get My Host Address to enter the IP address.