SoftLayer Network Component Firewall Rule

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Overview

A SoftLayer_Network_Component_Firewall_Rule object type represents a currently running firewall rule and contains relative information. Use the SoftLayer Network Firewall Update Request service to submit a firewall update request. Use the SoftLayer Network Firewall Template service to pull SoftLayer recommended rule set templates.

User Access

Users wishing to access the SoftLayer_Network_Component_Firewall_Rule type must have the Hardware Firewall permission assigned to their account.

Warning! Even though our API is object based, XML-RPC can only return data as array values. The SOAP implementation treats data as object properties.

Local Properties

action

The action that the rule is to take [permit or deny].

  • Type: string
  • Length: 10 characters
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



destinationIpAddress

The destination IP address considered for determining rule application.

  • Type: string
  • Length: 20 characters
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



destinationIpSubnetMask

The destination IP subnet mask considered for determining rule application.

  • Type: string
  • Length: 20 characters
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



destinationPortRangeEnd

The ending (upper end of range) destination port considered for determining rule application.

  • Type: integer
  • Length: 10 digits
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



destinationPortRangeStart

The starting (lower end of range) destination port considered for determining rule application.

  • Type: integer
  • Length: 10 digits
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



notes

The notes field for the rule.

  • Type: string
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



orderValue

The numeric value describing the order in which the rule should be applied.

  • Type: integer
  • Length: 3 digits
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



protocol

The protocol considered for determining rule application.

  • Type: string
  • Length: 20 characters
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



sourceIpAddress

The source IP address considered for determining rule application.

  • Type: string
  • Length: 20 characters
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall



sourceIpSubnetMask

The source IP subnet mask considered for determining rule application.

  • Type: string
  • Length: 20 characters
  • Permission: Hardware Firewall


Relational Properties

networkComponentFirewall

The network component firewall that this rule belongs to.
networkComponentFirewall can be queried by object mask.
networkComponentFirewall must be a unique value.

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