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name: openpages-service-endpoints
title: Managing IP addresses for IBM OpenPages
description: To ensure that you have enhanced control and security over your data when you use IBM OpenPages, you have the option of specifying the IP addresses that are allowed to connect to your IBM OpenPages service instance.
last-updated: 2024-09-10
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# Managing IP addresses for IBM OpenPages
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To ensure that you have enhanced control and security over your data when you use IBM OpenPages, you have the option of specifying the IP addresses that are allowed to connect to your IBM OpenPages service instance.
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By default, all IP addresses can be used to log in to IBM OpenPages and access the API.



## Before you begin
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Ensure that you have an IBM OpenPages instance.

If you need to create an IBM OpenPages instance, see [Provisioning your IBM OpenPages as a Service environment](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-provisioning_environment&interface=api&format=markdown)


## Setting up allowed IP addresses
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To set allowed IP addresses, do the following steps:

1. Go to the UI where you manage your IBM OpenPages instance. For more information, see [Managing your IBM OpenPages instance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-manage_op_instance&format=markdown).
2. Click the **Settings** tab.
3. In the **IP Allowlisting** table, click **New**.
4. Enter an IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) or specify a range (CIDR). Type a description, and then click **Save**.

   For information about CIDR, see [What is CIDR](https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/cidr/).

The IP addresses listed in the **IP Allowlisting** table are the only ones from which clients can access IBM OpenPages.

## Removing IP addresses from the allow-list
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If you remove all of the entries in the **IP Allowlisting** table, any IP addresses can access the instance. This is the default configuration.

To remove IP addresses from the **IP Allowlisting** table, do the following steps:

1. Go to the UI where you manage your IBM OpenPages instance. For more information, see [Managing your IBM OpenPages instance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openpages?topic=openpages-manage_op_instance&format=markdown).
2. Click the **Settings** tab.
3. In the **IP Allowlisting** table, click the **Delete** icon in the **Actions** column.

    The IP address is removed from the **IP Allowlisting** table.