Creating a security group

You can create and configure a custom IBM™ Cloud Security Group using the instructions here.

1. From your browser, open the IBM Cloud console and log into your account.
2. From the Dashboard, click the Menu icon > Classic Infrastructure to get to the Classic Infrastructure landing page.
3. From the Classic Infrastructure menu, select Security > Network Security > Security Groups to get to the Security Groups page.
4. On the Security Groups page, click on the Create Group + button.
5. Enter a name for the Security Group and optionally a description.
6. Click Create Group.

Note that the Create group with a default… checkbox is unmarked. This means no outbound rule will be created for this Security Group object. As a result, unless other outbound rules or Security Group objects are created, only incoming requests (such as SSH and ICMP) and their related (outgoing) traffic flows or responses will be permitted.