OpenStack Networking Cookbook

Creating a security group using Horizon

Security groups provide you with ways to control the Network traffic between ports in an OpenStack Network. Security group rules are applied at a Network port level. To apply port level security, we will start by creating a security group and then adding security rules to this group. The security groups are attached to the instances when they are launched.

Getting ready

For creating a security group, you will need the following information:

• The security group name
• A description for the security group

How to do it…

The following recipe will show you how to create a security group using Horizon:

1. Log in to Horizon with the appropriate credentials.
2. In the left navigation menu, navigate to Project | Compute | Access ...