openstack-manuals/doc/admin-guide-cloud/compute/section_compute_config-firewalls.xml
Lana Brindley 596c8a8fbe General updates to Compute for style and convention
Editing the nested sections for the compute chapter. Mostly grammar, wording,
style, convention, etc. This patch includes the final nested sections:
system-admin, config-firewalls, and compute-pools.

Change-Id: I6469364c37c23b57d66b0ddff754ddcb8e92bc28
Closes-Bug: #1251195
2015-02-18 13:02:43 +10:00

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
version="5.0"
xml:id="default_ports">
<title>Compute service node firewall requirements</title>
<para>Console connections for virtual machines, whether direct or through a
proxy, are received on ports <literal>5900</literal> to
<literal>5999</literal>. The firewall on each Compute service node must
allow network traffic on these ports.</para>
<para>This procedure modifies the <systemitem>iptables</systemitem> firewall
to allow incoming connections to the Compute services.</para>
<procedure>
<title>Configuring the service-node firewall</title>
<step>
<para>Log in to the server that hosts the Compute service, as
<systemitem>root</systemitem>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Edit the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/iptables</filename> file, to add an
INPUT rule that allows TCP traffic on ports from
<literal>5900</literal> to <literal>5999</literal>. Make sure the new
rule appears before any INPUT rules that REJECT traffic:</para>
<programlisting language="ini">-A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 5900:5999 -j ACCEPT</programlisting>
</step>
<step>
<para>Save the changes to <filename>/etc/sysconfig/iptables</filename>,
and restart the <systemitem>iptables</systemitem> service to pick up
the changes:</para>
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>service iptables restart</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>Repeat this process for each Compute service node.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>