# Creating a Firewall

#### Scenarios

You can create a custom firewall, but any newly created firewall will be disabled by default. It will not have any inbound or outbound rules, or have any subnets associated. Each user can create up to 200 firewalls by default.

#### Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.

2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. On the console homepage, under Network, click Virtual Private Cloud.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Access Control > firewalls.
5. In the right pane displayed, click Create firewall.
6. In the displayed dialog box, enter firewall information as prompted. Table 1 lists the parameters to be configured.
   Figure 1 Create Firewall

   Table 1 Parameter descriptions
   Parameter | Description | Example Value
   --- | --- | ---
   Name | The firewall name. This parameter is mandatory. The name contains a maximum of 64 characters, which may consist of letters, digits, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name cannot contain spaces. | fw-92d3
   Description | Supplementary information about the firewall. This parameter is optional. The description can contain a maximum of 255 characters and cannot contain angle brackets (< or >). | N/A

7. Click OK.

Parent topic: Firewall