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Creating Services and Service Groups

Use the Create Service page to create a service. You can create services based on protocols and ports used by an application. The protocols used to create a service include: TCP, UDP, MS-RPC, SUN-RPC, ICMP, and ICMPv6. Once you create a service, you can combine it with other services to form a service group. Service groups are useful when you want to apply the same policy to multiple services.

You can also create or modify protocols that you base your services on, from the Services page.

To configure a service or service group:

  1. Select Configuration > Shared Objects > Services.

    The Services page appears.

  2. Click the add icon (+) to create service or service group.

    The Create Services page appears.

  3. Complete the configuration of a service according to the guidelines provided in Table 1.

    If you want to configure a service group, see Table 2.

  4. Click OK to save the changes. If you want to discard your changes, click Cancel instead.

A new service or service group with the configuration you provided is created. You can use this service or service group as an endpoint in firewall policies.

Table 1 provides guidelines on using the fields to create a service.

Table 1: Service Settings

Field

Description

Object Type

Select Service or Service Group. If you select Service Group, then the page changes so you can select the services you want to include in your service group.

Name

Enter a unique name for the service. It must begin with an alphanumeric character and cannot exceed 63 characters; dashes and underscores are allowed.

Description

Enter a description for your service. You should make this description as useful as possible for all administrators.

Protocols

Select the protocol you want to associate with the service. You can use existing protocols that are listed in the Protocols table. You can also create a new protocol, or edit existing protocols:

Table 2 provides guidelines on using the fields to create a service group.

Table 2: Service Group Settings

Field

Description

Object Type

Select Service or Service Group. If you select Service Group, then the screen changes so you can select the services you want to include in your service group.

Name

Enter a unique name for the service. It must begin with an alphanumeric character and cannot exceed 63 characters; dashes and underscores are allowed.

Description

Enter a description for your service group. You should make this description as useful as possible for all administrators.

Services

Select the service you want to include in the service group and click the greater-than icon (>) to move the selected service or services from the Available column to the Selected column. You can use the search field at the top of each column to search for listed services.

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