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layout: "profitbricks"
page_title: "ProfitBricks: profitbricks_firewall"
sidebar_current: "docs-profitbricks-resource-profitbricks_firewall"
description: |-
  Creates and manages Firewall Rules.
---

# profitbricks\_firewall

Manages a Firewall Rules on ProfitBricks

## Example Usage

```
resource "profitbricks_firewall" "example" {
  datacenter_id = "${profitbricks_datacenter.example.id}"
  server_id = "${profitbricks_server.example.id}"
  nic_id = "${profitbricks_server.example.primary_nic}"
  protocol = "TCP"
  name = "test"
  port_range_start = 1
  port_range_end = 2
}
```

####Argument reference

* `datacenter_id` - (Required)[string]
* `server_id` - (Required)[string] 
* `nic_id` - (Required)[string] 
* `protocol` - (Required)[string] The protocol for the rule: TCP, UDP, ICMP, ANY.
* `name` - (Optional)[string] The name of the firewall rule.
* `source_mac` - (Optional)[string] Only traffic originating from the respective MAC address is allowed. Valid format: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff.
* `source_ip` - (Optional)[string] Only traffic originating from the respective IPv4 address is allowed. 
* `target_ip` - (Optional)[string] Only traffic directed to the respective IP address of the NIC is allowed.
* `port_range_start` - (Optional)[string] Defines the start range of the allowed port (from 1 to 65534) if protocol TCP or UDP is chosen.
* `port_range_end` - (Optional)[string] Defines the end range of the allowed port (from 1 to 65534) if the protocol TCP or UDP is chosen.
* `icmp_type` - (Optional)[string] Defines the allowed type (from 0 to 254) if the protocol ICMP is chosen. 
* `icmp_code` - (Optional)[string] Defines the allowed code (from 0 to 254) if protocol ICMP is chosen.