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A security group is a set of rules to control network traffic into and out of your virtual machines. To manage security groups go to ''Project->Compute->Access & Security'' and select the ''Security Groups'' tab. You will see a list of currently defined security groups. If you have not previously defined any security groups, there will be single default security group.  
A security group is a set of rules to control network traffic into and out of your virtual machines. To manage security groups go to ''Project->Compute->Access & Security'' and select the ''Security Groups'' tab. You will see a list of currently defined security groups. If you have not previously defined any security groups, there will be single default security group.  


To add or remove rules from a security group, click 'Manage Rules'' beside that group. When the group description is displayed, you can add or remove rules by clicking the ''+Add Rule'' and ''Delete Rule'' buttons respectively.  
To add or remove rules from a security group, click ''Manage Rules'' beside that group. When the group description is displayed, you can add or remove rules by clicking the ''+Add Rule'' and ''Delete Rule'' buttons.  


The '''default security group''' contains rules which allow a VM access out to the internet, for example to download operating system upgrades or package installations, but does not allow another machine to access it, except for other VMs belonging to the same default security group. We recommend you do not remove rules from the default security group as this may cause problems when creating new VMs. You may recall, however, in the [[Cloud Quick Start]] you were directed to add a security rule for port 22 to allow incoming traffic so that you were able to connect to your VM ([[Cloud Quick Start#Firewall, add rules to allow SSH|Firewall, add rules to allow SSH]]).
The '''default security group''' contains rules which allow a VM access out to the internet, for example to download operating system upgrades or package installations, but does not allow another machine to access it, except for other VMs belonging to the same default security group. We recommend you do not remove rules from the default security group as this may cause problems when creating new VMs. You may recall, however, in the [[Cloud Quick Start]] you were directed to add a security rule for port 22 to allow incoming traffic so that you were able to connect to your VM ([[Cloud Quick Start#Firewall, add rules to allow SSH|Firewall, add rules to allow SSH]]).
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