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Opening ports in the firewall
This guide explains how to add personalised ports in the firewall of a Web host or a Cloud Server. Opening ports allows you to ensure certain applications work well but can reduce the security of your hosting.
- On a Web or Classic hosting, it is only possible to open output ports.
- On a Cloud Server it is possible to open input and output ports.
Adding a port
- open the Manager (manager.infomaniak.com)
- to go to Hosting or Cloud Server
- click on the host or the server concerned
- on a Cloud Server, choose the host concerned
- in the left side panel, click on Tools then on Opening ports
- click on Add a port
- follow the instructions displayed on the screen
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