What is Port Forwarding?
Port forwarding is a networking technique that allows incoming network traffic destined for a specific port on a router or firewall to be redirected to a different port on a device within a local network. It enables external access to services hosted on devices behind a network's firewall, allowing users to access specific applications or services from the internet.
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Let's say you have a cloud server running a web application on port 8080, and you want to make it accessible from the internet on port 80. You can achieve this by setting up port forwarding on your cloud server.
Step-1: Access your cloud server's management from N6 Cloud Client-area
Step-2: Click on your cloud server then, Locate the networking>>Port-forwarding
Step-3: Click on Add a New Rule
Step-4: Specify the internal IP address of your cloud server where the web application is running.
Step-5: Set the protocol of your choice (TCP, UDP)
Step-6: Select the server of your choice
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Step-7: Set the public port to 80 (the port you want to expose to the internet).
Step-8: Set the internal port to 8080 (the port where your web application is listening).
Step-9: Click Submit to create the port forwarding rule.
Now, when someone accesses your cloud server's public IP address on port 80, the request will be forwarded to the internal IP address of your cloud server on port 8080, where your web application is running. This allows users to access your web application through the default HTTP port (port 80) without specifying the non-standard port.
To delete the rule you can click remove and it will be deleted.
Remember to consider the security implications of opening ports and exposing services to the internet. It's to implement proper security measures, such as restricting access to trusted IP addresses and utilizing secure protocols, to protect your cloud server from unauthorized access
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