1. Administering Oracle SOA Cloud Service
  2. Secure an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance
  3. Configure Network Security
  4. Manage Access Rules for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance

Manage Access Rules for an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance

Access rules enable you to control network access to the VMs that make up your Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance. Each rule has a source, a destination, a destination port and a transport protocol.

For example, you can create an access rule that enables:

  • A database VM to access a specific port on your Managed Server VMs

  • Public Internet access to a specific port on the Administration Server VM

Oracle SOA Cloud Service creates several default rules on a new service instance, such as public access to the Administration Server and load balancer VMs on port 22 (SSH). Some of these are system rules, which cannot be disabled. Do not modify or delete system generated access rules that are marked DO NOT MODIFY. For information about the default access ports in a service instance, see About the Default Access Ports.

Prior to creating an access rule, ensure that the destination VM is configured to listen on the chosen ports. For example, on VMs running Oracle WebLogic Server you can configure network channels to control the listen ports for your Administration Server and Managed Servers. Refer to "Configuring Network Resources" in Administering Server Environments for Oracle WebLogic Server (12.2.1.4 | 12.2.1.3 | 12.2.1.2 | 12.1.3).

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