Enable Identity Firewall on DFW and GFW

Identity Firewall must be activated for IDFW firewall rules to take effect.

Procedure

1. Beginning in 4.1.1, select Security > Distributed Firewall > Settings or Security > Gateway Firewall > Settings.
   In 4.1 and earlier, select Security > Distributed Firewall or Security > Gateway Firewall.
2. Beginning in 4.1.1, for distributed firewall, select the Identity Firewall Settings tab, and toggle the switch to enable Identity Firewall Service . For gateway firewall, select the Gateway Specific Settings tab, and toggle the Identity Firewall switch for each gateway on which you want to turn on Idenity Firewall.
   In 4.1 and earlier, in the right corner, click Actions > General Setting and toggle the status button to activate IDFW.
3. For distributed firewall under Activate Identity Firewall on Hosts and Clusters, toggle the switch at each standalone hosts or cluster to turn on IDFW.
4. If you are providing IDFW for physical machines you also need to turn on Event Log sources, see Identity Firewall Event Log Sources.