- How to Configure Firewall Rules
- How do I debug a firewall causing connection problems with my Droplet?
- Firewalls Pricing
- How to Create Firewalls
- How to Add and Remove Droplets from Firewalls
- Firewalls Limits
- How to View All Firewall Rules Applied to a Droplet
- My firewalls are not working correctly
- How to Destroy Firewalls
- Firewalls Features
Cloud Firewalls
Generated on 23 Apr 2025
DigitalOcean Cloud Firewalls are a network-based, stateful firewall service for Droplets provided at no additional cost. Cloud firewalls block all traffic that isn’t expressly permitted by a rule.
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How-Tos
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Reference
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Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Firewalls.
Details
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Support
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Latest Updates
27 June 2024
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Control plane firewalls are now available in early availability for select DOKS customers. For more information, see How to Add a Control Plane Firewall.
1 July 2023
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We no longer bill for outbound data transfer that we determine is dropped by a DigitalOcean firewall rule. Learn more about bandwidth billing.
3 August 2021
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You can now add Kubernetes clusters as sources or destinations in Cloud Firewall rules.
For more information, see all Cloud Firewalls release notes.