Firewalls Quickstart
The essentials to create a cloud firewall, add rules, and apply it to Droplets.
Validated on 9 Aug 2023 • Last edited on 13 Mar 2026
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.
The essentials to create a cloud firewall, add rules, and apply it to Droplets.
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