Enabling or Disabling the Apex One Firewall

During the Apex One server installation, you are prompted to enable or disable the Apex One firewall.

If you enabled the firewall during installation and noticed an impact on performance, especially on Windows Server platforms, consider disabling the firewall.

If you disabled the firewall during installation but now want to enable it to protect the agent from intrusions, first read the guidelines and instructions in Security Agent Services.

You can enable or disable the firewall on all or select Security Agent endpoints.

Use one of the following methods to enable or disable the firewall on the web console.

Method

Procedure

Enable/Disable the Apex One Firewall on all Security Agents

Configure the Apex One Firewall service on all Security Agents using Global Agent Settings.

For more information, see Configuring Global Firewall Settings.

Note

Disabling the Apex One Firewall automatically disables all firewall policies on all Security Agents.

Enable/Disable the firewall service from the web console

Configure the Apex One Firewall service on selected Security Agents using Additional Service Settings.

For more information, see Security Agent Services.

Note

Disabling the firewall service automatically disables all firewall policies on the selected agents.

Create a new policy and apply it to Security Agents

Create a new policy that enables/disables the firewall.

For steps in creating a new policy, see Adding a Firewall Policy.
Apply the policy to the Security Agents.