Creating an IP Address Group

Scenario

If you want to use a whitelist or blacklist to control access to listeners, you must create an IP address group first.

Constraints

• Each user can create up to 50 IP address groups.
• An IP address group can have up to 200 unique CIDR blocks.
• Up to 20 unique CIDR blocks can be added to an IP address group at a time.
• An IP address group can be associated with up to 10 listeners.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner and choose Networking > Global Accelerator.

   The Global Accelerator page is displayed.

3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose IP Address Groups.
4. On the displayed page, click Create IP Address Group.
5. Configure the parameters. For details, see Table 1.

   Table 1 Parameters required for creating an IP address group

   Parameter	Description
   Name	The name of the IP address group.
   CIDR Blocks	CIDR blocks that are added to the whitelist or blacklist for access control. Each IP address or CIDR block must be on a separate line and end with a carriage return. Each line can include a description with a vertical bar (|) separating it from the IP address or CIDR block, for example, 192.168.1.0/24 | GROUP01. The description can contain up to 255 characters long and cannot contain angle brackets (<>). You can add a maximum of 20 CIDR blocks at a time and 200 CIDR blocks in total.
   Description	Provides supplementary information about the IP address group.

6. Click OK.