Updated on 2024-01-12 GMT+08:00

Purchasing CFW

You can purchase multiple firewalls in a region and assign them different resources and policies.

CFW can be billed in yearly/monthly (prepaid) or pay-per-use (postpaid) mode. You can purchase the CFW standard or professional edition in yearly/monthly mode. The pay-per-use billing mode supports the CFW professional edition. as needed.

Prerequisites

The current account has the BSS Administrator and CFW FullAccess permissions.

Constraints

CFW can be used in the selected region only. To use CFW in another region, switch to the corresponding region and then purchase it. For details about the regions where CFW is available, see Can CFW Be Used Across Clouds or Regions?

Purchasing a Firewall in Yearly/Monthly Mode

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. In the navigation pane, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed, as shown in Figure 1.

    Figure 1 CFW Dashboard

  4. Click Buy CFW and configure parameters on the Buy CFW page. For more information, see Table 1.

    Table 1 Yearly/Monthly CFW parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Billing Mode

    Yearly/Monthly

    Region

    Region where the CFW is to be purchased.

    NOTICE:

    CFW can be used in the selected region only. To use CFW in another region, switch to the corresponding region and then purchase it. For details about the regions where CFW is available, see Can CFW Be Used Across Clouds or Regions?

    Edition

    Edition.

    • Standard

    Engine

    Direct engine. You can implement fine-grained application control, for example, by using policies and limiting sessions. You can also take advantage of intrusion prevention, virus filtering, and defense functions to enhance access security, defend against attacks, and identify and control applications.

    Add EIP Protection Capacity

    (Optional) Number of additional EIPs to be protected. Value range: 0 to 2000

    NOTE:

    By default, 20 public IP addresses are protected by the standard edition (included in the package fee). If you have 65 public IP addresses, you only need to enter 45.

    Add Peak Traffic Protection Capacity

    (Optional) Additional peak inbound or outbound traffic. The value range is 0 to 2000 Mbit/s per month. (The value must be an integer multiple of 5.)

    NOTE:
    • By default, up to 10 Mbit/s per month is protected by the standard edition (included in the package fee). If your protection traffic is 200 Mbit/s per month, you only need to enter 190 Mbit/s per month.
    • The protection traffic is determined based on the maximum inbound or outbound traffic, whichever is higher.

    Add VPCs

    (Optional) Select the number of VPCs you want to add. The value range is 0 to 100.

    NOTE:
    • Only the professional edition supports inter-VPC protection.
    • By default, 2 VPCs are protected by the professional edition (included in the package fee). If you have 3 VPCs, you only need to enter 1.
    • For each VPC you add, the protected peak traffic increases by 200 Mbit/s.

    Enterprise Project

    Select an enterprise project from the drop-down list.

    This option is only available if you have logged in using an enterprise account, or if you have enabled enterprise projects. To use this function, Enable Enterprise Center. You can use an enterprise project to centrally manage your cloud resources and members by project.

    NOTE:

    Value default indicates the default enterprise project. Resources that are not allocated to any enterprise projects under your account are displayed in the default enterprise project.

    Firewall Name

    Firewall name.

    It must meet the following requirements:
    • Only letters (A to Z and a to z), numbers (0 to 9), spaces, and the following characters are allowed: -_
    • The value can contain 1 to 48 characters.

    Advanced Settings

    Tag: You can use a tag for multiple cloud resources. You are advised to predefine tags in TMS. For details, see Resource Tag Overview.

    Required Duration

    Service duration.

    After selecting a duration, you can select Auto-renew. If you select and agree to service auto renewal, the system automatically generates a renewal order based on the subscription period and renews the service before it expires. Note the Auto-Renewal Rules when enabling auto-renewal.

  1. Confirm the purchase information and click Buy Now.
  2. Confirm the order details, select I have read and agreed to the Huawei Cloud Firewall Service Statement, and click Next.
  3. Select a payment method and pay for your order.

Purchasing a Firewall in Pay-per-Use Mode

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. In the navigation pane, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed, as shown in Figure 2.

    Figure 2 CFW Dashboard

  4. Click Buy CFW. For details about the parameters on the Buy CFW page, see Table 2.

    Table 2 Parameters for purchasing a pay-per-use CFW

    Parameter

    Description

    Billing Mode

    If you select Pay-per-use, you will be charged for the protection on your workloads from purchase to unsubscription.

    Region

    Region where the CFW is to be purchased.

    NOTICE:

    CFW can be used in the selected region only. To use CFW in another region, switch to the corresponding region and then purchase it. For details about the regions where CFW is available, see Can CFW Be Used Across Clouds or Regions?

    Edition

    Currently, only the professional edition is supported.

    Engine

    Firewall engine.

    Direct engine. You can implement fine-grained application control, for example, by using policies and limiting sessions. You can also take advantage of intrusion prevention, virus filtering, and defense functions to enhance access security, defend against attacks, and identify and control applications.

    Enterprise Project

    Select an enterprise project from the drop-down list.

    This option is only available if you have logged in using an enterprise account, or if you have enabled enterprise projects. To learn more, see Enabling the Enterprise Center. You can use enterprise projects to more efficiently manage cloud resources and project members.

    NOTE:

    Value default indicates the default enterprise project. Resources that are not allocated to any enterprise projects under your account are displayed in the default enterprise project.

    Firewall Name

    Firewall name.

    It must meet the following requirements:
    • Only letters (A to Z and a to z), numbers (0 to 9), spaces, and the following characters are allowed: -_
    • The value can contain 1 to 48 characters.

    Advanced Settings

    Tags: It is recommended that you use the TMS predefined tag function to add the same tag to different cloud resources.

  1. Confirm the purchase information and click Buy Now.
  2. Confirm the order details, select I have read and agreed to the Huawei Cloud Firewall Service Statement, and click Next.
  3. Select a payment method and pay for your order.

Effective Conditions

Your CFW instance is purchased when your instance edition and its quota information are shown in the upper right corner of the management console.