Exporting and Importing Network ACL Rules

Scenarios

You can export inbound and outbound rules of a specific network ACL as an Excel file and then import these rules for another network ACL. Importing and exporting rules across regions are supported.

Notes and Constraints

• For optimal performance, import no more than 40 network ACL rules at a time.
• Importing rules will not delete existing rules.
• Importing duplicate rules will fail.

Exporting Network ACL Rules

1. Log in to the management console.

2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Networking > Virtual Private Cloud.

   The Virtual Private Cloud page is displayed.

4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Access Control > Network ACLs.
5. Locate the target network ACL and click its name to switch to the page showing details of that particular network ACL.
6. Click to export the inbound and outbound network ACL rules. The exported rules are stored in an Excel file. You need to download the file to a local directory.

Importing Network ACL Rules

1. Log in to the management console.

2. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Networking > Virtual Private Cloud.

   The Virtual Private Cloud page is displayed.

4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Access Control > Network ACLs.
5. Locate the target network ACL and click its name to switch to the page showing details of that particular network ACL.
6. Click .
7. Select the Excel file containing the exported network ACL rules and click Import to import the rules.