Managing Schedules

Scenario

• Policy test: Set a validity period for a test policy. During the test, the policy automatically takes effect. After the test is complete, the policy automatically becomes invalid.
• Public network exposure control: Allow services to open ports to external systems only in a necessary period of time (for example, only during office hours), reducing exposure to the public network as well as security risks.
• Temporary access: Configure a policy to temporarily allow public network access. The policy will become invalid as scheduled even if you forget to delete it.

Adding a Schedule

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 on the left, click and choose Security & Compliance > Cloud Firewall. The Dashboard page will be displayed.
4. (Optional) Switch to another firewall instance: Select a firewall from the drop-down list in the upper left corner of the page.
5. In the navigation pane, choose Access Control > Object Groups.
6. Click the Schedule Management tab. Click Add Schedule and configure parameters.

   Table 1 Schedule parameters

   Parameter		Description
   Schedule Name		Name of a user-defined schedule
   Description		(Optional) Usage and application scenario
   Periodic Schedule	Add Periodic Schedule	(Optional) time periods in a week. A rule will take effect in the specified periods every week. NOTE: If the time zone of a resource is different from your local time zone, set CFW time zone to the time zone of the region where the resource is located.
   Absolute Schedule	Time Settings	Configure Time Settings if the time zone of a resource is different from your local time zone. The firewall engine is executed based on the time of CFW time zone. Local time zone: Time zone of the client browser. CFW time zone: Time zone of the CFW instance. It is the time zone of the current region.
   Absolute Schedule	Start Time	Time when a rule takes effect
   	End Time	(Optional) time when a rule expires

7. Click OK.

Follow-up Operations

To make a schedule take effect, you need to select it in the protection rule. For details, see Adding Protection Rules to Block or Allow Traffic.

Related Operations

• Copying a schedule: In the Operation column of a schedule, click Copy.
• Editing a schedule: Click the name of a schedule. In the dialog box that is displayed, modify parameters and click OK.
• Deleting a schedule:
  • To delete a single schedule, locate the row that contains the target schedule and click Delete in the Operation column. In the dialog box that is displayed, confirm the information, enter DELETE, and click OK.
  • To delete multiple schedules, select schedules and click Delete above the list. In the displayed dialog box, confirm the information, enter DELETE, and click OK.
  

  If the time plan is referenced by a protection rule, it cannot be deleted.