Isolating Temporary VMs from the Home Network

1. Creating a new Security Group (Datacenter > Firewall > Security Group)

2. Then add the following rules to the Security Group:

   IN ACCEPT -log nolog                      # allow incoming traffic
   OUT ACCEPT -dest 192.168.x.x -log nolog   # allows access to your DNS (if it is on LAN)
   OUT ACCEPT -dest 192.168.x.x -log nolog   # allows access to your gateway
   OUT DROP -dest 192.168.0.0/16 -log nolog  # denies all access to other members of LAN
   

3. Add the Security Group to the VM (Select your VM > Firewall > Insert Security Group)

   • You can add the name of your interface there so it only applies to the respective vNIC

4. Enabling the Firewall on a Datacenter level (Datacenter > Firewall > Options > Firewall > Yes)

5. Enabling the Firewall on the VM (Select your VM > Firewall > Options > Firewall > Yes)

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Relevant Note(s): HomeLab Networking