You can control user access to the Cloud Services Portal and associated functionality by enabling restricted IP addresses for selected user groups. For example, if only certain administrators in a specific physical location are allowed access to Cloud Services Portal, you can first create a user group for these administrators. You then add the allowed source IP address ranges within which these administrators are allowed access. Finally, you enable this restriction for the specified user group.
When you enable restricted IP addresses for a user group, all users in the group are allowed access to the Cloud Services Portal and associated functionality only when the users' assigned IP addresses are within the allowed ranges. They will not have access to Cloud Services Portal functionality if they log in using IP addresses outside the allowed IP ranges.
Configuring Allowed IP Ranges
To configure allowed IP address ranges for user groups, complete the following:
From the Cloud Services Portal, click Administration > User Access.
Click User Groups at the top action bar.
Choose the user group you wish to restrict access from the list of user groups.
Click the
icon on the upper right action bar to view group information in the right panel.
In the right panel, click View next to Restrict Login Access for this User Groups and complete the following in the Restrict logins to source IP ranges dialog:
IP ADDRESS RANGE: Enter a valid IPv4 CIDR (e.g. 7.39.142.0/24) or IPv6 CIDR (e.g. ::ffff:7.38.142.20/8) of the IP address range that allows access for this user group. Users in this user group who try to access using IP addresses outside of this range will not have access to this specific group's Cloud Services Portal functionality when they log in.
Click the
icon next to the IP ADDRESS RANGE field to add the address range. Repeat the same steps to add more IP address ranges.
Click Save & Close to save the configuration.
Enabling and Disabling Restricted Access
After you have added the IP address range(s), do the following to enable or disable a restriction:
From the Cloud Services Portal, click Administration > User Access.
Click User Groups at the top Action bar.
Choose the user group you wish to restrict access from the list of user groups.
Click the
icon on the upper right action bar to view group information in the right panel.
In the right panel, use the toggle bar to Enable or Disable restricted access for the chosen user group. Ensure that you have configured the allowed IP address ranges for this user group.