Otter Firewall Rule

[todos-lobular7j_4769]

Currently testing Otter 25 in our environment, and whilst looking good, I am struggling with the firewall module.

Due to the complexity of our network , and for security, we specify the allowed IP's for most rules (sometime local subnet, but more likely a range of IP addresses). I cannot see how to so this with the Ensure Firewall Rule Module?

Can it be done? If not can it be added to the module somehow? This would be a deal breaker for our environment. I know it could be done with powershell manually, but it seems weird it is missing from the module.

Not sure if I am missing something?

referencing the module here for 2025 https://docs.inedo.com/docs/otter/reference/operations/firewall/ensure-firewall-rule

Thanks

[stevedennis]

Hi @todos-lobular7j_4769,

The built-in Configuration doesn't seem to include IPs, which means you'd want to create a PowerShell script that could read/set the configuration.

Alternatively, it could be added relatively easy as a property, assuming it's something that can be relatively easily configured with the library/code we're using:

https://github.com/Inedo/inedox-windows/blob/master/Windows/InedoExtension/Configurations/Firewall/NetFirewallRuleConfiguration.cs

This is something we could definitely help to do as a paid user, but we're not focused on Otter free/community at the moment. If you're working with someone on the sales side, I'd bring it up -- these days, the Otter sales tend to involve a lot of implementation services from our partners and a lot gets done with scripting - but if you're having success implementing on your own we could likely work together in that regard.

Cheers,
Steve