Firewall Manager Dashboard
Learn how to use our in-house Firewall Manager to protect your application
Our in-built firewall manager is designed to be user-friendly and doesn’t require extensive technical experience to operate effectively.
At Wasabi Hosting, we provide our clients with our in-built firewall manager equipped with multiple security features, allowing our clients and resellers to protect their servers. It provides multiple tools to configure firewall rules, monitor attacks, manage IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, and even receive real-time security notifications.
What is a Firewall Manager?
A properly configured firewall is your first line of defense against unauthorized access and attacks.
A Firewall or Firewall Manager is a system that helps you to protect your server from unwanted threats and vulnerabilities while also letting it run smoothly. It works by continuously monitoring data packets that are entering and leaving your server and enforcing predefined rules, allowing only legitimate traffic to enter your server and blocking all harmful attacks such as:
- DDoS attacks
- Unauthorized logins
- Hacking attempts
- Malicious traffic
- And many other threats
Firewall Rules
Firewall Rules Interface
Firewall Rules are pre-defined instructions that decide whether the incoming traffic is allowed or not based on several factors. These rules help your server to avoid unauthorized access, hacking attempts, and DDoS attacks while also allowing legitimate connections to pass.
Creating a Firewall Rule
Access Firewall Manager
Access your Firewall Manager from the Client Area and navigate to the Firewall Rules section.
Add Rule
Once there, click on ‘Add Rule’ to add a rule to the server of your choice.
Specify Parameters
Specify the Destination Port or Source IP if required.
Select Protocol
Select the Protocol or Common Application you intend to use.
Apply Rule
Choose the Rule from the dropdown menu to apply to your server and save it.
The Firewall Manager includes pre-defined Rules for popular games such as CSGO, Minecraft, FiveM, PalWorld, and many others. These Rules are designed to ensure optimal performance and connectivity for each game.
Application to Server Caching (A2S Caching)
A2S Caching is a mechanism used by firewalls to enhance server performance by storing responses to frequent server queries (such as player count, server details, etc.) on intermediary servers or caches. This reduces latency (ping) by minimizing the need for direct server queries.
Setting Up A2S Caching
Access A2S Section
Access your Firewall Management Interface from the Client Area and navigate to the A2S section.
Add New Rule
Click ‘Add New Rule’ to enable A2S Caching on your virtual server.
Specify Port
Specify the Destination Port and that’s it.
Attack Monitor
Attack Monitor Dashboard
Our Firewall Manager gives you access to attack monitoring tools, allowing you to view all the real-time and past attacks that happened on your servers. It provides:
- Real-time attack statistics
- Historical attack data
- Attack size metrics
- Total IPs affected
- Duration of attacks
- Custom date range filtering
Discord Webhook Integration
Stay informed about security events even when you’re away from your management panel with Discord notifications.
Our attack monitoring tool offers Discord webhook integration, which directly sends security notifications to your preferred Discord server whenever an attack starts or stops. This ensures you are instantly notified of any security events.
Discord Webhook Notifications
To set up Discord webhook integration on your Discord server, you can refer to our guide at https://firewall.wasabihosting.com/webhooks/guide/.
Reseller Options
The reseller section in our Firewall Manager allows our resellers to manage their customers, assign them different IPs, and customize their services through whitelabeling.
This tool allows our resellers to add, delete, or view their clients’ accounts or view the IPs that are assigned to them.
If you are looking to resell our services, please create a support ticket either on our website or Discord server so that our staff can assign you access to the reseller area on the firewall manager.
Conclusion
Our Firewall Manager provides you with multiple tools to ensure that your server is safe from unauthorized access and attacks and is running without any issues. By efficiently managing and using all the tools, you can ensure a safe and smooth experience for your server.