8.11. open

8.11.1. open appliance firewall

rocks open appliance firewall {appliance} [network=string] [param=string] [protocol=string]

Open a service for an appliance type in the cluster.

arguments

appliance

The appliance type (e.g., "compute").

parameters

[network=string]

The network this service should be opened on. This is a named network (e.g., 'private') and must be listable by the command 'rocks list network'.

[param=string]

The service identifier, port number or port range. For example "www", 8080 or 0:1024.

[protocol=string]

The protocol associated with the service. For example, "tcp" or "udp".

8.11.2. open firewall

rocks open firewall [network=string] [protocol=string] [service=string]

Globally open a service for the hosts in the cluster. This will open up the firewall for all the hosts to allow the packets for a service to flow into the hosts.

parameters

[network=string]

The network this service should be opened on. This is a named network (e.g., 'private') and must be listable by the command 'rocks list network'.

[protocol=string]

The protocol associated with the service. For example, "tcp" or "udp".

[service=string]

The service identifier, port number or port range. For example "www", 8080 or 0:1024.

8.11.3. open host console

rocks open host console {host} [key=string] [vncflags=string]

Open a console to a virtual machine.

arguments

host

Host name of machine.

parameters

[key=string]

A private key that will be used to authenticate the request. This should be a file name that contains the private key.

[vncflags=string]

VNC flags to be passed to the VNC viewer. The default flags are: "-log *:stderr:0 -FullColor -PreferredEncoding hextile". See the vncviewer man page for all the available options.

8.11.4. open host firewall

rocks open host firewall {host} [network=string] [protocol=string] [service=string]

Open a service for hosts in the cluster. This will open up the firewall for all the specified hosts to allow the packets for a service to flow into the hosts.

arguments

host

Host name of machine.

parameters

[network=string]

The network this rule should be applied to. This is a named network (e.g., 'private') and must be one listed by the command 'rocks list network'.

[protocol=string]

The protocol associated with the service. For example, "tcp" or "udp".

[service=string]

The service identifier, port number or port range. For example "www", 8080 or 0:1024.

8.11.5. open os firewall

rocks open os firewall {os} [network=string] [protocol=string] [service=string]

Open a service for an OS type in the cluster.

arguments

os

The OS type (e.g., "linux", "sunos").

parameters

[network=string]

The network this service should be opened on. This is a named network (e.g., 'private') and must be one listed by the command 'rocks list network'.

[protocol=string]

The protocol associated with the service. For example, "tcp" or "udp".

[service=string]

The service identifier, port number or port range. For example "www", 8080 or 0:1024.