Editing the Allowlist

Add and remove IP addresses from the Allowlist

Add your local IP address to the Allowlist to ensure you always have access to the backend of your application. You should also add some IP addresses to the Blocklist to prevent them from accessing your application. You can find those instructions on Editing the Blocklist.

Add an address set

Click Allowlist on the menu.

Webscale whitelist page in the control panel

Under the Allowlist Address Set section, click the drop-down menu and select an address set.

Add an IP address

Click Allowlist on the menu.

Under Allowlist IP address, click the Comma/space-separated IP addresses/CIDRS text area and enter your IP addresses or ranges separated by commas or spaces. In the Description text area, enter a description so you can remember why you created this entry. Next to this field is a slider to select the duration of the allowlist. To create a allowlist entry that never expires, leave it as-is. When finished, click the Done button to add the entry.

If you do not know your local IP address, you can find it using a tool such as whatsmyip.org.

After the Allowlist IP address area is the Entries area. This shows a list of currently allowed addresses, containing the following information:

  • IP address
  • Label
  • Expiration date
  • Created date
  • Creator

There are also two buttons: an edit button, and an X button that removes the IP address.

Add an IP address from Traffic Viewer

You can add IP addresses to the allowlist from Traffic Viewer. While in Traffic Viewer, hover over the Request Address, Peer Address, Server Address or Proxy Address column, then click the small arrow that appears to display the popup menu. You can also right-click on any of the columns to bring up the pop-up menu. Once the menu is displayed, you can select Add to allow list “Whitelist”.

Add an IP address from the CSP Logs Viewer

You can add IP addresses to the allowlist from the CSP Logs Viewer. While in the CSP Logs Viewer, hover over the Request Address or Peer Address column, then click the small arrow that appears to display the pop-up menu. You can also right-click on any of the columns to bring up the pop-up menu. Once the menu is displayed, you can select Add to allow list “Whitelist”.

Add an IP address from the Pageviews Logs Viewer

You can add IP addresses to the allowlist from the Pageviews Logs Viewer. While in the Pageviews Logs Viewer, hover over the Request Address or Peer Address column, then click the small arrow that appears to display the popup menu. You can also right-click on any of the columns to bring up the popup menu. Once the menu is displayed, you can select Add to allow list “Whitelist”.

When you add an entry to the allowlist from either the Traffic Viewer, the CSP Logs Viewer or the Pageviews Logs Viewer, the entry will expire after 1 week by default. Note that the Add to allow list “Whitelist” item will only appear if the Allowlist is using either a Manual address set or a Combined address set that includes a manual set. If the option does not appear and you believe it should, you may have to reload the page.

Edit an IP Address

To edit an IP address, click the edit button. Make any changes as explained above, and click the Update button. To cancel without making changes, click the Cancel button.

Remove an IP Address

To remove the IP address, click the X button.

Further reading

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Last modified February 25, 2021