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1 Parallels Helm

2 Legal and Copyright Notice ISBN: N/A Parallels 660 SW 39 th Street Suite 205 Renton, Washington USA Phone: +1 (425) Fax: +1 (425) Copyright 2008, Parallels, Inc. All rights reserved Distribution of this work or derivative of this work in any form is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained from the copyright holder. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

3 Contents Preface 4 Typographical Conventions... 4 Feedback... 5 About Parallels Helm 6 About This Guide 7 Installing the Windows Firewall Module 8 Managing Windows Firewall 9

4 C H A P T E R 1 Preface In this chapter: Typographical Conventions... 4 Feedback... 5 Typographical Conventions Before you start using this guide, it is important to understand the documentation conventions used in it. The following kinds of formatting in the text identify special information. Formatting convention Type of Information Example Special Bold Italics Monospace Items you must select, such as menu options, command buttons, or items in a list. Titles of chapters, sections, and subsections. Used to emphasize the importance of a point, to introduce a term or to designate a command line placeholder, which is to be replaced with a real name or value. The names of commands, files, directories, and domain names. Go to the System tab. Read the Basic Administration chapter. The system supports the so called wildcard character search. The license file is located in the licenses directory.

5 Preface 5 Preformatted Preformatted Bold On-screen computer output in your commandline sessions; source code in XML, C++, or other programming languages. What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output. # ls al /files total # cd /root/rpms/php CAPITALS Names of keys on the keyboard. SHIFT, CTRL, ALT KEY+KEY Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another. CTRL+P, ALT+F4 Feedback If you have found a mistake in this guide, or if you have suggestions or ideas on how to improve this guide, please send your feedback using the online form at Please include in your report the guide s title, chapter and section titles, and the fragment of text in which you have found an error.

6 C H A P T E R 2 About Parallels Helm Parallels Helm Web Hosting Control System is an extremely powerful hosting automation solution for Windows 2000 and Windows.NET servers. Parallels Helm is owned by Parallels, a global leader in virtualization and automation software. Web site:

7 C H A P T E R 3 About This Guide This guide explains how to install the Windows Firewall module and configure Windows firewall within Parallels Helm.

8 C H A P T E R 4 Installing the Windows Firewall Module To install the Windows Firewall Module: 1 Open the Parallels Helm Configuration Tool on your server. Click the Installed Modules button, and you will see the list of all the available modules for Parallels Helm. 2 Find the Windows Firewall module in the list and check the box, then click the Install/Uninstall Modules button to install it. The Windows Firewall module is now installed on your Parallels Helm build. Read on to learn how to use it in Parallels Helm.

9 C H A P T E R 5 Managing Windows Firewall Parallels Helm allows you to directly manage Windows Firewall, without the need to login to the server itself. This allows you to specify port exceptions, enable and disable the firewall, and more directly through the Parallels Helm interface. To manage the Windows Firewall for a particular server in Parallels Helm: 1 Go to Home > Helm System > Servers > SERVER NAME > Windows Firewall 2 Here you will see your current Windows Firewall settings. They are split into three sections: Windows Firewall. to enable Windows Firewall on the server, simply check the box labeled Enable Windows Firewall and click Save. Likewise, to disable Windows Firewall on a Parallels Helm server, uncheck this box and Save. Service Exceptions on Local Machine. By default in Windows Firewall there are three Services that are set by the operating system: File and Print Sharing, Remote Desktop and UPnP Framework. If you want to enable/disable these services to have access through the firewall, click the Enable/Disable button next to respective services. This will then mean these services are allowed/disallowed to communicate through the firewall. Port Exceptions on Local Machine. In this section you can specify your own port exceptions to allow software to communicate through the firewall on different ports. For example, you can have Helm Remote enabled on port 7086 and Remote Desktop Protocol enabled on port If you want the server to disable any of these port exceptions in the firewall, just click the Disable button next to the port exception(s) you want to disable. This will then mean that these port exceptions are blocked by the firewall. If you want to enable these port exceptions to have access through the firewall, click the Enable button next to the port exception(s) you want to enable. This will then mean these port exceptions are allowed to communicate through the firewall. To add a new port exception to Windows Firewall configuration: 1 Click Add New Port. You will be taken to the Port Exception screen: Port Name: Enter a friendly name for the Port Exception you are creating (e.g. SMTP). Port No.: Enter the port number you wish to allow access through the firewall to (e.g. 1234). Protocol: Select whether this port uses either the TCP or UDP protocol. Generally UDP is commonly used for streaming audio and video, and TCP is used for everything else check the documentation of the software you are allowing through the firewall to see which protocol it uses. Enable Port: If you want to make this port exception active straight away, check this box. If you want to add it but leave it disabled for now, uncheck this box.

10 10 Managing Windows Firewall 2 Choose the details of your port exception as outlined above, and click Save to save the port exception. To delete a port exception: 1 Click the port exception in the list to get taken to the Port Exception screen and then click the Delete button. 2 On the next screen click OK to confirm the deletion.