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# Allow ICMP for ping

## Allow ICMP for ping

Navigate to the dashboard, click on the server, and open your instance.

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## Create Security Group

Click on the **security group**

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### Add rules

Click on the view and open the **Add Rule section**

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To enable internet access, configure the system to allow ICMP protocol and open **ports 80, 53, and 443.**

For ICMP to follow these steps-

**Rule** :- custom protocol

**Description**:- For ICMP

**Direction**: Allow ingress and egress to one by one

**Open Port**:- All Port

**Protocol**: ICMP

**Remote**: Select CIDR

**CIDR**:- 0.0.0.0/0

**Ether type**:- IPv4

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Same as for the **egress rule.**

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Now we can see all ports are allowed.

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