# Allow ICMP for ping
## Allow ICMP for ping
Navigate to the dashboard, click on the server, and open your instance.
## Create Security Group
Click on the **security group**
### Add rules
Click on the view and open the **Add Rule section**
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
Same as for the **egress rule.**
Now we can see all ports are allowed.
