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# Allow SSH Port to Specific IP Address
## Allow SSH Port to specific IP addresses
Navigate to the dashboard, click on the server, and open your instance.
## Create security group
Click on the security group
### Check the rules
Click on the view and open the Add Rule section
### Delete the default rules
Here we can see all ports and protocols allowed to all IPs (CIDR: 0.0.0.0/0).
But we want to allow the port to a specific IP so delete all the ingress and egress \
Click on the add rule
## To add custom rules for SSH
### Get your public IP
To add the rule, first search for your public IP on Google by clicking on this [Link.](https://www.google.com/search?q=my+ip+address\&oq=my+ip+\&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqDggAEEUYJxg7GIAEGIoFMg4IABBFGCcYOxiABBiKBTIMCAEQABgUGIcCGIAEMgcIAhAAGIAEMgcIAxAAGIAEMgcIBBAAGIAEMgYIBRAFGEAyBggGEEUYPDIGCAcQRRg80gEIMTQ3MGowajmoAgCwAgE\&sourceid=chrome\&ie=UTF-8)
Copy your public IP and the following IPs to add to the CIDR section of the rule.
### **Allow the SSH port to follow these steps**
Rule :- custom protocol
Description:- ssh\_port\_allow
Direction: Allow ingress and egress to one by one
Open Port:- Port
Port Number:- 22
Protocol: TCP
Remote: select CIDR
CIDR:- your internet public IP
Ether type:- IPv4
Now click on the add rule
Same as the egress rule**.**
After adding the ingress and egress rule to check security group rules
## SSH Specific IP
Now access the instance
