How to schedule grant access for selected IP

Elastic Cloud Gate provides a feature that allows adding or removing a rule to security group based on the scheduler.

To schedule security group access, go to the Security Management section.

From the context menu, select Scheduler.

In the scheduler window, make the following configurations:

Action – Select Grant Access to add the rule or Revoke Access to remove the rule, based on the scheduler

CIDR Address – Enter IP address to grant/revoke access. Address needs to be in CIDR format (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx e.g. 10.23.1.45/32)

Protocol – Select protocol (TCP or UDP) and port

In the Schedule section, check the day(s) and time when the action should be executed.

Click Save.

You can schedule multiple actions, e.g. you can open access for given IP address only between certain hours. To do so, schedule Grant Access and Revoke Access for the same rule.

Example:

If you need to grant access to users who might try to connect from a different IP address, or if the IP address is unknown, use a more advanced scheduler.

To learn more, see the previous topic How to temporarily open AWS Security Groups rules for dynamic IP