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Advanced DDoS Protection filters attack traffic through the Threat Mitigation System before it reaches a Bare Metal server. The feature overview covers capabilities, pricing, and the comparison with basic protection. Protection applies only to public network interfaces or sub-interfaces with public IP addresses — private and internal interfaces do not support this feature.
Quota approval is required before the network interface configuration unlocks.

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Enable during server creation

  1. In the Gcore Customer Portal, navigate to Cloud > Bare Metal and click Create Bare Metal.
  2. Select a region, image, and server type. In the Network interfaces section, set the network type to Public.
  3. Enable Advanced DDoS Protection.
Network interfaces section with Enable Advanced DDoS Protection toggle on and profile template dropdown
Advanced DDoS Protection is available only on external interfaces and sub-interfaces with public IP addresses. Internal and private interfaces cannot use this feature.
  1. Open the profile template dropdown and select a template. Each template requires different fields, and the available options depend on the region — pricing details appear when a template is selected.
  2. In the SSH Keys section, select an SSH key for Linux servers or set a password for Windows servers.
  3. Enter the server name template and click Create Server.

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Enable on an existing server

  1. In the Customer Portal, navigate to Cloud > Bare Metal and click the server name.
  2. Open the Networking tab.
  3. In the public interface row, open the three-dot menu and select Enable Advanced DDoS Protection.
  4. In the Create Advanced DDoS protection profile dialog, select a profile template from the dropdown, fill in the required fields, and click Submit.
The interface row shows Advanced as the protection type once activation completes.

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Manage from the DDoS Protection list

  1. In the Customer Portal, navigate to Cloud > Networking > DDoS Protection.
  2. Locate the Bare Metal server in the list, open the three-dot menu on the right, and select Enable Advanced DDoS Protection.
DDoS Protection list with Enable Advanced DDoS Protection option in the three-dot menu
  1. In the Create Advanced DDoS protection profile dialog, open the profile template dropdown and select a template. Profile templates vary by region — for example, Luxembourg-3 offers universal_v3, universal_v5, and universal_v6.
Create Advanced DDoS protection profile dialog with profile template dropdown open
  1. Complete the required fields for the selected template.
Create Advanced DDoS protection profile dialog scrolled to rate limiter fields and Submit button
  1. Click Submit. The protection type changes from Basic to Advanced, and the profile name and parameters appear in the list.