Activate DDoS protection

We provide DDoS protection for Bare Metal and Dedicated Servers. You can also get DDoS protection for equipment that’s not hosted by Gcore.

Info

After we set up the DDoS protection, the main IP of your server will be changed for Hosting. It will stay the same for Bare Metal.

Activate protection for a GCore server

There are two options for setting up DDoS protection services:

• Apply predefined protection profiles.
• Request custom configuration. This is the only option available for the Hosting platform.

The predefined profiles are available on the Network tab in your server settings. For example, the following screenshot depicts the profile settings for Bare Metal:

If no predefined protection profile aligns with your requirements, contact the Gcore support team to request a custom configuration.

In your request, include the following information:

• Server ID
• Filled DDoS questionnaire

DDoS questionnaire

Complete the following questionnaire according to your infrastructure setup and DDoS protection requirements.

Tip

All fields in the questionnaire are optional, but we recommend providing as much information as possible to help us configure DDoS protection settings that are best optimized for your infrastructure.

1. Destination data and protection of additional services

For each destination that you want to protect, list the IP, port, and protocol.

Question	Your information
Specify IP addresses that should be added to the allowlist
Do you want to configure the access control list?
Do you want to set up game protection?
Do you need to configure the GEO filter?
Do you want to configure DNS protection?
Do you want to configure RegEx-based filtering?
Is your traffic encrypted by TLS protocol?
Do you want to configure rate limiting for incoming traffic from your own IP range?

2. Bandwidth

Question	Your information
Clean traffic bandwidth in Mbps

3. BGP information

Question	Your information
What is your autonomous system number (ASN)?
What IP prefixes do you want to announce /24?
What’s your GRE tunnel endpoint?

4. Protected Services

Protocol	Destination IP	Destination port	Service

5. Allowlisted services

Specify services whose traffic should always be approved and never blocked.

Protocol	Source IP	Source port	Destination IP	Destination port	Service

Activate protection for a third-party server

For detailed configuration instructions, refer to the Configure your infrastructure for Secure Transit guide.

Rent a new dedicated server with DDoS protection

The configuration for a rented dedicated server is almost identical to the activation of a DDoS protection for an existing server.

The key difference is that you first need to select and order the preferred configuration in the Dedicated Servers section of our website. After that, proceed with the same configuration steps that are outlined in the Activate protection for a Gcore server section.

Deactivate DDoS protection

To deactivate your server’s protection, contact the Gcore support team. We will stop the service. Note that the main IP of your server will be changed after deactivation.