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Essential security settings for exposing AI services on cloud platforms

Core Idea:

Proper firewall configuration for cloud-hosted AI services ensures that only intended ports and services are accessible while maintaining secure communication between components.

Key Principles:

1. Least Privilege Access:
   • Only expose the specific ports needed for each AI service, keeping all others closed by default.
2. Service Isolation:
   • Configure network rules to allow inter-service communication locally while controlling external access.
3. Authentication-Based Exposure:
   • Only expose password-protected services to the public internet, keeping unauthenticated services private.

Why It Matters:

• Security Protection:
  • Prevents unauthorized access to sensitive AI services and data.
• Resource Control:
  • Ensures AI models aren't accessible for exploitation by external parties.
• Targeted Accessibility:
  • Makes authenticated services available to legitimate users while protecting vulnerable endpoints.

How to Implement:

1. Enable UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall):

   sudo ufw enable
   

2. Open Required Ports:

   sudo ufw allow 80/tcpsudo ufw allow 443/tcpsudo ufw allow 3000/tcp  # n8nsudo ufw allow 3001/tcp  # Supabasesudo ufw allow 3002/tcp  # OpenWebUIsudo ufw allow 3003/tcp  # Flowise
   

3. Restrict Unauthenticated Services:
   Keep unauthenticated services like LLM endpoints closed to public access:

   # Do NOT run these unless you want public access:# sudo ufw allow 11434/tcp  # Ollama# sudo ufw allow 8000/tcp   # CRX-NG
   

Example:

• Scenario:

  • Deploying a Local AI Package with n8n, Supabase, OpenWebUI, Flowise, Ollama, and CRX-NG.

• Application:
  Configure UFW to only expose the web-accessible, password-protected services.

  sudo ufw enablesudo ufw allow 80/tcpsudo ufw allow 443/tcpsudo ufw allow 3000/tcpsudo ufw allow 3001/tcpsudo ufw allow 3002/tcpsudo ufw allow 3003/tcpsudo ufw reload
  

• Result:

  • Authenticated services are accessible via their respective ports, while Ollama and CRX-NG remain accessible only to other services within the server, not to the public internet.

Connections:

• Related Concepts:
  • Cloud Security for AI Services: Broader security considerations beyond firewall settings
  • DNS Setup for AI Services: Complementary configuration for accessing services
• Broader Concepts:
  • Network Security: General principles of securing networked systems
  • Zero Trust Architecture: Security model that treats all traffic as potentially hostile

References:

1. Primary Source:
   • UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) Documentation
2. Additional Resources:
   • Digital Ocean Firewall Configuration Guide
   • Local AI Package Security Documentation

Tags:

#firewall #security #cloud-deployment #ufw #port-configuration #network-security #linux

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Sources:

• From: Cole Medin - Cree su propia nube privada de IA local en menos de 20 minutos