: Service Policy
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Service Policy

The service policy defines the traffic redirection rules and policy that point traffic passing between the left and right virtual machines to the VM-Series firewall service instance.
Service Policy (Policy Config)
policy_nameThe name of the service policy in Contrail that redirects traffic through the VM-Series firewall. For the L3 template, the default value is PAN_SVM_policy-L3. For the virtual wire template, the default value is PAN_SVM_policy-vw.
policy_fq_nameThe fully qualified name of the service policy.
simple_actionThe default action Contrail applies to traffic going to the VM-Series firewall service instance. The default value is pass because the VM-Series firewall will apply its own security policy to the traffic.
protocolThe protocols allowed by Contrail to pass to the VM-Series firewall. The default value is any.
src_port_end and src_port_start
Use this parameter to specify source port(s) that should be associated with the policy rule. You can enter a single port, a list of ports separated with commas, or a range of ports in the form of <port>-<port>.
The default value is -1 in the provided heat templates; meaning any source port.
directionThis parameter defines the direction of traffic that is allowed by Contrail to pass to the VM-Series firewall. The default value is <> or bidirectional traffic.
dst_port_end and dst_port_start
Use this parameter to specify destination port(s) that should be associated with the policy rule. You can enter a single port, a list of ports separated with commas, or a range of ports in the form of <port>-<port>.
The default value is -1 in the provided heat templates; meaning any destination port.