# How to enable firewall for awx running in kubernetes

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-enable-firewall-for-awx-running-in-kubernetes/32472>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx, kubernetes\
**Created:** [March 16, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-enable-firewall-for-awx-running-in-kubernetes/32472 "2020-03-16T06:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Selvam\_Elangovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Selvam\_Elangovan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Selvam_Elangovan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-enable-firewall-for-awx-running-in-kubernetes/32472/1 "2020-03-16T06:29:20Z")

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We have awx running in Kubernetes cluster with 10 worker nodes. We are able to apply playbooks to all the servers except servers behind firewall.

How to allow ssh from pods to servers behind firewall. Kindly advice.

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**Author:** ![sdmorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@sdmorel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sdmorel)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-enable-firewall-for-awx-running-in-kubernetes/32472/2 "2020-03-16T08:36:09Z")

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You need to use a bastion host.

See [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference\_appendices/faq.html#how-do-i-configure-a-jump-host-to-access-servers-that-i-have-no-direct-access-to](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/faq.html#how-do-i-configure-a-jump-host-to-access-servers-that-i-have-no-direct-access-to)