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# Create Distributed Cloud Firewall Egress Rules
> Creating Distributed Cloud Firewall Rules
You can manually create Distributed Cloud Firewall (DCF) egress rules on the
Security > Distributed Cloud Firewall > Rules tab to define the access control
to apply on the traffic going to the Internet.
DCF rules are also created automatically when you:
* Monitor a VPC/VNet: VPC/VNet is added to the Monitored-VPCs rule.
* Protect a VPC/VNet: VPC/VNet is added to the Protected-VPCs rule; additional
rules are created based on the trusted domains that are selected. These
methods create the SmartGroup and the WebGroup at the same time as the DCF
rule.
DCF rules are automatically enforced (pushed to Aviatrix gateways) as soon as
they are created and committed, unless they are just being watched.
To create a new Egress rule:
1. In Aviatrix PaaS, navigate to *Security > Distributed Cloud Firewall*.
2. Click *+ Rule*. The Create Egress Rule dialog displays.
3. Use the Distributed Cloud Firewall Field Reference to create your rule.
4. Click *Save in Drafts*.
5. Click *Commit*.
If you want to protect a VPC/VNet in a similar way to how a VPC/VNet is
protected in the Egress workflow, the DCF rule for the VPC/VNet must deny all
traffic from that VPC/VNet (Protocol = Any and no values in the Port field).
## View Distributed Cloud Firewall Rule Details
You can open a previously created rule to view the details related to the
execution of that particular rule. You can view:
* Source Entities: origin(s) of the traffic for this rule (SmartGroup)
* Destination Entities: where the traffic terminates for this rule (SmartGroup,
ExternalGroup, Threat Feed, Country)
* Statistics: traffic statistics from the last hour, day, week, or custom time
period. The resulting graph indicates if the traffic is Observed, Enforced &
Allowed, or Enforced & Denied.
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