tldr/pages/common/doctl-databases-firewalls.md

# doctl databases firewalls

> Manage firewalls for database clusters.
> More information: <https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/databases/firewalls>.

- Run a `doctl databases firewalls` command with an access token:

`doctl {{[d|databases]}} {{[fw|firewalls]}} {{command}} {{[-t|--access-token]}} {{access_token}}`

- Retrieve a list of firewall rules for a given database:

`doctl {{[d|databases]}} {{[fw|firewalls]}} {{[ls|list]}}`

- Add a database firewall rule to a given database:

`doctl {{[d|databases]}} {{[fw|firewalls]}} {{[a|append]}} {{database_id}} --rule {{droplet|k8s|ip_addr|tag|app}}:{{value}}`

- Remove a firewall rule for a given database:

`doctl {{[d|databases]}} {{[fw|firewalls]}} {{[rm|remove]}} {{database_id}} {{rule_uuid}}`