---
title: DDoS Protection
url: https://docs.vultr.com/products/compute/instances/cloud-gpu/features/ddos-protection
description: A guide explaining how to activate DDoS protection features for your Vultr Cloud GPU instance to safeguard against distributed denial-of-service attacks.
publish_date: 2024-09-23T20:20:18.732082Z
last_updated: 2026-05-26T18:48:23.337332Z
---

# How to Enable DDoS Protection on a Vultr Cloud GPU Instance

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection enables traffic monitoring and prevents potential DDoS attacks from overwhelming an instance. DDoS protection actives a set of tools that block network flooding attempts targeting an instance.

Follow this guide to enable DDoS protection on a Vultr Cloud GPU instance using the Vultr Console, or Terraform.

=== "Vultr Console"

    1. Navigate to **Products** and click **Compute**.
    1. Click your target instance to open its management page.
    1. Navigate to the **DDoS** tab.
    1. Click **Enable DDoS Protection**.
    1. Click **Enable DDoS Protection** in the confirmation prompt to enable DDoS protection on the instance.

=== "Terraform"

    1. Open your Terraform configuration for the existing Cloud GPU instance.

    1. Update the `ddos_protection` value in the instance resource to `true`.

        ```terraform
        resource "vultr_instance" "gpu" {
            # ...existing fields (region, plan, label, etc.)

            ddos_protection = true
        }
        ```

    1. Apply the configuration and observe the following output:

        ```
        Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 1 changed, 0 destroyed.
        ```