diff --git a/templates/flavors/k3s/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml b/templates/flavors/k3s/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
index dcee992b1..1c889dc7f 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/k3s/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/k3s/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,55 @@ patches:
           dnsUniqueIdentifier: ${DNS_UNIQUE_ID}
           dnsProvider: ${DNS_PROVIDER:-"linode"}
           dnsSubDomainOverride: ${DNS_SUBDOMAIN_OVERRIDE:-""}
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+    patch: |-
+      apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+      metadata:
+        name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      spec:
+        inboundRules:
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-tcp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "TCP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all tcp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-udp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "UDP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all udp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-icmp
+            protocol: "ICMP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all icmp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 0.0.0.0/0
+              ipv6:
+                - ::/0
+            ports: "${APISERVER_PORT:=6443}"
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: inbound-api-server
+            description: accept all api server and konnectivity related traffic from nodebalancers
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 192.168.255.0/24
+            ports: 30000-32767
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: accept-NodeBalancer
+            description: accept traffic from the entire NodeBalancer CIDR to the NodePort service range
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/flavors/kubeadm/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml b/templates/flavors/kubeadm/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
index dcee992b1..e7de61030 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/kubeadm/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/kubeadm/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,55 @@ patches:
           dnsUniqueIdentifier: ${DNS_UNIQUE_ID}
           dnsProvider: ${DNS_PROVIDER:-"linode"}
           dnsSubDomainOverride: ${DNS_SUBDOMAIN_OVERRIDE:-""}
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+    patch: |-
+      apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+      metadata:
+        name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      spec:
+        inboundRules:
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-tcp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "TCP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all tcp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-udp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "UDP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all udp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-icmp
+            protocol: "ICMP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all icmp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 0.0.0.0/0
+              ipv6:
+                - ::/0
+            ports: "${APISERVER_PORT:=6443}}"
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: inbound-api-server
+            description: accept all api server and konnectivity related traffic from nodebalancers
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 192.168.255.0/24
+            ports: 30000-32767
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: accept-NodeBalancer
+            description: accept traffic from the entire NodeBalancer CIDR to the NodePort service range
diff --git a/templates/flavors/kubeadm/konnectivity/kustomization.yaml b/templates/flavors/kubeadm/konnectivity/kustomization.yaml
index e5744c655..26d881178 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/kubeadm/konnectivity/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/kubeadm/konnectivity/kustomization.yaml
@@ -115,3 +115,53 @@ patches:
                 toPorts:
                   - ports:
                       - port: "${KONNECTIVITY_PORT:=8132}"
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+    patch: |-
+      apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+      metadata:
+        name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      spec:
+        inboundRules:
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-tcp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "TCP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all tcp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-udp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "UDP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all udp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-icmp
+            protocol: "ICMP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all icmp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 192.168.255.0/24
+            ports: "${APISERVER_PORT:=6443}, ${KONNECTIVITY_PORT:=8132}"
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: inbound-api-server
+            description: accept all api server and konnectivity related traffic from nodebalancers
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 192.168.255.0/24
+            ports: 30000-32767
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: accept-NodeBalancer
+            description: accept traffic from the entire NodeBalancer CIDR to the NodePort service range
diff --git a/templates/flavors/rke2/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml b/templates/flavors/rke2/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
index dcee992b1..1c889dc7f 100644
--- a/templates/flavors/rke2/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/flavors/rke2/dns-loadbalancing/kustomization.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,55 @@ patches:
           dnsUniqueIdentifier: ${DNS_UNIQUE_ID}
           dnsProvider: ${DNS_PROVIDER:-"linode"}
           dnsSubDomainOverride: ${DNS_SUBDOMAIN_OVERRIDE:-""}
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+    patch: |-
+      apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha2
+      kind: LinodeFirewall
+      metadata:
+        name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      spec:
+        inboundRules:
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-tcp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "TCP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all tcp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-udp
+            ports: "1-65535"
+            protocol: "UDP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all udp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            label: intra-cluster-icmp
+            protocol: "ICMP"
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - "10.0.0.0/8"
+            description: accept all icmp traffic within the vpc
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 0.0.0.0/0
+              ipv6:
+                - ::/0
+            ports: "${APISERVER_PORT:=6443}"
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: inbound-api-server
+            description: accept all api server and konnectivity related traffic from nodebalancers
+          - action: ACCEPT
+            addresses:
+              ipv4:
+                - 192.168.255.0/24
+            ports: 30000-32767
+            protocol: TCP
+            label: accept-NodeBalancer
+            description: accept traffic from the entire NodeBalancer CIDR to the NodePort service range
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/infra/linodeFirewall.yaml b/templates/infra/linodeFirewall.yaml
index 8cc92a9bd..6e8d9e8a4 100644
--- a/templates/infra/linodeFirewall.yaml
+++ b/templates/infra/linodeFirewall.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ spec:
       addresses:
         ipv4:
           - 192.168.255.0/24
-      ports: "6443"
+      ports: "${APISERVER_PORT:=6443}"
       protocol: TCP
       label: inbound-api-server
       description: accept all api server related traffic from nodebalancers