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# Applying Policies for Managed Flex Gateways and Connected Mode

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For Managed Flex Gateway and Flex Gateway running in Connected Mode, you apply inbound and outbound
policies using **API Manager**. To find the policies provided by Flex Gateway, see
[Inbound Policies Directory](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/policies-included-directory) and
[Outbound Policies Directory](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/policies-outbound-directory).

## Apply an Inbound Policy

1.  Go to **Anypoint Platform > API Manager**.

2.  From **API Instances** or **Agent and Tool Instances**, click the name of the instance to which
    you want to apply a policy.

3.  From the side navigation panel, click **Policies**.

4.  Click **\+ Add policy**.

5.  Select the policy to apply.

6.  Configure the required parameters.

    For policy configuration parameters, see
    [Inbound Policies Directory](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/policies-included-directory).

7.  If necessary, configure **Advanced options**.

8.  Click **Apply**.

You can apply a policy to the entire instance by default, or to specific methods and resources
within the API.

## Apply an Outbound Policy

1.  Go to **Anypoint Platform > API Manager**.

2.  From **API Instances** or **Agent and Tool Instances**, click the name of the instance to which
    you want to apply a policy.

3.  From the side navigation panel, click **Policies**.

4.  Click the **Outbound policies** tab.

5.  Click **\+ Add outbound policy**.

6.  Select the **Upstream** to which you want to apply a policy.

7.  If you want to apply the policy to an additional upstream, click **Add upstream** and select the
    additional upstream. Repeat this step for all upstreams to which you want to apply the policy.

8.  Click **Next**.

9.  Select the policy to apply.

10. Configure the required parameters.

    For policy configuration parameters, see
    [Outbound Policies Directory](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/policies-outbound-directory).

11. If necessary, configure **Advanced options**.

12. Click **Apply**.

You can apply a policy to the entire upstream by default, or to specific methods and resources of
the upstream.

## See Also

- [Flex Gateway Overview](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/)

- [Getting Started with Self-Managed Flex Gateway](https://docs.mulesoft.com/gateway/1.12/flex-gateway-getting-started)