Settings to Enable VM Information Sources for AWS VPC
The following table describes the setting you configure
to enable VM information sources for an AWS VPC.
Settings
to Enable VM Information Sources for AWS VPC | |
|---|---|
Name | Enter a name to identify the monitored source
(up to 31 characters). The name is case-sensitive and must be unique.
Use only letters, numbers, spaces, hyphens, and underscores. |
Type | Select AWS VPC . |
Description | ( Optional ) Add a label to identify
the location or function of the source. |
Enabled | By default the communication between the
firewall and the configured source is enabled. The connection
status between the monitored source and the firewall displays in
the interface as follows:
Clear the Enabled option
to disable communication between the host and the firewall. |
Source | Add the URI in which the Virtual Private
Cloud resides. For example, ec2.us-west-1.amazonaws.com The
syntax is: ec2.<your_AWS_region>.amazonaws.com;
for AWS China it is: ec2.<AWS_region>.amazonaws.com.cn |
Access Key ID | Enter the alphanumeric text string that
uniquely identifies the user who owns or is authorized to access
the AWS account. This information is a part of the AWS Security
Credentials. The firewall requires the credentials—Access Key ID
and the Secret Access Key—to digitally sign API calls made to the
AWS services. |
Secret Access Key | Enter the password and confirm your entry. |
Update Interval | Specify the interval, in seconds, at which
the firewall retrieves information from the source (range is 60
to 1,200; default is 60). |
Timeout | The interval in hours after which the connection
to the monitored source is closed, if the host does not respond
(default is 2) ( Optional ) Enable timeout
when the source is disconnected . When the specified
limit is reached, if the source is inaccessible, or if the source
does not respond, the firewall will close the connection to the
source. |
VPC ID | Enter the ID of the AWS-VPC to monitor,
for example, vpc-1a2b3c4d. Only EC2 instances that are deployed
within this VPC are monitored. If your account is configured
to use a default VPC, the default VPC ID will be listed under AWS
Account Attributes. |
Connected
Disconnected
Pending;
The connection status also displays as yellow when the monitored
source is disabled.