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.