Amazon Firewall Manager prerequisites
This topic shows you how to get ready to administer Amazon Firewall Manager. You use one Firewall Manager administrator account to manage all Firewall Manager security policies for your organization in Amazon Organizations. Except where noted, perform the prerequisite steps using the account that you will use as the Firewall Manager administrator.
Before you use Firewall Manager for the first time, perform the following steps in sequence.
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- Step 1: Join and configure Amazon Organizations
- Step 2: Create an Amazon Firewall Manager default administrator account
- Step 3: Enable Amazon Config
- Step 4: For third-party policies, subscribe in the Amazon Marketplace and configure third-party settings
- Step 5: For Network Firewall and DNS Firewall policies, enable resource sharing
- Step 6: To use Amazon Firewall Manager in Regions that are disabled by default
After you follow these steps, you can configure Firewall Manager to begin protecting your resources. For more information, see Getting started with Amazon Firewall Manager Amazon WAF policies.