AWS Configuration

The firewall integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) enables Logs to be sent to AWS CloudWatch Logs, Address Objects and Groups to be mapped to EC2 Instances and VPNs created to allow connections to Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs). For an overview and links to pages describing how to use the individual firewall GUI pages, refer to the SonicOS AWS User Guide.

In order that the firewall can communicate with the various Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) of the Amazon Web Services (AWS), and thereby implement the integration with AWS, it is necessary to configure the firewall with the relevant AWS Security Credentials. The information required includes an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) User's Access Key, the corresponding Secret Access Key and a default region. The default region is used by the AWS Logs page, and for initialization of the AWS Objects and AWS VPN pages though different regions can be selected on those two pages.