Azure Firewall Monitoring Integration
Azure Firewall protects your resources and cloud workloads by decrypting and encrypting data and performing frequent security checks.
With Site24x7's integration, you can now monitor your firewall, configure thresholds, and receive alerts about critical issues.
Table of contents
Setup and configuration
You can add Azure Firewall while adding a new monitor, or you can add it to an existing Azure monitor. Follow these steps to add the service.
Supported metrics
The following metrics are collected:
| Metric name | Description | Statistic | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application Rules Hit Count | The total number of times the application rules were hit | Total | Count |
| Network Rules Hit Count | The total number of times the network rules were hit | Total | Count |
Threshold configuration
Global configuration
- Go to the Admin section in the left navigation pane.
- Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and choose the Threshold and Availability (+) tab from the drop-down menu. Click Add Threshold Profile from the top-right corner.
- Select Azure Firewall as the monitor type. You can now set the threshold values for all the metrics mentioned above.
Monitor-level configuration
- Go to Cloud > Azure and select Azure Firewall from the drop-down menu.
- Choose a resource for which you would like to set a threshold, then click the hamburger icon
. Select Edit, which will direct you to the Edit Azure Firewall Monitor page. - You can set the threshold values for the metrics by selecting Threshold and Availability. You can also configure IT Automation at the attribute level.
IT Automation
Site24x7 offers a set of exclusive IT Automation tools to auto-resolve performance degradation issues. These tools react to events proactively rather than waiting for manual intervention.
How to configure IT Automation for a monitor
Configuration Rules
With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can set parameters like Threshold Profile, Notification Profile, Tags, and Monitor Group for multiple monitors.
How to add a Configuration Rule
Related links:
How to add an Azure monitor
How to integrate an Azure App Service monitor
How to integrate Azure Virtual Machine monitor
How to configure IT Automations for a monitor
How to add a Configuration Rule