AWS_NF_6
The network firewall protects the availability zone where it resides. Make sure that the network firewall status is not FAILED, otherwise your VPC won’t be protected.
From Portal:
1. Sign in to the AWS console
2. In the console, select the specific region
3. Navigate to the ‘AWS Network Firewall’ service.
4. In the left pane under ‘Network Firewall’ click on Firewall.
5. Select desired firewall and identify the ‘Firewall status’.
From Command Line:
You can identify the status of your network firewall by using the following CLI command:
“`
aws network-firewall describe-firewall –region REGION_NAME –firewall-name FIREWALL_NAME
“`
References:
1. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/network-firewall/latest/APIReference/API_FirewallStatus.html
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