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AWS::NetworkFirewall::Firewall

NetworkFirewall Firewall

Resource type definition for AWS::NetworkFirewall::Firewall

Properties

13 configurable properties. 2 required. Click a row to see details.

Filter:
PropertyTypeFlags
FirewallName
string
RequiredCreate-only
FirewallPolicyArn
string
Required
AvailabilityZoneChangeProtection
boolean
AvailabilityZoneMappings
Array<AvailabilityZoneMapping>
DeleteProtection
boolean
Description
string
EnabledAnalysisTypes
Array<string>
FirewallPolicyChangeProtection
boolean
SubnetChangeProtection
boolean
SubnetMappings
Array<SubnetMapping>
Tags
Array<Tag>
TransitGatewayId
string
VpcId
string
Create-only

Return Values

Values returned after the resource is created. Access these with Fn::GetAtt.

AttributeTypeDescription
EndpointIdsArray<string>-
FirewallArnstring-
FirewallIdstring-
TransitGatewayAttachmentIdstring-

Sample CloudFormation Template

A minimal template with required properties and common optional ones.

template.yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: Sample template for AWS::NetworkFirewall::Firewall

Resources:
  MyResource:
    Type: AWS::NetworkFirewall::Firewall
    Properties:
      FirewallName: "my-firewallname"
      FirewallPolicyArn: "arn:aws:service:region:account:resource"
      Tags:
        - Key: Environment
          Value: Production
      Description: !Ref "AWS::StackName"

Required IAM Permissions

Permissions CloudFormation needs in your IAM role to manage this resource.

create

ec2:CreateVpcEndpointec2:DescribeVpcEndpointsec2:DescribeSubnetsec2:DescribeVpcsiam:CreateServiceLinkedRolenetwork-firewall:CreateFirewallnetwork-firewall:DescribeFirewallPolicynetwork-firewall:DescribeRuleGroup

read

network-firewall:DescribeFirewallnetwork-firewall:ListTagsForResource

update

network-firewall:AssociateSubnetsnetwork-firewall:DisassociateSubnetsnetwork-firewall:UpdateFirewallDescriptionnetwork-firewall:UpdateFirewallDeleteProtectionnetwork-firewall:UpdateSubnetChangeProtectionnetwork-firewall:UpdateFirewallPolicyChangeProtectionnetwork-firewall:AssociateFirewallPolicynetwork-firewall:TagResource

delete

ec2:DeleteVpcEndpointsec2:DescribeRouteTableslogs:DescribeLogGroupslogs:DescribeResourcePolicieslogs:GetLogDeliverylogs:ListLogDeliveriesnetwork-firewall:DeleteFirewallnetwork-firewall:UntagResource

list

network-firewall:ListFirewalls

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Quick Facts

ServiceNetworkFirewall
Properties17
Required2
TaggingSupported
Primary IDFirewallArn

Supported Operations

CreateReadUpdateDeleteList

Immutable After Creation

These properties cannot be changed after the resource is created. Updating them triggers a replacement.

VpcIdFirewallName

Related Resources

External Links