AWS Firewall Manager prerequisites

This topic shows you how to get ready to administer AWS Firewall Manager. You use one Firewall Manager administrator account to manage all Firewall Manager security policies for your organization in AWS 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.

Topics

• Step 1: Join and configure AWS Organizations
• Step 2: Create an AWS Firewall Manager default administrator account
• Step 3: Enable AWS Config
• Step 4: For third-party policies, subscribe in the AWS Marketplace and configure third-party settings
• Step 5: For Network Firewall and DNS Firewall policies, enable resource sharing
• Step 6: To use AWS 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 AWS Firewall Manager​ AWS WAF policies.