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

• Joining and configuring AWS Organizations for using Firewall Manager

• Creating an AWS Firewall Manager default administrator account

• Enabling AWS Config for using Firewall Manager

• Subscribing in the AWS Marketplace and configuring third-party settings for Firewall Manager third-party policies

• Enabling resource sharing for Network Firewall and DNS Firewall policies with AWS RAM

• Using 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 Setting up AWS Firewall Manager​ AWS WAF policies.