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.

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
Network Rules Hit Count	The total number of times network rules were matched and triggered by traffic passing through the Azure Firewall.	Total	Count
Application Rules Hit Count	The total number of times application rules were matched, indicating how frequently app-level rules are invoked to manage outbound web traffic.	Total	Count
Firewall Health State	Indicates the average health status of the Azure Firewall instance.	Average	Percentage
Data Processed	The total volume of data processed by the Azure Firewall.	Total	Bytes
Throughput	The average rate of data processed by the Firewall per second, measured in bits per second (bps). Reflects the performance capacity in handling network traffic.	Average	Bits per second
Latency Probe	The average latency of the Firewall as measured by the latency probe.	Average	Milliseconds
SNAT Port Utilization	The average utilization of available Source Network Address Translation (SNAT) ports. High values may suggest the need for additional SNAT IPs.	Average	Percentage

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