How to Monitor Cloud Firewall in Akamai Cloud
An offline firewall is an open door. Site24x7 monitors your Akamai Cloud Firewall status and availability in real time, ensuring IT and security teams receive immediate alerts when firewall protection becomes unavailable, so they can act quickly and reduce the window of exposure.
Use case
Protection continuity: The Summary tab shows the firewall's status and availability in real time, helping security teams quickly spot disruptions to protection and take action before the risk increases.
Incident identification: Downtime counts and duration provide a clear record of firewall outages, making it easier to review incidents, support audits, and meet compliance requirements.
Availability adherence: Tracking Availability over time helps teams understand if firewall uptime meets internal policies and regulatory standards, with clear data to back it up.
Setup and configuration
Firewall resources are auto-discovered and monitored during the Akamai integration. To enable monitoring, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Cloud > Akamai > Add Akamai Cloud Monitor. Follow the steps to add an Akamai monitor.
- While adding or editing an Akamai monitor, select Firewall from the Service/Resource Types drop-down and click Save.
- Go to Cloud > Akamai Cloud, select the created Akamai monitor, and then click Firewall.
Cloud Firewall will be discovered during the next discovery cycle as per the discovery frequency you selected during Akamai monitor creation.
Data collection frequency
Based on the configured poll interval, performance metrics of your Akamai Cloud Firewall are collected and updated in the Site24x7 portal every five minutes by default.
Supported metrics
Summary
The Summary tab surfaces the real-time operational status of each Cloud Firewall resource, including its availability state, total downtime duration, number of downtime incidents, and SLA achievement, providing an immediate, at-a-glance view of whether your firewall is active and protecting your network as expected.