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# Monitor VPC/VNets

On the Egress > Protected VPC/VNets tab, you monitor onboarded VPC/VNets to
apply egress and monitor the traffic of these VPC/VNets to the Internet.

To monitor VPC/VNets:

1. On the Security > Egress > Protected VPC/VNets tab, click *Monitor* next to
   the onboarded VPC/VNet you want to monitor.

2. In the Monitor VPC/VNet dialog, click *Monitor*. The status changes to
   Monitored for this VPC/VNet on the Protected VPC/VNets tab.

The VPC/VNet now has egress enabled (Default Route modified; Source NAT enabled)
and is added to the Monitored VPC/VNets Rule on the Distributed Cloud Firewall >
Rules tab. The Monitored VPC/Vnets Rule monitors VPC/VNets sending traffic to
the Internet.

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</Frame>

The VPC/VNet is also added to the Monitored-VPCs SmartGroup.

A timestamp is displayed next to the VPC/VNet to indicate how long it has been
monitored.

## Next Steps

* [Protect VPC/VNets](/docs/cloud/security/egress-nat/egress-protect-vpc-vnets)

## Related Topics

* [Disable Egress on VPCs/VNets](/docs/cloud/security/egress-nat/egress-disabling-vpc-vnets)


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