Enable App Protect WAF

Overview

This guide explains how to enable F5 F5 WAF for NGINX on a F5 NGINX as a Service for Azure (NGINXaaS) deployment. F5 F5 WAF for NGINX provides web application firewall (WAF) security protection for your web applications, including OWASP Top 10; response inspection; Meta characters check; HTTP protocol compliance; evasion techniques; disallowed file types; JSON & XML well-formedness; sensitive parameters & Data Guard.

Before you start

  • F5 WAF for NGINX can only be enabled on NGINXaaS for Azure deployments with the Standard v2 plan

Enable NGINX App Protect

NGINX App Protect is disabled by default and needs to be explicitly enabled on an NGINXaaS deployment. Follow these steps:

Using the Microsoft Azure Portal

Access the Microsoft Azure portal

  1. Go to your NGINXaaS for Azure deployment.

  2. Select NGINX app protect in the left menu.

  3. Select Enable App Protect.

What’s next

Configure App Protect WAF