Review log profiles
Use this guide to review security log profiles for F5 WAF for NGINX in NGINX Instance Manager. Before you deploy a log profile to an NGINX instance or instance group, you can inspect its configuration, check deployment history, and verify bundle compilation state.
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In NGINX Instance Manager, select WAF > Log Profiles.
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Select the name of the log profile that you want to review.
The log profile detail view opens with the following tabs:
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Details: Displays log profile information, including:
- Last modified date and time (for example, 1/16/2026, 3:35:25 PM PST)
- Total deployments
- Log profile JSON configuration
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Deployments: Shows deployment details for each instance or instance group, including:
- Compiled version
- Deployment status
- Date deployed
- Whether the latest log profile JSON was deployed
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Bundles: Lists all WAF compiler versions with the following information:
- Compiler version
- Compilation status (Compiled, Not compiled, or Compiling)
- Actions to compile or download the compiled bundle
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In NGINX Instance Manager, select WAF > Log Profiles.
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Identify the log profile you want to modify, then select Actions.
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From the menu that appears, select one of the following:
- Edit: Opens the log profile configuration editor where you can reconfigure settings. See Configure log profiles for details.
- Make a Copy: Creates a new log profile by copying the JSON content into a new log profile object. Use an existing log profile as a baseline for further customization.
- Export as JSON: Downloads the log profile JSON configuration.
- Manage Bundles: Opens a view to manage compiled bundles for different WAF compiler versions.
- Delete: Removes the log profile. Once confirmed, all configuration work on that log profile is permanently lost.
For more information, see: