# Review log profiles

Type of document: How-to guide
Product: NGINX Instance Manager
> Review and manage F5 WAF for NGINX security log profiles in F5 NGINX Instance Manager, including deployment status and bundle compilation state.

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## Overview

Use this guide to review security log profiles for F5 WAF for NGINX in F5 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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## Review F5 WAF for NGINX security log profiles

1. In NGINX Instance Manager, select **WAF** > **Log Profiles**.

1. Select the log profile name you want to review.

   The log profile detail view opens with the following tabs:

   - **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

   - **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

   - **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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## Modify existing log profiles

1. In NGINX Instance Manager, select **WAF** > **Log Profiles**.

2. Identify the log profile you want to modify, then select **Actions**.

3. 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](/nim/waf-integration/policies-and-logs/log-profiles/configure-log-profile.md) 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. After you confirm, all configuration work on that log profile is permanently lost.

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## References

For more information, see:

- [Configure log profiles](/nim/waf-integration/policies-and-logs/log-profiles/configure-log-profile.md)
- [Deploy log profiles](/nim/waf-integration/policies-and-logs/log-profiles/deploy-log-profile.md)
- [Security Logs](/waf/logging/security-logs.md)