Enable F5 WAF for NGINX

Overview

This guide explains how to enable F5 WAF for NGINX on a F5 NGINX as a Service (NGINXaaS) deployment. 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.

Enable F5 WAF for NGINX

F5 WAF for NGINX is disabled by default and needs to be explicitly enabled on an NGINXaaS deployment. Follow these steps:

Using the NGINXaaS Console

• Open the NGINXaaS Console.
• Log in with your preferred identity provider.
• Select the Geography you want to work in.

1. Go to your NGINXaaS deployment.

2. Edit your deployment.

3. Enable WAF for your deployment.

4. Select Save Changes to begin the deployment process.

What’s next

Configure F5 WAF for NGINX