Turn on F5 WAF for NGINX

Overview

This guide explains how to turn on F5 WAF for NGINX on an F5 Application Delivery Service 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.

Turn on WAF protection

F5 WAF for NGINX is turned off by default. Turn it on for your F5 ADS deployment by following these steps:

• Open the F5 ADS Console.
• Log in with your preferred identity provider.
• Select the Geography you want to work in.

1. Go to your F5 ADS deployment.

2. Edit your deployment.

3. Turn on WAF for your deployment.

4. Select Save Changes to begin the deployment process.

What’s next

Configure F5 WAF for NGINX