Enablement and Initial Setup

Enabling WAF, default settings and a safe go-live.

• How do I enable WAF protection on a vService?WAF-02-001
• What is the difference between the two ways of enabling WAF (from the list / from the vService form)?WAF-02-002
• Does traffic start being blocked as soon as I enable the WAF?WAF-02-003
• Which default settings are created when WAF is enabled?WAF-02-004
• What should I do first after enabling the WAF?WAF-02-005
• How do I remove WAF protection from a vService?WAF-02-006
• Can I enable or disable WAF on several vServices at once?WAF-02-007
• If I remove WAF protection, are the learned rules and settings deleted?WAF-02-008
• How do I deploy the WAF on a live site without risking an outage?WAF-02-009
• What is the recommended life cycle (Learning → Monitor → Blocking); how long should I stay in each stage?WAF-02-010
• How do I prepare the WAF for an application that is about to launch, while there is no traffic yet?WAF-02-011
• Which requests are treated as "static content" and excluded from WAF inspection (extension, method, query and body conditions); is this safe?WAF-02-012