Help Center/ Edge Security/ User Guide/ Enabling EdgeSec
Updated on 2024-10-31 GMT+08:00

Enabling EdgeSec

Prerequisites

  • The current account has the BSS Administrator, EdgeSec_FullAccess, and CDN Administrator permissions.
  • The Huawei Cloud CDN has been enabled.

    EdgeSec works on the basis of Content Delivery Network (CDN) sites. To use EdgeSec, you need to enable CDN.

Specification Limitations

  • A domain name expansion package supports a maximum of 10 domain names.
  • A maximum of 10 IP blacklist and whitelist protection rules can be added to a rule extension package.
  • Table 1 lists the specifications of the Enterprise Edition.
    Table 1 Description

    Service Scale

    Enterprise Edition

    Number of domain names

    20

    CC attack prevention rules

    100

    Precise protection rules

    100

    Reference table rules

    100

    IP address blacklist and whitelist rules

    1,000

    Geolocation access control rules

    100

    Web tamper protection rules

    100

    Information leakage prevention rules

    100

    Global protection whitelist rules

    1,000

    Data masking rules

    100

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the page and choose Content Delivery & Edge Computing > CDN and Security.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Security.
  4. Click Buy. The Buy EdgeSec page is displayed. Set the product parameters.

    • Package: The enterprise edition is supported.
    • Billing mode.
      • Traffic: the protected service traffic
      • By request: billed by number of HTTP/HTTPS requests that are protected by EdgeSec.
      • Dynamic acceleration: Billed by number of CDN dynamic acceleration requests.
        • You are billed by the traffic used per hour. You can also buy traffic packages to deduct traffic used.
        • You are billed at tiered traffic prices. The billing cycle is one calendar month.
    • Domain Expansion Package: A domain expansion package can protect a maximum of 10 domain names.
    • Rule Expansion Package: A rule expansion package contains 10 IP blacklist and whitelist protection rules.

      If the quota of IP address whitelist and blacklist rules cannot meet your requirements, you can purchase rule expansion packages under the current instance edition to increase such quota.

  5. Set Required Duration.

    The Auto-renew option enables the system to renew your service by the purchased period when the service is about to expire.

  6. Confirm the parameter settings, select I have read and agree to the Huawei Cloud Edge Security Service Agreement, and click Pay Now in the lower right corner of the page.
  7. Confirm the order details and click Pay Now.