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Creating a Protection Policy

A policy is a combination of rules, such as basic web protection, blacklist, whitelist, and precise protection rules. A policy can be applied to multiple domain names, but only one policy can be used for a domain name. This topic describes how to add a policy for your WAF instance.

Prerequisites

A website has been added to WAF.

Constraints

A protected website domain name can use only one policy.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Web Application Firewall under Security & Compliance.
  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Policies.
  5. In the upper left corner, click Add Policy.
  6. In the displayed dialog box, enter the policy name and click Confirm. The added policy will be displayed in the policy list.
  7. In the Policy Name column, click the policy name. On the displayed page, add rules to the policy by referring to Rule Configurations.

Related Operations

  • To modify a policy name, click next to the policy name. In the dialog box displayed, enter a new policy name.
  • To delete a rule, locate the row containing the rule. In the Operation column, click Delete.
Parent topic: Managing Policies