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Dedicated WAF Engine Management

This topic describes how to manage your dedicated WAF instances (or engines), including viewing instance information, upgrading the instance edition, or deleting an instance.

Prerequisites

  • You have applied for a dedicated WAF instance.
  • Your login account has the IAM ReadOnly permission.

Viewing Information About a Dedicated WAF Instance

  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 Instance Management > Dedicated Engine to go to the dedicated WAF instance page.
  5. View information about a dedicated WAF instance. Table 1 describes parameters.

    Table 1 Parameters of a dedicated instance

    Parameter

    Description

    Example Value

    Instance Name

    Name automatically generated when an instance is created.

    None

    Protected Website

    Domain name of the website protected by the instance.

    www.example.com

    VPC

    VPC where the instance resides

    vpc-waf

    Subnet

    Subnet where an instance resides

    subnet-62bb

    IP Addresses

    IP address of the subnet in the VPC where the WAF instance is deployed.

    192.168.0.186

    Access Status

    Connection status of the instance.

    Accessible

    Running Status

    Status of the instance.

    Running

    Deployment

    How the instance is deployed.

    Standard mode (reverse proxy)

    Specifications

    Specifications of resources hosting the instance.

    8 vCPUs | 16 GB

Upgrading a Dedicated WAF Instance

Only dedicated WAF instances in the Running status can be upgraded to the latest version.

  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 Instance Management > Dedicated Engine to go to the dedicated WAF instance page.
  5. In the row containing the instance you want to upgrade, click Upgrade in the Operation column.
  6. Confirm the upgrade conditions and click Confirm.

    Click View Details to view details of all dedicated WAF instance versions.

Deleting a Dedicated WAF Instance

You can delete a dedicated WAF instance anytime. A deleted dedicated WAF instance will no longer protect the website added to it.

Resources on deleted instance are released and cannot be restored. Exercise caution when performing this operation.

  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 Instance Management > Dedicated Engine to go to the dedicated WAF instance page.
  5. In the row of the instance, click Delete in the Operation column.
  6. Click Confirm.