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Enabling Alarm Notifications

This topic describes how to enable notifications for attack logs. Once this function is enabled, WAF sends you SMS or email notifications if an attack is detected.

You can configure certificate expiration reminders. When a certificate is about to expire, WAF notifies you by the way you configure, such as email or SMS.

  • Before you set alarm notification, create a message topic in the SMN service.

Prerequisites

SMN has been enabled.

Constraints

Alarm notifications are sent if the number of attacks is at least equal to the threshold configured for a certain period.

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.
  4. In the navigation pane, choose Instance Management > Notifications.
  5. Click Create and configure alarm notification parameters. Table 1 lists the parameters.

    Table 1 Description of notification setting parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Notification Type

    Select a notification type.

    • Events: WAF sends attack logs to you in the way you configure (such as SMS or email) once it detects log-only or blocked events.
    • Certificate expiration: When a certificate is about to expire, WAF notifies you by the way you configure, such as email or SMS.

    Notification Name

    Name of the alarm notification.

    Description

    (Optional) A description of the purposes of the alarm.

    Notification Topic

    Select a topic from the drop-down list.

    For details about topics and subscriptions, see the Simple Message Notification User Guide.

    Interval

    If you select Events for Notification Type, Interval must be configured.

    NOTE:

    Alarm notifications are sent if the number of attacks is at least equal to the threshold configured for a certain period.

    Event Type

    If you select Events for Notification Type, Event Type must be configured.

    By default, All is selected. To specify event types, click Custom.

    Notification Before Expiration

    This parameter must be configured if you select Certificate expiration for Notification Type.

    Select how long before a certificate expire WAF can send notifications. You can select 1 week, 1 month, or 2 months.

    For example, if you select 1 week, WAF will send you an SMS message or email one week before the certificate expires.

    Interval

    This parameter must be configured if you select Certificate expiration for Notification Type.

    How often WAF sends certificate expiration notifications to you. You can select Weekly or Daily.

  6. Click OK.

    • To disable a notification, locate the row containing the notification and click Disable in the Operation column.
    • To delete a notification, locate the row containing the notification and click Delete in the Operation column.
    • To modify a notification, locate the row containing the notification and click Modify in the Operation column.