waf

WAF

NetworkingAWS
General

General information about the service.

Description

AWS WAF is a web application firewall that protects against common web exploits.

Service Namespace

AWS::WAFv2::WebACL

ARN Pattern

arn:aws:wafv2:{region}:{account}:regional/webacl/{name}/{id}

References

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Naming

The conventions, rules, and restrictions for naming this service.

Naming Convention

waf-

Length

1-128

Valid Characters

Letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores

Scope

region

Code

Deploy your infrastructure as code using your preferred tooling.

Official DocumentationTerraform
terraform
1resource "aws_wafv2_web_acl" "main" {
2 name = "waf-${var.environment}"
3 scope = "REGIONAL"
4 default_action { allow {} }
5 visibility_config {
6 cloudwatch_metrics_enabled = true
7 metric_name = "waf-${var.environment}"
8 sampled_requests_enabled = true
9 }
10}
Utilities

Utilities to support app deployment or configuration.