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.

Viewing Information About a Dedicated WAF Instance

  1. Log in to the management console.

  2. Click image1 in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.

  3. Click image2 in the upper left corner and choose Web Application Firewall under Security.

  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Engine.

  5. View information about a dedicated WAF instance.

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 image3 in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.

  3. Click image4 in the upper left corner and choose Web Application Firewall under Security.

  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Engine.

  5. In the row containing the instance you want to upgrade, click Upgrade in the Operation column.

  6. Confirm the upgrade conditions and click OK.

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.

Important

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 image5 in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.

  3. Click image6 in the upper left corner and choose Web Application Firewall under Security.

  4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Dedicated Engine.

  5. In the row of the instance, click More > Delete in the Operation column.

  6. Click OK.