Create WAF Parent Policy

Task 1 - Create a parent waf policy using info on table below:

Policy Name	waf_Base
Policy Type	Parent
Policy Template	Rapid Deployment Policy
Learning Mode	manual
Signature Staging	Disabled

1. Select the Security->Application Security->Security Policies->Policies List page

2. Click Create New Policy

3. Select Advanced options

   

4. For Policy Name enter waf_base

5. For Policy Type select Parent

6. For Policy Template select Rapid Deployment Policy

7. For Learning Mode select Manual

8. Change Signature Staging to Disabled

   

9. Click Create Policy

10. Once the policy is created, with the waf_base policy selected, in the right panel click Inheritance Settings.

11. Configure the inheritance settings as shown on the image below, and then click Save Changes

    

Note

Beginning in BIG-IP ASM 13.0.0, you can create a parent security policy and have child security policies refer to it (layered policies). A parent security policy defines common Policy Section elements and settings that provide baseline protection for your environment and are inherited by all child policies attached to it. You identify the elements and settings that can be modified in child security policies and those that are mandatory and cannot be modified. When you modify elements and settings in the parent security policy, the system rapidly applies them to all attached child policies.