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f5xc_enhanced_firewall_policy Resource - terraform-provider-f5xc

Manages an Enhanced Firewall Policy resource in F5 Distributed Cloud for enhanced firewall policy specification. configuration.

~> Note For more information about this resource, please refer to the F5 XC API Documentation.

# Enhanced Firewall Policy Resource Example
# Manages an Enhanced Firewall Policy resource in F5 Distributed Cloud for enhanced firewall policy specification. configuration.
terraform {
required_version = ">= 1.0"
required_providers {
f5xc = {
source = "f5xc-salesdemos/f5xc"
version = ">= 0.1.0"
}
}
}
# Basic Enhanced Firewall Policy configuration
resource "f5xc_enhanced_firewall_policy" "example" {
name = "example-enhanced-firewall-policy"
namespace = "staging"
labels = {
environment = "production"
managed_by = "terraform"
}
annotations = {
"owner" = "platform-team"
}
# Enhanced Firewall Policy configuration
rule_list {
rules {
metadata {
name = "allow-web-traffic"
}
allow {}
advanced_action {
action = "LOG"
}
source_prefix_list {
ip_prefix_set {
name = "trusted-ips"
namespace = "staging"
}
}
all_traffic {}
}
}
}
# The following optional fields have server-applied defaults and can be omitted:
# - allow_all

🔶 High Risk Operations — Some operations on this resource have high danger level. Destructive operations may require confirmation.

Required fields:

  • name
  • namespace

Example (API format):

metadata:
name: my-efp
namespace: default
spec: {}

name - Required String
Name of the Enhanced Firewall Policy. Must be unique within the namespace

namespace - Required String
Namespace where the Enhanced Firewall Policy will be created

annotations - Optional Map
Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with a resource that may be set by external tools to store and retrieve arbitrary metadata

description - Optional String
Human readable description for the object

disable - Optional Bool
A value of true will administratively disable the object

labels - Optional Map
Labels is a user defined key value map that can be attached to resources for organization and filtering

-> One of the following:allow_all - Optional Block Defaults to map[]
Enable this option. Server applies default when omitted

allowed_destinations - Optional Block
List of IP Address prefixes. Prefix must contain both prefix and prefix-length The list can contain mix of both IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes
See Allowed Destinations below for details.

allowed_sources - Optional Block
List of IP Address prefixes. Prefix must contain both prefix and prefix-length The list can contain mix of both IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes
See Allowed Sources below for details.

denied_destinations - Optional Block
List of IP Address prefixes. Prefix must contain both prefix and prefix-length The list can contain mix of both IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes
See Denied Destinations below for details.

denied_sources - Optional Block
List of IP Address prefixes. Prefix must contain both prefix and prefix-length The list can contain mix of both IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes
See Denied Sources below for details.

deny_all - Optional Block
Enable this option

rule_list - Optional Block
Custom Enhanced Firewall Policy Rules. Custom Enhanced Firewall Policy Rules
See Rule List below for details.

timeouts - Optional Block
See Timeouts below for details.

In addition to all arguments above, the following attributes are exported:

id - Optional String
Unique identifier for the resource


An allowed_destinations block supports the following:

prefix - Optional List
IP Address prefix in string format. String must contain both prefix and prefix-length

An allowed_sources block supports the following:

prefix - Optional List
IP Address prefix in string format. String must contain both prefix and prefix-length

A denied_destinations block supports the following:

prefix - Optional List
IP Address prefix in string format. String must contain both prefix and prefix-length

A denied_sources block supports the following:

prefix - Optional List
IP Address prefix in string format. String must contain both prefix and prefix-length

A rule_list block supports the following:

rules - Optional Block
Ordered List of Enhanced Firewall Policy Rules
See Rules below.

A rules block (within rule_list) supports the following:

advanced_action - Optional Block
Network Policy Rule Advanced Action provides additional OPTIONS along with RuleAction and PBRRuleAction
See Advanced Action below.

all_destinations - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for all destinations

all_sli_vips - Optional Block
Enable this option

all_slo_vips - Optional Block
Enable this option

all_sources - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for all sources

all_tcp_traffic - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for all TCP traffic

all_traffic - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for all traffic

all_udp_traffic - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for all UDP traffic

allow - Optional Block
Enable this option

applications - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for applications
See Applications below.

deny - Optional Block
Enable this option

destination_aws_vpc_ids - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for destination AWS VPC ids
See Destination AWS VPC Ids below.

destination_ip_prefix_set - Optional Block
List of references to ip_prefix_set objects
See Destination IP Prefix Set below.

destination_label_selector - Optional Block
Type can be used to establish a ‘selector reference’ from one object(called selector) to a set of other objects(called selectees) based on the value of expressions. A label selector is a label query over a set of resources. An empty label selector matches all objects
See Destination Label Selector below.

destination_prefix_list - Optional Block
List of IPv4 prefixes that represent an endpoint
See Destination Prefix List below.

insert_service - Optional Block
Action to forward traffic to external service
See Insert Service below.

inside_destinations - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for inside destinations

inside_sources - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for inside sources

label_matcher - Optional Block
Label matcher specifies a list of label keys whose values need to match for source/client and destination/server. Note that the actual label values are not specified and do not matter. This allows an ability to scope grouping by the label key name
See Label Matcher below.

metadata - Optional Block
MessageMetaType is metadata (common attributes) of a message that only certain messages have. This information is propagated to the metadata of a child object that gets created from the containing message during view processing. The information in this type can be specified by user during create
See Metadata below.

outside_destinations - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for outside destinations

outside_sources - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for outside sources

protocol_port_range - Optional Block
Protocol and Port. Protocol and Port ranges
See Protocol Port Range below.

source_aws_vpc_ids - Optional Block
Configuration parameter for source AWS VPC ids
See Source AWS VPC Ids below.

source_ip_prefix_set - Optional Block
List of references to ip_prefix_set objects
See Source IP Prefix Set below.

source_label_selector - Optional Block
Type can be used to establish a ‘selector reference’ from one object(called selector) to a set of other objects(called selectees) based on the value of expressions. A label selector is a label query over a set of resources. An empty label selector matches all objects
See Source Label Selector below.

source_prefix_list - Optional Block
List of IPv4 prefixes that represent an endpoint
See Source Prefix List below.

An advanced_action block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

action - Optional String Defaults to NOLOG
Possible values are NOLOG, LOG
[Enum: NOLOG|LOG] Choice to choose logging or no logging This works together with option selected via NetworkPolicyRuleAction or any other action specified x-

An applications block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

applications - Optional List Defaults to APPLICATION_HTTP
Possible values are APPLICATION_HTTP, APPLICATION_HTTPS, APPLICATION_SNMP, APPLICATION_DNS
[Enum: APPLICATION_HTTP|APPLICATION_HTTPS|APPLICATION_SNMP|APPLICATION_DNS] Application Protocols. Application protocols like HTTP, SNMP

A destination_aws_vpc_ids block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

vpc_id - Optional List
List of VPC Identifiers in AWS

A destination_ip_prefix_set block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

ref - Optional Block
List of references to ip_prefix_set objects
See Ref below.

Rule List Rules Destination IP Prefix Set Ref

Section titled “Rule List Rules Destination IP Prefix Set Ref”

Deeply nested Ref block collapsed for readability.

Rule List Rules Destination Label Selector

Section titled “Rule List Rules Destination Label Selector”

A destination_label_selector block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

expressions - Optional List
Expressions contains the Kubernetes style label expression for selections

A destination_prefix_list block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

prefixes - Optional List
List of IPv4 prefixes that represent an endpoint

An insert_service block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

nfv_service - Optional Block
Type establishes a direct reference from one object(the referrer) to another(the referred). Such a reference is in form of tenant/namespace/name
See Nfv Service below.

Rule List Rules Insert Service Nfv Service

Section titled “Rule List Rules Insert Service Nfv Service”

A nfv_service block (within rule_list.rules.insert_service) supports the following:

name - Optional String
When a configuration object(e.g. Virtual_host) refers to another(e.g route) then name will hold the referred object’s(e.g. Route’s) name

namespace - Optional String
When a configuration object(e.g. Virtual_host) refers to another(e.g route) then namespace will hold the referred object’s(e.g. Route’s) namespace

tenant - Optional String
When a configuration object(e.g. Virtual_host) refers to another(e.g route) then tenant will hold the referred object’s(e.g. Route’s) tenant

A label_matcher block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

keys - Optional List
The list of label key names that have to match

A metadata block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

description_spec - Optional String
Description. Human readable description

name - Optional String
Name of the message. The value of name has to follow DNS-1035 format

A protocol_port_range block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

port_ranges - Optional List
List of port ranges. Each range is a single port or a pair of start and end ports e.g. 8080-8192

protocol - Optional String
Protocol in IP packet to be used as match criteria Values are TCP, UDP, and ICMP

A source_aws_vpc_ids block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

vpc_id - Optional List
List of VPC Identifiers in AWS

A source_ip_prefix_set block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

ref - Optional Block
List of references to ip_prefix_set objects
See Ref below.

Deeply nested Ref block collapsed for readability.

A source_label_selector block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

expressions - Optional List
Expressions contains the Kubernetes style label expression for selections

A source_prefix_list block (within rule_list.rules) supports the following:

prefixes - Optional List
List of IPv4 prefixes that represent an endpoint

A timeouts block supports the following:

create - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when creating the resource

delete - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when deleting the resource

read - Optional String (Defaults to 5 minutes)
Used when retrieving the resource

update - Optional String (Defaults to 10 minutes)
Used when updating the resource


The following type definitions are used throughout this resource. See the full definition here rather than repeated inline.

Object Reference {#common-object-reference}

Section titled “Object Reference {#common-object-reference}”

Object references establish a direct reference from one configuration object to another in F5 Distributed Cloud. References use the format tenant/namespace/name.

FieldTypeDescription
nameStringName of the referenced object
namespaceStringNamespace containing the referenced object
tenantStringTenant of the referenced object (system-managed)

Transformers apply transformations to input values before matching. Multiple transformers can be applied in order.

ValueDescription
LOWER_CASEConvert to lowercase
UPPER_CASEConvert to uppercase
BASE64_DECODEDecodebase64 content
NORMALIZE_PATHNormalize URL path
REMOVE_WHITESPACERemove whitespace characters
URL_DECODEDecode URL-encoded characters
TRIM_LEFTTrim leading whitespace
TRIM_RIGHTTrim trailing whitespace
TRIMTrim both leading and trailing whitespace

HTTP methods used for request matching.

ValueDescription
ANYMatch any HTTP method
GETHTTP GET request
HEADHTTP HEAD request
POSTHTTP POST request
PUTHTTP PUT request
DELETEHTTP DELETE request
CONNECTHTTP CONNECT request
OPTIONSHTTP OPTIONS request
TRACEHTTP TRACE request
PATCHHTTP PATCH request
COPYHTTP COPY request (WebDAV)

TLS Fingerprints {#common-tls-fingerprints}

Section titled “TLS Fingerprints {#common-tls-fingerprints}”

TLS fingerprint categories for malicious client detection.

ValueDescription
TLS_FINGERPRINT_NONENo fingerprint matching
ANY_MALICIOUS_FINGERPRINTMatch any known malicious fingerprint
ADWAREAdware-associated fingerprints
DRIDEXDridex malware fingerprints
GOOTKITGootkit malware fingerprints
RANSOMWARERansomware-associated fingerprints
TRICKBOTTrickbot malware fingerprints

IP Threat Categories {#common-ip-threat-categories}

Section titled “IP Threat Categories {#common-ip-threat-categories}”

IP address threat categories for security filtering.

ValueDescription
SPAM_SOURCESKnown spam sources
WINDOWS_EXPLOITSWindows exploit sources
WEB_ATTACKSWeb attack sources
BOTNETSKnown botnet IPs
SCANNERSNetwork scanner IPs
REPUTATIONPoor reputation IPs
PHISHINGPhishing-related IPs
PROXYAnonymous proxy IPs
MOBILE_THREATSMobile threat sources
TOR_PROXYTor exit nodes
DENIAL_OF_SERVICEDoS attack sources
NETWORKKnown bad network ranges

Import is supported using the following syntax:

Terminal window
# Import using namespace/name format
terraform import f5xc_enhanced_firewall_policy.example system/example