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f5xc_waf_exclusion_policy Resource - terraform-provider-f5xc

Manages WAF exclusion policy. in F5 Distributed Cloud.

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

# WAF Exclusion Policy Resource Example
# Manages WAF exclusion policy. in F5 Distributed Cloud.
terraform {
required_version = ">= 1.0"
required_providers {
f5xc = {
source = "f5xc-salesdemos/f5xc"
version = ">= 0.1.0"
}
}
}
# Basic WAF Exclusion Policy configuration
resource "f5xc_waf_exclusion_policy" "example" {
name = "example-waf-exclusion-policy"
namespace = "staging"
labels = {
environment = "production"
managed_by = "terraform"
}
annotations = {
"owner" = "platform-team"
}
# Resource-specific configuration
# WAF Exclusion Rules. An ordered list of rules.
waf_exclusion_rules {
# Configure waf_exclusion_rules settings
}
# Enable this option
any_domain {
# Configure any_domain settings
}
# Enable this option
any_path {
# Configure any_path settings
}
}

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

Required fields:

  • name
  • namespace
  • waf_exclusion_rules

Example (API format):

apiVersion: v1
kind: waf_exclusion_policy
metadata:
name: example-waf-exclusion
namespace: default
spec:
waf_exclusion_rules:
- metadata:
name: exclude-health
exact_path: "/health"

name - Required String
Name of the WAF Exclusion Policy. Must be unique within the namespace

namespace - Required String
Namespace where the WAF Exclusion 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

timeouts - Optional Block
See Timeouts below for details.

waf_exclusion_rules - Optional Block
WAF Exclusion Rules. An ordered list of rules
See WAF Exclusion Rules below for details.

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

id - Optional String
Unique identifier for the resource


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

A waf_exclusion_rules block supports the following:

any_domain - Optional Block
Enable this option

any_path - Optional Block
Enable this option

app_firewall_detection_control - Optional Block
Define the list of Signature IDs, Violations, Attack Types and Bot Names that should be excluded from triggering on the defined match criteria
See App Firewall Detection Control below.

exact_value - Optional String
Exact domain name

expiration_timestamp - Optional String
Specifies expiration_timestamp the RFC 3339 format timestamp at which the containing rule is considered to be logically expired. The rule continues to exist in the configuration but is not applied anymore

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.

methods - Optional List Defaults to ANY
See HTTP Methods
Methods. Methods to be matched

path_prefix - Optional String
Path prefix to match (e.g. The value / will match on all paths)

path_regex - Optional String
Define the regex for the path. For example, the regex ^/.*$ will match on all paths

suffix_value - Optional String
Suffix of domain name e.g ‘xyz.com’ will match ‘*.xyz.com’ and ‘xyz.com’

waf_skip_processing - Optional Block
Enable this option

WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control

Section titled “WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control”

An app_firewall_detection_control block (within waf_exclusion_rules) supports the following:

exclude_attack_type_contexts - Optional Block
Attack Types to be excluded for the defined match criteria
See Exclude Attack Type Contexts below.

exclude_bot_name_contexts - Optional Block
Bot Names to be excluded for the defined match criteria
See Exclude Bot Name Contexts below.

exclude_signature_contexts - Optional Block
Signature IDs to be excluded for the defined match criteria
See Exclude Signature Contexts below.

exclude_violation_contexts - Optional Block
Violations to be excluded for the defined match criteria
See Exclude Violation Contexts below.

WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Attack Type Contexts

Section titled “WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Attack Type Contexts”

Deeply nested Contexts block collapsed for readability.

WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Bot Name Contexts

Section titled “WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Bot Name Contexts”

Deeply nested Contexts block collapsed for readability.

WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Signature Contexts

Section titled “WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Signature Contexts”

Deeply nested Contexts block collapsed for readability.

WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Violation Contexts

Section titled “WAF Exclusion Rules App Firewall Detection Control Exclude Violation Contexts”

Deeply nested Contexts block collapsed for readability.

A metadata block (within waf_exclusion_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


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_waf_exclusion_policy.example system/example