Updating basic WAF profile settings

With Terraform, you can quickly create a cloud infrastructure in Yandex Cloud and manage it using configuration files. These files store the infrastructure description written in HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). If you change the configuration files, Terraform automatically detects which part of your configuration is already deployed, and what should be added or removed.

Terraform is distributed under the Business Source License. The Yandex Cloud provider for Terraform is distributed under the MPL-2.0 license.

For more information about the provider resources, see the documentation on the Terraform website or mirror website.

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure its Yandex Cloud provider.

To change the parameters of a Yandex Smart Web Security WAF profile created with Terraform:

1. Open the Terraform configuration file and edit the fragment with the WAF profile description.

   Below is an example of a WAF profile description in the Terraform configuration

   # In the basic set, rules of this paranoia level and below will be active
   locals {
     waf_paranoia_level = 1
   }
   
   # OWASP Core Rule Set data source
   data "yandex_sws_waf_rule_set_descriptor" "owasp4" {
     name    = "OWASP Core Ruleset"
     version = "4.0.0"
   }
   
   # WAF profile
   resource "yandex_sws_waf_profile" "default" {
     name = "<WAF_profile_name>"
   
     # Basic rule set
     core_rule_set {
       inbound_anomaly_score = 2
       paranoia_level        = local.waf_paranoia_level
       rule_set {
         name    = "OWASP Core Ruleset"
         version = "4.0.0"
       }
     }
   
     # Activating rules from the basic set if their paranoia level is not higher than specified in the waf_paranoia_level variable
     dynamic "rule" {
       for_each = [
         for rule in data.yandex_sws_waf_rule_set_descriptor.owasp4.rules : rule
         if rule.paranoia_level <= local.waf_paranoia_level
       ]
       content {
         rule_id     = rule.value.id
         is_enabled  = true
         is_blocking = false
       }
     }
   

   For more information about the sws_waf_profile resource parameters in Terraform, see the relevant provider documentation.

2. Apply the changes:

   1. In the terminal, change to the folder where you edited the configuration file.

   2. Make sure the configuration file is correct using the command:

      terraform validate
      

      If the configuration is correct, the following message is returned:

      Success! The configuration is valid.
      

   3. Run the command:

      terraform plan
      

      The terminal will display a list of resources with parameters. No changes are made at this step. If the configuration contains errors, Terraform will point them out.

   4. Apply the configuration changes:

      terraform apply
      

   5. Confirm the changes: type yes in the terminal and press Enter.

You can check the resources’ updates in the management console.

Use the update REST API method for the WafProfile resource or the WafProfile/Update gRPC API call.