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title: F5 AWAF
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import useBaseUrl from '@docusaurus/useBaseUrl';

<img src={useBaseUrl('/img/platform-services/automation-service/app-central/logos/f5-awaf.png')} alt="F5 AWAF icon" width="60"/>

***Version: 1.2  
Updated: April 29, 2026***

The integration with F5 AWAF allows users to retrieve information about Policies, Rules In Policy, Active Global Rules, Create, Delete and Assign Policy As Global, Add Rule to Policy, Modify Rule Action In Policy, and Delete Rule From Policy in F5 Advanced Web Application Firewall.

F5 AWAF protects apps with behavioural analytics, proactive bot defence, and application-layer encryption of sensitive data.

## Actions

* **List Firewall Policies** (*Enrichment*) - List of network firewall polices.
* **Get Policy** (*Enrichment*) - Get an individual network firewall policy.
* **Active Global Rules** (*Enrichment*) - List of Network Firewall: Active Rules.
* **List Policy Rules** (*Enrichment*)- List Rules in policy.
* **Create Policy** (*Containment*)- Create firewall policy.
* **Delete Policy** (*Containment*) - Delete firewall policy.
* **Add Rule To Policy** (*Containment*) - Add rule to existing policy.
* **Modify Rule Action In Policy** (*Containment*) - Change rule action in policy.
* **Delete Rule From Policy** (*Containment*) - Delete rule from policy.
* **Assign Policy As Global** (*Containment*) - Assign policy as global.

## F5 AWAF configuration

1. To configure F5 AWAF, install the product and use BIG-IP Registration key(s). Might need help from system administrator. Then sign in to BIG-IP with username and password.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('/img/platform-services/automation-service/app-central/integrations/f5-awaf/f5-awaf-1.png')} style={{border:'1px solid gray'}} alt="F5 awaf" width="800"/>
1. In the main page, click on the section System, License.<br/><img src={useBaseUrl('/img/platform-services/automation-service/app-central/integrations/f5-awaf/f5-awaf-2.png')} style={{border:'1px solid gray'}} alt="F5 awaf" width="250"/>
1. In Summary check your Licence and in the tab Module Allocation locate the Advanced Firewall (AFM) and change Provisioning to Nominal. Then click Submit. After submission in Security Tab Network Firewall will appear.

## Configure F5 AWAF in Automation Service and Cloud SOAR

import IntegrationsAuth from '../../../../reuse/integrations-authentication.md';
import IntegrationCertificate from '../../../../reuse/automation-service/integration-certificate.md';
import IntegrationEngine from '../../../../reuse/automation-service/integration-engine.md';
import IntegrationLabel from '../../../../reuse/automation-service/integration-label.md';
import IntegrationProxy from '../../../../reuse/automation-service/integration-proxy.md';
import IntegrationTimeout from '../../../../reuse/automation-service/integration-timeout.md';

<IntegrationsAuth/>
* <IntegrationLabel/>
* **Host**. Enter the IP address where F5 AWAF is installed. 

* **Username**. Enter the username of an F5 AWAF admin user authorized to provide authentication for the integration.

* **Password**. Enter the password for the admin user.
* <IntegrationTimeout/>
* <IntegrationCertificate/>
* <IntegrationEngine/>
* <IntegrationProxy/>

<img src={useBaseUrl('/img/platform-services/automation-service/app-central/integrations/misc/f5-awaf-configuration.png')} style={{border:'1px solid gray'}} alt="F5 AWAF configuration" width="400"/>

For information about F5 AWAF, see [F5 AWAF documentation](https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/web-app-and-api-protection/how-to/app-security/application-firewall).

## Change Log

* December 15, 2021 - First upload
* July 6, 2023 (v1.1) - Updated the integration with Environmental Variables
* April 29, 2026 (v1.2) - Upgraded the `python3_generic` Docker image (Python 3.8) to `python3_12_generic` (Python 3.12) to address Python 3.8 end-of-life and improve security and performance.