---
id: "oci-waf"
type: "component"
kind: "waf"
provider: "oci"
category: "security"
docs: "https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/WAF/Concepts/overview.htm"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-waf"
---

# Web Application Firewall

Request-inspecting firewall attached to a load balancer or the global edge.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [oci](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=oci) |
| Kind | [Web application firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/waf) |
| Category | Security |
| Official docs | [https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/WAF/Concepts/overview.htm](https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/WAF/Concepts/overview.htm) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `botProtection` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |
| `customRuleCount` | integer | — | no | — | **0** |
| `enforcementPoint` | enum | `load-balancer`, `dns-cname` | no | "load-balancer" | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `managedRuleSet` | string | — | no | — | inherited |
| `mode` | enum | `detection`, `prevention`, `off` | no | — | inherited |
| `policyType` | enum | `waf-policy`, `edge-policy` | no | "waf-policy" | inherited |
| `protectionCapabilityCount` | integer | — | no | 0 | inherited |
| `rateLimiting` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |
| `ruleAction` | enum | `allow`, `check`, `return-http-response` | no | — | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 13

- [Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-waf.md) `alibaba-waf` — alibabacloud
- [AWS WAF web ACL](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-waf.md) `aws-waf` — aws
- [AWS WAF Classic](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-waf-classic.md) `aws-waf-classic` — aws
- [Azure Web Application Firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-web-application-firewall.md) `azure-web-application-firewall` — azure
- [Firewall for AI](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-firewall-for-ai.md) `cloudflare-firewall-for-ai` — cloudflare
- [Cloudflare WAF](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-waf.md) `cloudflare-waf` — cloudflare
- [Coraza](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/coraza.md) `coraza` — default
- [Imperva Application Security](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/imperva.md) `imperva` — default
- [ModSecurity](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/modsecurity.md) `modsecurity` — default
- [NAXSI](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/naxsi.md) `naxsi` — default
- [Generic web application firewall](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/waf.md) `waf` — default
- [Google Cloud Armor](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-armor.md) `google-cloud-armor` — gcp
- [reCAPTCHA Enterprise](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-recaptcha-enterprise.md) `google-recaptcha-enterprise` — gcp

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "oci-waf", component: "oci-waf" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Oracle Cloud Web Application Firewall: regional WAF policy plugged into a load balancer, or a
# global edge policy fronted by a DNS CNAME ("Web Application Firewall Overview"). The design
# principle is passiveness: a new policy carries no rules until protection capabilities are chosen.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "oci-waf"
kind: "waf"
provider: "oci"
docs: "https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/WAF/Concepts/overview.htm"
defaults:
  managed: true
  customRuleCount: 0
  botProtection: false
  rateLimiting: false
properties:
  policyType:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["waf-policy", "edge-policy"]
    default: "waf-policy"
  enforcementPoint:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["load-balancer", "dns-cname"]
    default: "load-balancer"
  ruleAction:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["allow", "check", "return-http-response"]
  protectionCapabilityCount:
    type: "integer"
    default: 0
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-waf