Creating a WAF policy

A WAF policy allows us to handle WAF settings and configurations as a separate resource. By doing so, we can apply the same policy to multiple resources instead of individual application gateways. A WAF policy can be associated with Application Gateway, Front Door, or CDN.

Getting ready

Before you start, open the browser and go to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.

How to do it...

In order to create a new application gateway, we must do the following:

1. In the Azure portal, select Create a resource and choose Web Application Firewall under Networking (or search for Web Application Firewall in the search bar).
2. In the new pane, we must complete the Basics section first. We need to set what the policy is going to be used for (Application Gateway, Front Door, or CDN), configure Subscription and Resource group, and fill in the Policy name and Location fields. Additionally, we can set whether the policy will be enabled or disabled once...