Changing a Rate Limiting Rule's Action

Change a rate limiting rule's action for a web application firewall policy.

Using the Console

Describes how to change the action for one or more selected rate limiting rules for the WAF policy.

  1. Open the navigation menu and click Identity & Security. Under Web Application Firewall, click Policies.

    Alternatively, open the Web Application Firewall page and click Policies under Resources.

    The WAF Policies page appears.

  2. Select the Compartment from the list.

    All the WAF policies in that compartment are listed in tabular form.

  3. (Optional) Apply one or more of the following Filters to limit the WAF policies displayed:
    • State

    • Name

    • Policy Type: Select WAF Policy.

  4. Select the WAF policy whose rate limiting rule actions you want to change in bulk.
    The WAF Policy Details dialog box appears.
  5. Click Rate Limiting under Resources.

    The Rate Limiting list appears.

  6. Click Manage Rate Limiting.

    The Manage Rate Limiting dialog box appears.

  7. Check each rate limiting rule whose action you want to change and click Change Action.

    The Change Action dialog box appears.

  8. Select the action you want to update the selected access rules to use from the list. See Actions for Web Application Firewalls for more information.
  9. Click Change Action.
    The Change Action dialog box closes.
  10. Click Save Changes in the Manage Rate Limiting dialog box.

The action rule is updated to the one you selected for the checked rate limiting rules.