How To Filter Traffic by Using AWS Web Application Firewall WAF

1. Create VPC, Subnets, Route tables

• Create VPC

• Create Two EC2

• Use your VPC, Public Subnet, Security Group and add User-Data by using User-Data's information

• Click Launch Instances

• Create for Second Lab Server too

2. Create an application load balancer for EC2

• Click Load Balancers

• Click Create load balancer

• Click Create of Application Load Balancer

• Write ALB Name

• Select your vpc and choose public subnets and security group

• Click Create target group

• Write Name and click Next

• Click both EC2 and Include as pending below

• Click Create target group

• Back to previous tab and choose your target group

• Click Create load balancer

3. Implement the Web Application Firewall (WAF)

• Go to WAF from AWS Management Console

• Click Create web ACL

• Choose Singapore at Region and write name

• Click Add AWS resources

• Select Application Load Balancer and LabLB then Click Add

• Click Next

• Click Add rules and Add managed rule groups

• Click AWS managed rule groups

• Select Core rule set and SQL database at Free rule groups

• Click Add rules

• Click Next

• Click Next

• Click Next

• Click Create web ACL

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Related Resources

• Lab Repository: AWS Learning Labs
• Technical Blog: Whispering Cloud Insights
• DEV Community: Thu Kha Kyawe

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