AWS Administration - The Definitive Guide - Second Edition

Assigning a WAF Web ACL to CloudFront distributions

With the web ACL created, you can now easily assign it to one or more CloudFront distributions, as per your requirements. To do so, simply log in to your AWS dashboard and filter the CloudFront service, or alternatively, navigate to https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/home to view the CloudFront dashboard directly:

1. Once logged into the CloudFront dashboard, select the appropriate Distribution ID for which you wish to enable the WAF Web ACL rules.
2. Select the Edit option from the General tab to bring up your distribution's configurations and settings.
3. Here, in the Edit Distribution page, select your newly created web ACL from the AWS WAF Web ACL drop-down list, as shown in the following ...