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Adding a Policy
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A policy is a combination of rules, such as basic web protection, blacklist, whitelist, and precise protection rules. A policy can be applied to multiple domain names, but only one policy can be used for a domain name. This topic describes how to add a policy to your WAF instance.

Prerequisites
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A website has been added to WAF.

Constraints
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A protected website domain name can use only one policy.

Procedure
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#. Log in to the management console.

#. Click |image1| in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.

#. Click |image2| in the upper left corner and choose **Web Application Firewall (Dedicated)** under **Security**.

#. In the navigation pane on the left, choose **Policies**.

#. In the upper left corner, click **Add Policy**.


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      :alt: **Figure 1** Policies

      **Figure 1** Policies

#. In the displayed dialog box, enter the policy name and click **Confirm**. The added policy will be displayed in the policy list.


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      :alt: **Figure 2** Add Policy

      **Figure 2** Add Policy

#. In the **Policy Name** column, click the policy name. On the displayed page, add rules to the policy by referring to :ref:`Rule Configurations <waf_01_0007>`.

Other Operations
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-  To modify a policy name, click |image3| next to the policy name. In the dialog box displayed, enter a new policy name.
-  To delete a rule, click **Delete** in the row containing the rule.

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.. |image3| image:: /_static/images/en-us_image_0301168075.png