Documentation
The four documents that explain PingWAF
Start with the architecture if you are evaluating, deployment if you are installing, and the WAF engine if you are tuning rules.
01 · 8 min read
Architecture
How the control plane and data plane fit together, and what the gRPC protocol carries.
control planedata planegRPCrun modes
Read the docs 02 · 10 min read
Deployment
All-in-one versus distributed, Docker and systemd, ports, configuration precedence.
dockersystemdportsenvironment
Read the docs 03 · 9 min read
WAF engine
The four-phase pipeline, expression rules, verdicts and the challenge flow.
pipelineexpressionsverdictschallenges
Read the docs 04 · 7 min read
API
REST endpoints for automation, the gRPC contract for agents, and authentication.
RESTgRPCauthautomation
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