acdl/modules/l1/waf

waf — WAFv2 Web ACL

Module kind: primitive | Version: 1.0.0

A WAFv2 Web ACL scoped to CloudFront. It applies managed rule groups by default and can be associated with a CloudFront distribution to filter traffic before it reaches the origin. CloudFront-scoped Web ACLs are always created in us-east-1.

Resources

Resource	Type	Purpose
webacl	aws_wafv2_web_acl	WAFv2 Web ACL with managed rules

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
name	string	yes	—	Name of the Web ACL
scope	string	no	cloudfront	Scope of the Web ACL (default cloudfront for CloudFront associations)
default_action	string	no	allow	Default action (default allow)
rules	string	no	—	Optional custom rules as JSON (default: managed rules only)
region	string	yes	—	AWS region (CloudFront-scoped WAF is always us-east-1; the adapter ignores this for cloudfront scope)

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
web_acl_arn	arn	The WAF Web ACL ARN

Usage

{
  "id": "waf",
  "type": "aws:wafv2:webacl",
  "module": "waf@1.0.0",
  "inputs": {
    "name": "acdl-static-assets-waf",
    "scope": "cloudfront",
    "default_action": "allow",
    "region": "us-east-1"
  }
}

The web_acl_arn output is typically wired as a ref: expression into the cloudfront primitive's waf_web_acl_arn input inside a module composition (see modules/l2/static-assets).

Compliance extension points

• Rate limiting — add a rate-based rule to cap requests per IP (SOC2 CC6.1, DORA operational resilience).
• Geo blocking — add a geo-match statement to block/allow countries for data-residency compliance (GDPR Art.44, SOC2 CC6.1).
• Custom rules — add custom rule statements for application-specific filtering (e.g. block SQLi/IP allow-lists) (SOC2 CC6.1).
• Logging — enable WAF access logging to S3/CloudWatch/Kinesis for auditability (SOC2 CC7.2, DORA audit trail).

Examples

Validated example contracts are in examples/. The platform-test pipeline validates them against schemas/contract.schema.json.

Simple

A minimal deployment:

examples/simple.yml

environment: dev
id: waf
infrastructure:
  waf:
    inputs:
      name: my-waf
      region: us-east-1
    version: 1.0.0
name: waf-firewall

Complex

A production deployment with optional inputs:

examples/complex.yml

environment: dev
id: waf
infrastructure:
  waf:
    inputs:
      default_action: allow
      name: my-production-waf
      region: us-east-1
      scope: cloudfront
    version: 1.0.0
name: waf-firewall

Versioning

1.0.0 — interface MAJOR, behavior MINOR, lifecycle PATCH. MAJOR bumps require a new registry entry (immutable publication); old entries enter a 12-month deprecation window.