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# Deploy WAAS for Serverless

## Create a WAAS rule for serverless

When Serverless Defender is embedded in a function, it offers built-in web application firewall (WAF) capabilities, including protection against:

* SQL injection (SQLi) attacks
* Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
* Command injection (CMDi) attacks
* Local file system inclusion (LFI) attacks
* Code injection attacks

**Prerequisites:** You already [embedded Serverless Defender](https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/pc-docs-md/tree/main/enterprise-edition/content-collections/runtime-security/install/deploy-defender/serverless/serverless.md) into your function.

WAAS serverless deployment is not supported for the following:

* Azure Serverless defenders
* Some [App Firewall Settings](/content-collections/runtime-security/waas/waas-app-firewall.md) are not available

1. Open Console and go to **Runtime Security > Defend > WAAS > Serverless**.

   <figure><img src="/files/CaHfiQpuH7c8K6gJ53bP" alt="waas deployment types serverless"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
2. Click **Add rule**.
3. Enter a rule name.
4. Choose the rule **Scope** by specifying the resource collection(s) to which it applies.

   Collections define a combination of functions to which WAAS should attach itself to protect the web application:

   Use [pattern matching](/content-collections/runtime-security/configure/rule-ordering-pattern-matching.md) to precisely target your rule.

   <figure><img src="/files/OvfvvFq5zAYFt0MzDfAb" alt="waas serverless collections"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
5. Select the protections to enable.

   <figure><img src="/files/0eAtVVkQfLwLmYJH0IPR" alt="waas serverless protections view"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
6. Select **Alert** or **Prevent**.
7. If necessary, adjust the **Proxy timeout**

   The maximum duration in seconds for reading the entire request, including the body. A 500 error response is returned if a request is not read within the timeout period. For applications dealing with large files, adjusting the proxy timeout is necessary.


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