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Connecting the Barracuda Web Application Firewall to the Barracuda WAF Control Center

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The Barracuda WAF Control Center web interface allows you to view all connected devices, both as an aggregate view and as simple devices through a proxy view. You can customize configuration templates and selectively apply those templates to connected devices. Templates are defined based on the configuration of a single connected device, and stored on the Barracuda WAF Control Center. From here, the template can be pushed to one or more devices selected by you.

You can configure the security policy settings and share them with the connected devices. For more information on sharing the configuration, see Shared Configuration. The Barracuda WAF Control Center provides role-based administration features to restrict access to system resources based on the roles assigned to users. A user can be assigned different permissions in different groups, along with a different permission assigned to the same user. In such cases, the Barracuda WAF Control Center chooses the maximum permission role assigned to the user, and grants access to the selected devices, i.e., the lower-level user role will be overridden by the higher-level user role. For more information, see Barracuda WAF Control Center.

Connect One or More Barracuda Web Application Firewalls to the Barracuda WAF Control Center

The Barracuda WAF connects to the WCC using only its WAN interface IP address. 

  1. Log into the Barracuda WAF Control Center web interface as the Barracuda WAF Control Center Account Admin. To create an account admin, see "Step 2 – Create the Barracuda WAF Control Center Account Admin" in the Getting Started article.
  2. The Dashboard page displays a message indicating that no products are connected.
  3. In the Barracuda WAF Control Center web interface, go to the Connect Products page, and copy Validation Token. Follow the steps mentioned in the Connecting WAF Instances to WAF Control Center article.
  4. In another browser window, log into the Barracuda Web Application Firewall you wish to connect to the Barracuda WAF Control Center as the administrator.
  5. In the Barracuda Web Application Firewall web interface:
    1. Go to the ADVANCED > Firmware Upgrade page and check if you have the latest firmware installed. If not, download and install it before proceeding.
    2. Go to the ADVANCED > Cloud Control page:
      1. Connected using - Select Barracuda Barracuda WAF Control Center.
      2. Connect Barracuda Cloud Control - Set to Yes.
      3. Username - Enter the username of the account admin for your Barracuda WAF Control Center.
      4. Password - Enter the password associated with the username.
      5. Barracuda Barracuda WAF Control Center - Enter the IP address or hostname of the Barracuda WAF Control Center to which the Barracuda Web Application Firewall needs to be connected.
      6. Validation Token - Paste the Validation Token copied in Step 3.
      7. Click Save. Note that your product can connect with only one Barracuda WAF Control Center at a time.
  6. In the Barracuda WAF Control Center web interface, refresh your browser page. The connected device should now display in the left pane.
  7. By default, statistics are presented for that product. Click on the product link to configure using the web interface for that device.