Managing Bot Defense Using BIG-IQ

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Manual : Managing Bot Defense Using BIG-IQ

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0

Original Publication Date: 02/24/2021
Updated Date: 03/26/2025

About Bot Defense

Bot Defense version compatibility

Configuring Bot Defense

About bot defense profile templates

Bot defense relaxed template

Bot defense balanced template

Bot defense strict template

Create a new bot defense profile

Add a bot mitigation exception

Edit bot browser verification settings

Edit mobile applications settings

Monitoring bot signature enforcement

Manage bot signature enforcement

Manage bot profile allowlist

Managing Bot Signatures and Bot Signature Categories

About bot signatures and bot signature categories

Create bot signatures

Create bot signature categories

Logging Bot Defense requests

Configuring Bot Defense logging over multiple DCDs

Configure a DCD pool as a Log Destination

Configure logging for Bot Defense requests

Edit a Log Publisher Log Destination

Manually configure logging for Bot Defense requests

Monitoring Bot Defense Activity

Isolating bot traffic

Evaluating bot defense traffic

Review bot traffic by virtual server

View bot request logs

Create a new log filter

Bot mitigation and browser verification