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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion content/waf/install/update-signatures.md
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- `app-protect-bot-signatures`
- `app-protect-threat-campaigns`

You can update these packages independently of the core F5 WAF for NGINX packages, ensuring you always have the latest signatures.
You can update these packages independently of the core F5 WAF for NGINX packages, ensuring you always have the latest signatures.

## Apply the updated signatures

Updated signatures don't take effect until you reload NGINX. Until you reload, F5 WAF for NGINX keeps running the previous signatures.

A reload is enough. You don't need to restart NGINX.

To apply the updated signatures, run one of the following commands:

- On all platforms: `nginx -s reload`
- On systemd-based platforms (Amazon Linux, Debian, Oracle Linux, RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu): `sudo systemctl reload nginx`
6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions content/waf/install/virtual-environment.md
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{{< /tabs >}}

Once you have updated your configuration files, you can reload NGINX to apply the changes. You have two options depending on your environment:
Once you have updated your configuration files, reload NGINX to apply the changes:

- `nginx -s reload`
- `sudo systemctl reload nginx`
- On all platforms: `nginx -s reload`
- On systemd-based platforms (Amazon Linux, Debian, Oracle Linux, RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu): `sudo systemctl reload nginx`

## Post-installation checks

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