CloudGuard WAF
  • Documentation Overview
  • What is CloudGuard WAF?
  • Getting started
    • Prepare key information
    • Log in to the Infinity Portal
    • Protect a Web Application / API
    • Deploy Enforcement Point
      • Gateway/Virtual Machine
        • AWS
          • Store Certificates in AWS
          • Store certificates on Gateway
        • Azure
          • Store Certificates in Azure
          • Store Certificates on Gateway
        • VMware
          • Store Certificates on Gateway
          • Configure networking in VMware Deployments
      • WAF as a Service
        • Certificates Managed by Check Point
        • Bring Your Own Certificate
      • Kubernetes Ingress
        • Kong Application Security
        • Istio Application Security
      • Docker
        • Single Docker
          • Deployment using 'docker' command
            • Store Certificates Locally on Docker
          • Deployment in Azure App Services
        • Dual Docker: NGINX/Kong/Envoy + Security Agent
      • Linux / NGINX / Kong
    • Monitor Events
  • Concepts
    • Gateways & Agents
    • Management & Automation
    • Security Practices
    • Contextual Machine Learning
  • Additional Security Engines
    • Anti-Bot
    • API Protection
      • API Discovery
      • Track API Discovery Learning
      • Enforce API Schema
    • File Security
    • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
    • Rate Limit
    • Snort Rules
  • SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
    • Setup Custom Rules and Exceptions
    • Setup Web User Response Pages
    • Setup Log Triggers
    • Setup Report Triggers
    • Setup Notification Triggers
    • Setup Behavior Upon Failure
    • Setup Agent Upgrade Schedule
  • HOW TO
    • Edit Web Application/API Settings
    • Edit Reverse Proxy Advanced Settings for a Web Asset
    • Protect an existing production site with CloudGuard WAF's Gateway
    • View Policy of all your Web Applications/APIs
    • Add Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules
    • Configure Contextual Machine Learning for Best Accuracy
    • Track Agent Status
    • Track Learning and Move from Learn/Detect to Prevent
    • Rotate profile authentication token
    • Upgrade your Reverse Proxy when a Linux/NGINX agent is installed
    • Use Terraform to Manage CloudGuard WAF
    • Authorize Temporary Access for Check Point Support
    • Restrict Access to Backend Servers from CloudGuard WAF as a Service IPs Only
  • Troubleshooting
    • WAF Gateway / Virtual Machine
      • Azure
        • "Unable to find a tag containing the vault's name in the VMSS" Error
        • How To: Configure Key Vault for a Single Gateway
      • NGINX Error: Upstream Sent Too Big Header While Reading Response Header from Upstream
      • How To: Compare Between the Gateway's Certificate and the Upstream Certificate
    • Linux
      • SELinux: Checking Status and Disabling
    • WAF as a Service
      • Certificate Validation Failed: Adjusting CAA Record
      • How To: Redirect a Root Domain to a Subdomain Protected by WAF SaaS
      • How To: Extend Connection Timeout to Upstream
      • How To: Update Expired Certificates
  • references
    • Agent CLI
    • Management API
    • Event Query Language
    • Writing Snort Signatures
    • Events/Logs Schema
    • CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602: OpenSSL X.509 Email Address Buffer Overflows (HIGH)
    • CVE-2025-1097, CVE-2025-1098, CVE-2025-24514, CVE-2025-1974: Ingress NGINX Controller RCE (Critical)
  • Resources
    • GitHub
    • Docker Hub
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  • Configuring unscheduled automatic upgrades
  • Configuring scheduled automatic upgrades
  • Disabling automatic updates

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  1. SETUP INSTRUCTIONS

Setup Agent Upgrade Schedule

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By default the system is set to automatically and seamlessly update agents. Learn here how to configure a custom schedule instead or switch to a manual upgrade process.

Configuring upgrade mode

To setup specific schedule or switch to manual updates only, navigate to Policy->Profiles->[select your profile]. See the Agent Upgrade section.

Here you can see the latest available version which you can compare with your active agents' versions.

You can find the currently installed agent version displayed in Policy->Agents

Configuring unscheduled automatic upgrades

The default upgrade mode is configured to Automatic. In this mode upgrades are performed with each release of a new agent version.

Configuring scheduled automatic upgrades

For scheduled agent upgrades switch the mode to Scheduled.

In the Day of week field select any combination of days on which you want to allow upgrades to happen.

Configure your desired upgrade window by setting the begin time in UTC in the Upgrade window starts at (UTC) field and selecting the maximum allowed upgrade window duration in the Duration field between 2 hours and 12 hours (configuration possible in two hour increments).

In the example screenshot above scheduled upgrades take place automatically between 2am and 6am only on Sundays, Thursdays and Tuesdays whenever a new upgrade is available.

Disabling automatic updates

In order to prevent automatic scheduled or unscheduled updates from happening change the upgrade mode to Manual.

This allows you to manually control the upgrade process of your deployed agents.

In order to trigger a manual upgrade hit the Upgrade Now button whenever there's a new version available that you want to install.

The Manual upgrade mode option is not recommended unless you need full manual control of all agent upgrades. Instead the recommendation is to always use Automatic or Scheduled upgrade modes to prevent the agent from not being updated for a significant time (= more than three months) as after this time it becomes unsupported!