NGINXaaS updates to use F5 WAF for NGINX

[edarzins]

Document usage and limitations of F5 WAF for NGINX when used with NGINXaaS (Google and AWS).

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Pull request overview

This PR updates the NGINXaaS documentation set to describe how to enable/disable and configure F5 WAF for NGINX for NGINXaaS for Google Cloud and NGINXaaS for AWS, and aligns AWS docs/changelog with the new (Preview) support and logging guidance.

Changes:

• Adds new provider-specific “Enable”, “Configure”, and “Disable” F5 WAF for NGINX how-to pages for Google Cloud and AWS.
• Updates AWS deployment-creation docs and AWS log-export docs to include WAF enablement and WAF security log setup.
• Updates the NGINXaaS changelog and removes the outdated “WAF not supported” constraint from the AWS overview.

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Copilot reviewed 12 out of 12 changed files in this pull request and generated 13 comments.

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File	Description
content/nginxaas/google/app-protect/_index.md	Adds a new Google Cloud “F5 WAF for NGINX” section index page.
content/nginxaas/google/app-protect/enable-waf.md	New how-to for enabling WAF on Google Cloud deployments.
content/nginxaas/google/app-protect/configure-waf.md	New how-to for configuring WAF directives/policy on Google Cloud.
content/nginxaas/google/app-protect/disable-waf.md	New how-to for disabling WAF on Google Cloud deployments.
content/nginxaas/aws/app-protect/_index.md	Adds a new AWS “F5 WAF for NGINX” section index page.
content/nginxaas/aws/app-protect/enable-waf.md	New how-to for enabling WAF on AWS deployments.
content/nginxaas/aws/app-protect/configure-waf.md	New how-to for configuring WAF directives/policy on AWS.
content/nginxaas/aws/app-protect/disable-waf.md	New how-to for disabling WAF on AWS deployments.
content/nginxaas/changelog.md	Adds an August 26, 2026 entry announcing AWS WAF support (Preview).
content/nginxaas/aws/overview.md	Removes the outdated AWS constraint stating WAF is not supported.
content/nginxaas/aws/monitoring/enable-nginx-logs.md	Adds a section to configure/export WAF security logs.
content/nginxaas/aws/deploy/create-deployment/deploy-console.md	Adds WAF enablement to create/edit deployment console steps.

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[amudukutore]

I've listed some minor comments but the rest of the content looks good to me. Approving these changes (assuming we can discuss/address those comments).

[edarzins]

@JTorreG Pending on review from nginx-docs

[JTorreG]

The new docs are missing a few of the frontmatter metadata values (description, f5-summary, f5-keywords... )

Please review the templates in the https://github.com/nginx/documentation/tree/main/templates folder for guidance on these fields

[edarzins]

@JTorreG All suggestions accepted, thanks!