Select your cookie preferences

We use essential cookies and similar tools that are necessary to provide our site and services. We use performance cookies to collect anonymous statistics, so we can understand how customers use our site and make improvements. Essential cookies cannot be deactivated, but you can choose “Customize” or “Decline” to decline performance cookies.

If you agree, AWS and approved third parties will also use cookies to provide useful site features, remember your preferences, and display relevant content, including relevant advertising. To accept or decline all non-essential cookies, choose “Accept” or “Decline.” To make more detailed choices, choose “Customize.”

AWS::WAFv2::WebACL RuleActionOverride

Focus mode
AWS::WAFv2::WebACL RuleActionOverride - AWS CloudFormation
Filter View

Action setting to use in the place of a rule action that is configured inside the rule group. You specify one override for each rule whose action you want to change.

You can use overrides for testing, for example you can override all of rule actions to Count and then monitor the resulting count metrics to understand how the rule group would handle your web traffic. You can also permanently override some or all actions, to modify how the rule group manages your web traffic.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{ "ActionToUse" : RuleAction, "Name" : String }

YAML

ActionToUse: RuleAction Name: String

Properties

ActionToUse

The override action to use, in place of the configured action of the rule in the rule group.

Required: Yes

Type: RuleAction

Update requires: No interruption

Name

The name of the rule to override.

Required: Yes

Type: String

Pattern: ^[0-9A-Za-z_-]{1,128}$

Update requires: No interruption

On this page

PrivacySite termsCookie preferences
© 2025, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved.