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[ aws . waf-regional ]

update-rule

Description

Note

This is AWS WAF Classic documentation. For more information, see AWS WAF Classic in the developer guide.

For the latest version of AWS WAF , use the AWS WAFV2 API and see the AWS WAF Developer Guide . With the latest version, AWS WAF has a single set of endpoints for regional and global use.

Inserts or deletes Predicate objects in a Rule . Each Predicate object identifies a predicate, such as a ByteMatchSet or an IPSet , that specifies the web requests that you want to allow, block, or count. If you add more than one predicate to a Rule , a request must match all of the specifications to be allowed, blocked, or counted. For example, suppose that you add the following to a Rule :

  • A ByteMatchSet that matches the value BadBot in the User-Agent header
  • An IPSet that matches the IP address 192.0.2.44

You then add the Rule to a WebACL and specify that you want to block requests that satisfy the Rule . For a request to be blocked, the User-Agent header in the request must contain the value BadBot and the request must originate from the IP address 192.0.2.44.

To create and configure a Rule , perform the following steps:

  • Create and update the predicates that you want to include in the Rule .
  • Create the Rule . See CreateRule .
  • Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateRule request.
  • Submit an UpdateRule request to add predicates to the Rule .
  • Create and update a WebACL that contains the Rule . See CreateWebACL .

If you want to replace one ByteMatchSet or IPSet with another, you delete the existing one and add the new one.

For more information about how to use the AWS WAF API to allow or block HTTP requests, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide .

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  update-rule
--rule-id <value>
--change-token <value>
--updates <value>
[--cli-input-json <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]

Options

--rule-id (string)

The RuleId of the Rule that you want to update. RuleId is returned by CreateRule and by ListRules .

--change-token (string)

The value returned by the most recent call to GetChangeToken .

--updates (list)

An array of RuleUpdate objects that you want to insert into or delete from a Rule . For more information, see the applicable data types:

  • RuleUpdate : Contains Action and Predicate
  • Predicate : Contains DataId , Negated , and Type
  • FieldToMatch : Contains Data and Type

(structure)

Note

This is AWS WAF Classic documentation. For more information, see AWS WAF Classic in the developer guide.

For the latest version of AWS WAF , use the AWS WAFV2 API and see the AWS WAF Developer Guide . With the latest version, AWS WAF has a single set of endpoints for regional and global use.

Specifies a Predicate (such as an IPSet ) and indicates whether you want to add it to a Rule or delete it from a Rule .

Action -> (string)

Specify INSERT to add a Predicate to a Rule . Use DELETE to remove a Predicate from a Rule .

Predicate -> (structure)

The ID of the Predicate (such as an IPSet ) that you want to add to a Rule .

Negated -> (boolean)

Set Negated to False if you want AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests based on the settings in the specified ByteMatchSet , IPSet , SqlInjectionMatchSet , XssMatchSet , RegexMatchSet , GeoMatchSet , or SizeConstraintSet . For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow or block requests based on that IP address.

Set Negated to True if you want AWS WAF to allow or block a request based on the negation of the settings in the ByteMatchSet , IPSet , SqlInjectionMatchSet , XssMatchSet , RegexMatchSet , GeoMatchSet , or SizeConstraintSet . For example, if an IPSet includes the IP address 192.0.2.44 , AWS WAF will allow, block, or count requests based on all IP addresses except 192.0.2.44 .

Type -> (string)

The type of predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatch or IPSet .

DataId -> (string)

A unique identifier for a predicate in a Rule , such as ByteMatchSetId or IPSetId . The ID is returned by the corresponding Create or List command.

Shorthand Syntax:

Action=string,Predicate={Negated=boolean,Type=string,DataId=string} ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Action": "INSERT"|"DELETE",
    "Predicate": {
      "Negated": true|false,
      "Type": "IPMatch"|"ByteMatch"|"SqlInjectionMatch"|"GeoMatch"|"SizeConstraint"|"XssMatch"|"RegexMatch",
      "DataId": "string"
    }
  }
  ...
]

--cli-input-json (string) Performs service operation based on the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, the CLI values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal's quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

To update a rule

The following update-rule command deletes a Predicate object in a rule. Because the updates value has embedded double quotes, you must surround the entire value with single quotes.

aws waf-regional update-rule \
    --rule-id a123fae4-b567-8e90-1234-5ab67ac8ca90 \
    --change-token 12cs345-67cd-890b-1cd2-c3a4567d89f1 \
    --updates 'Action="DELETE",Predicate={Negated=false,Type="ByteMatch",DataId="MyByteMatchSetID"}'

For more information, see Working with Rules in the AWS WAF Developer Guide .

Output

ChangeToken -> (string)

The ChangeToken that you used to submit the UpdateRule request. You can also use this value to query the status of the request. For more information, see GetChangeTokenStatus .