IPSetDescriptor
Note
AWS WAF Classic support will end on September 30, 2025.
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 the IP address type (IPV4
or IPV6
) and the IP address range (in CIDR format) that web requests originate from.
Contents
- Type
-
Specify
IPV4
orIPV6
.Type: String
Valid Values:
IPV4 | IPV6
Required: Yes
- Value
-
Specify an IPv4 address by using CIDR notation. For example:
-
To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from the IP address 192.0.2.44, specify
192.0.2.44/32
. -
To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from IP addresses from 192.0.2.0 to 192.0.2.255, specify
192.0.2.0/24
.
For more information about CIDR notation, see the Wikipedia entry Classless Inter-Domain Routing
. Specify an IPv6 address by using CIDR notation. For example:
-
To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from the IP address 1111:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0111, specify
1111:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0111/128
. -
To configure AWS WAF to allow, block, or count requests that originated from IP addresses 1111:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 to 1111:0000:0000:0000:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff, specify
1111:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000/64
.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 50.
Pattern:
.*\S.*
Required: Yes
-
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: