Module Smaws_Client_WAF.UpdateRule

val request : Smaws_Lib.Context.t -> update_rule_request -> (update_rule_response, [> Smaws_Lib.Protocols.AwsJson.error | `WAFInternalErrorException of waf_internal_error_exception | `WAFInvalidAccountException of waf_invalid_account_exception | `WAFInvalidOperationException of waf_invalid_operation_exception | `WAFInvalidParameterException of waf_invalid_parameter_exception | `WAFLimitsExceededException of waf_limits_exceeded_exception | `WAFNonexistentContainerException of waf_nonexistent_container_exception | `WAFNonexistentItemException of waf_nonexistent_item_exception | `WAFReferencedItemException of waf_referenced_item_exception | `WAFStaleDataException of waf_stale_data_exception ]) Stdlib.result

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:

  1. Create and update the predicates that you want to include in the Rule.
  2. Create the Rule. See CreateRule.
  3. Use GetChangeToken to get the change token that you provide in the ChangeToken parameter of an UpdateRule request.
  4. Submit an UpdateRule request to add predicates to the Rule.
  5. 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.