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
BadBotand 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.