Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

PutPermissionPolicy

Attaches an IAM policy to the specified resource. Use this to share a rule group across accounts.

You must be the owner of the rule group to perform this operation.

This action is subject to the following restrictions:

You can attach only one policy with each PutPermissionPolicy request.
The ARN in the request must be a valid WAF RuleGroup ARN and the rule group must exist in the same region.
The user making the request must be the owner of the rule group.

Request Syntax


{
   "Policy": "string",
   "ResourceArn": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Policy

The policy to attach to the specified rule group.

The policy specifications must conform to the following:

The policy must be composed using IAM Policy version 2012-10-17 or version 2015-01-01.
The policy must include specifications for Effect, Action, and Principal.
Effect must specify Allow.
Action must specify wafv2:CreateWebACL, wafv2:UpdateWebACL, and wafv2:PutFirewallManagerRuleGroups. AWS WAF rejects any extra actions or wildcard actions in the policy.
The policy must not include a Resource parameter.

For more information, see IAM Policies.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1.

Required: Yes

ResourceArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the RuleGroup to which you want to attach the policy.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.

Pattern: .*\S.*

Required: Yes

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

WAFInternalErrorException

Your request is valid, but AWS WAF couldn’t perform the operation because of a system problem. Retry your request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

WAFInvalidParameterException

The operation failed because AWS WAF didn't recognize a parameter in the request. For example:

You specified an invalid parameter name or value.
Your nested statement isn't valid. You might have tried to nest a statement that can’t be nested.
You tried to update a WebACL with a DefaultAction that isn't among the types available at DefaultAction.
Your request references an ARN that is malformed, or corresponds to a resource with which a Web ACL cannot be associated.

HTTP Status Code: 400

WAFInvalidPermissionPolicyException

The operation failed because the specified policy isn't in the proper format.

The policy specifications must conform to the following:

The policy must be composed using IAM Policy version 2012-10-17 or version 2015-01-01.
The policy must include specifications for Effect, Action, and Principal.
Effect must specify Allow.
Action must specify wafv2:CreateWebACL, wafv2:UpdateWebACL, and wafv2:PutFirewallManagerRuleGroups. AWS WAF rejects any extra actions or wildcard actions in the policy.
The policy must not include a Resource parameter.

For more information, see IAM Policies.

HTTP Status Code: 400

WAFNonexistentItemException

AWS WAF couldn’t perform the operation because your resource doesn’t exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example policy parameter - No escape characters


{
   "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Principal": {
          "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::111111111111:user/MyUserName"
                       },
           "Action": [
               "wafv2:UpdateWebACL",
               "wafv2:GetRuleGroup"

                     ]
         }
                  ]
}

Example policy parameter - AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)


{\"Version\":\"2012-10-17\",\"Statement\":[{\"Effect\":\"Allow\",\"Principal\":{\"AWS\":\"arn:aws:iam::111111111111:user\/MyUserName\"},\"Action\":[\"wafv2:UpdateWebACL\",\"wafv2:GetRuleGroup\"]}]}