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Updating a Global Protection Whitelist (Formerly False Alarm Masking) Rule

Function

This API is used to update a global protection whitelist (formerly false alarm masking) rule.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

PUT /v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/ignore/{rule_id}

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Project ID. To obtain it, log in to the Huawei Cloud console, click the username, choose My Credentials, and find the project ID in the Projects list. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
policy_id	Yes	String	Definition Protection policy ID. You can call the ListPolicy API to obtain the policy ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
rule_id	Yes	String	Definition ID of a false alarm masking rule. You can obtain the rule ID from the id field in the response body of the API for querying false alarm masking rules (ListIgnoreRule). Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 2** Query Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
enterprise_project_id	No	String	Definition Obtain the enterprise project ID by calling the ListEnterpriseProject API of Enterprise Project Management Service (EPS). To obtain the resource details in all enterprise projects of a user, set this parameter to all_granted_eps. Constraints N/A Range 0: the default enterprise project. all_granted_eps: all enterprise projects. A specific enterprise project ID: Enter a maximum of 36 characters. Default Value 0

Request Parameters

**Table 3** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition User token. You can obtain it by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The user token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
Content-Type	Yes	String	Definition Content type. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value application/json;charset=utf8

**Table 4** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
domain	Yes	Array of strings	Domain name or website to be protected. If the array length is 0, the rule takes effect for all domain names or websites.
conditions	Yes	Array of CreateCondition objects	Condition list
mode	Yes	Integer	The value is fixed at 1, indicating v2 false alarm masking rules. v1 is used only for compatibility with earlier versions, and false alarm rules cannot be created in v1.
rule	Yes	String	Definition Rule to be masked. Constraints The options vary depending on the value of unchecked modules. Range Ignore WAF Protection bypass: all modules The basic web protection modules can be classified based on: ID: built-in rule ID. You can obtain the ID through the ListWebBasicProtectionRules API. Separate multiple IDs with semicolons (;). Example: "000000;111111" Type: Separate multiple types with semicolons (;). Example: "xss;webshell" xss: XSS attacks webshell: website Trojans vuln: other types of attacks sqli: SQL injections robot: malicious crawlers rfi: remote file inclusion attacks lfi: local file inclusion attacks cmdi: command injections All built-in rules illegal: illegal request Default Value N/A
advanced	No	IgnoreAdvanced object	Advanced settings
description	No	String	Description of a masking rule

**Table 5** CreateCondition
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
category	Yes	String	Definition Field type. Constraints N/A Range url: path. custom_geoip: geolocation of the client IP address. robot: known feature crawler. user-agent: User Agent ip: IPv4 ipv6: IPv6 params: Params cookie: Cookie referer: Referer header: Header method: Method request_line: Request Line request: Request protocol: Protocol request_body: Request Body Default Value N/A
index	No	String	Definition Subfield. Constraints The value varies with the field type. Range custom_geoip: v4: IPv4 v6: IPv6 any: IPv4 or IPv6 ip/ipv6: null: client IP address x-forwarded-for: IP address recorded in the X-Forwarded-For of the request header $remote_addr: TCP connection IP address $remote_sockaddr: Layer 3 source IP address params/cookie/header: If check_all_indexes_logic is null, the subfield name can be customized. If check_all_indexes_logic is not null, the value must be null. Other field types are not supported. The default value is null. Default Value N/A
logic_operation	Yes	String	Definition Matching Logic Constraints The matching logic varies depending on field types. Range url/user-agent/referer: contain_any: Include any value. not_contain_all: Exclude any value. equal_any: Equal to any value. not_equal_all: Not equal to any value. prefix_any: Prefix matches any value. not_prefix_all: Prefix does not match any of them. suffix_any: Suffix matches any value. not_suffix_all: Suffix does not match any of them. contain: Contain the content. not_contain: Do not contain the content. equal: Equal to. not_equal: Do not equal to. prefix: Match the prefix. not_prefix: Do not match the prefix. suffix: Match the suffix. not_suffix: Do not match the suffix. len_equal: Length equal to. len_not_equal: Length not equal to. len_greater: Length greater than. len_less: Length less than. len_greater_equal: Length greater than or equal to. len_less_equal: Length less than or equal to. regular_match: Match the regular expression. regular_not_match: Do not match the regular expression. custom_geoip: belong: Belong to. not_belong: Do not belong to. robot: match: Match the content. not_match: Do not match the content. ip/ipv6: equal_any: Equal to any value. not_equal_all: Not equal to any value. equal: Equal to. not_equal: Do not equal to. params/cookie/header: contain_any: Include any value. not_contain_all: Exclude any value. equal_any: Equal to any value. not_equal_all: Not equal to any value. prefix_any: Prefix matches any value. not_prefix_all: Prefix does not match any of them. suffix_any: Suffix matches any value. not_suffix_all: Suffix does not match any of them. contain: Contain the content. not_contain: Do not contain the content. equal: Equal to. not_equal: Do not equal to. prefix: Match the prefix. not_prefix: Do not match the prefix. suffix: Match the suffix. not_suffix: Do not match the suffix. len_equal: Length equal to. len_not_equal: Length not equal to. len_greater: Length greater than. len_less: Length less than. len_greater_equal: Length greater than or equal to. len_less_equal: Length less than or equal to. num_equal: The number equals to. num_not_equal: The number does not equal to. num_greater: The number is greater than. num_less: The number is less than. exist: The content exists. not_exist: The content does not exist. regular_match: Match the regular expression. regular_not_match: Do not match the regular expression. method/protocol: equal: Equal to. not_equal: Do not equal to. request_line: len_equal: Length equal to. len_not_equal: Length not equal to. len_greater: Length greater than. len_less: Length less than. len_greater_equal: Length greater than or equal to. len_less_equal: Length less than or equal to. request: len_equal: Length equal to. len_not_equal: Length not equal to. len_greater: Length greater than. len_less: Length less than. len_greater_equal: Length greater than or equal to. len_less_equal: Length less than or equal to. regular_match: Match the regular expression. regular_not_match: Do not match the regular expression. request_body: contain: Contain the content. contain_any: Include any value. not_contain: Do not contain the content. not_contain_all: Exclude any value. regular_match: Match the regular expression. regular_not_match: Do not match the regular expression. Default Value N/A
contents	No	Array of strings	Definition Content for the matching logic in the condition list. Constraints This parameter is mandatory when the value of logic_operation does not end with any or all. Range The value contains 1 to 4096 characters. The content format varies according to the category and logic_operation parameters. logic_operation (numeric comparison type): The value is a number. url: URL format. Only one matching content is supported. custom_geoip: Country or region to which the client IP address belongs. Use vertical bars (\|) to separate multiple locations, for example, BJ\|SH. robot: List of known crawlers. You can select multiple crawlers. crawler_engine: Search engine. crawler_scanner: Scanner. crawler_script: script tool. crawler_other: Other crawlers. ip: IPv4 ipv6: IPv6 address referer: For example, http://test.com. params: Do not include ampersands (&). user-agent/cookie/header/request_body: No restriction. method: The method supported by the HTTP protocol. The letters are in uppercase. protocol: http https Default Value N/A
check_all_indexes_logic	No	Integer	Definition This parameter is transferred when all or any subfields need to be checked. Constraints This parameter is supported only when category is set to params, cookie, or header. Range 1: all subfields 2: any subfield Default Value N/A
value_list_id	No	String	Definition ID of the referenced table. Constraints This parameter is mandatory when the value of logic_operation ends with any or all. The type of the referenced table must be the same as that of category. Range Obtain the referenced table ID through the ListValueList API. Default Value N/A

**Table 6** IgnoreAdvanced
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
index	No	String	Field type. The following field types are supported: Params, Cookie, Header, Body, and Multipart. If you select Params, Cookie, or Header, you can select All or configure subfields you need. If you select Body or Multipart, you can select All.
contents	No	Array of strings	Subfield of the specified field type. The default value is all.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Rule ID.
policyid	String	Policy ID.
timestamp	Long	Timestamp the rule is created.
description	String	Rule description.
status	Integer	Definition Rule status, which is used to specify whether a rule is enabled or disabled. Constraints N/A Range 0: disabled 1: enabled Default Value N/A
url	String	The path for false masking alarms. This parameter is available only when mode is set to 0.
rule	String	Type or ID of the rule to be masked.
mode	Integer	Version number. The value can be 0 or 1. 0: indicates the old version V1. 1 indicates the new version V2. When the value of mode is 0, the conditions field does not exist, but the url and url_logic fields exist. When the value of mode is 1, the url and url_logic fields do not exist, but the conditions field exists.
url_logic	String	URL match logic
conditions	Array of Condition objects	Conditions
advanced	IgnoreAdvanced object	Advanced settings
domain	Array of strings	Protected domain name or website
update_time	Long	Time when the rule was last updated.
clear_time	Long	Last time when the hit count was manually reset to zero.
hit_num	Integer	Number of rule hits.

**Table 8** Condition
Parameter	Type	Description
category	String	Field type. The value can be ip, url, params, cookie, or header.
contents	Array of strings	Content. The array length must be 1. The content format varies depending on field types. For example, if the field type is ip, the value must be an IP address or IP address range. If the field type is url, the value must be a URL in standard format. If the field type is params, cookie, or header, the content format is not limited.
logic_operation	String	Matching logics. The matching logic varies depending on field types. If the field type is ip, equal and not_equal are supported. If the field type is url, header, params, or cookie, equal, not_equal, contain, not_contain, prefix, not_prefix, suffix, not_suffix, regular_match, and regular_not_match are supported.
check_all_indexes_logic	Integer	If the field type is url or ip, the check_all_indexes_logic field does not exist. In other cases, the value 1 indicates that all subfields will be checked, the value 2 indicates that any subfield will be checked, and the valuenull indicates that custom subfields will be used.
index	String	If the field type is ip and the subfield is the client IP address, the index parameter does not exist. If the subfield type is X-Forwarded-For, the value is x-forwarded-for. If the field type is params, header, or cookie, and the subfield is user-defined, the value of index is the user-defined subfield.

**Table 9** IgnoreAdvanced
Parameter	Type	Description
index	String	Field type. The following field types are supported: Params, Cookie, Header, Body, and Multipart. If you select Params, Cookie, or Header, you can select All or configure subfields you need. If you select Body or Multipart, you can select All.
contents	Array of strings	Subfield of the specified field type. The default value is all.

Status code: 400

**Table 10** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.
details	Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects	The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

**Table 11** IAM5ErrorDetails
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error codes of the downstream service.
error_msg	String	Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 401

**Table 12** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.
details	Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects	The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

**Table 13** IAM5ErrorDetails
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error codes of the downstream service.
error_msg	String	Error messages of the downstream service.

Status code: 500

**Table 14** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code.
error_msg	String	Error message.
encoded_authorization_message	String	You can call the decode-authorization-message interface of the STS service to decode the rejection reason. For details, see the STS5 joint commissioning and self-verification. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.
details	Array of IAM5ErrorDetails objects	The set of error messages reported when a downstream service is invoked. This parameter is returned only when an IAM 5 authentication error occurs.

**Table 15** IAM5ErrorDetails
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error codes of the downstream service.
error_msg	String	Error messages of the downstream service.

Example Requests

The following example shows how to update a global whitelist protect (the formerly false alarm masking) rule. Details about the rule are specified by project_id, policy_id, and rule_id. Set the protection condition to URL containing /test, set the rules to be masked to website Trojans and other types of attacks, and set advanced settings to all parameters.

PUT https://{Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/waf/policy/{policy_id}/ignore/{rule_id}

{
  "domain" : [ ],
  "mode" : 1,
  "description" : "",
  "conditions" : [ {
    "category" : "url",
    "logic_operation" : "contain",
    "index" : null,
    "contents" : [ "/test" ]
  } ],
  "rule" : "webshell;vuln",
  "advanced" : {
    "index" : "params",
    "contents" : [ ]
  }
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request sent.

{
  "id" : "16e81d9a9e0244359204d7f00326ee4f",
  "policyid" : "0681f69f94ac408e9688373e45a61fdb",
  "timestamp" : 1679106005786,
  "description" : "",
  "status" : 1,
  "rule" : "webshell;vuln",
  "mode" : 1,
  "conditions" : [ {
    "category" : "url",
    "contents" : [ "/test" ],
    "logic_operation" : "contain"
  } ],
  "domain" : [ ],
  "advanced" : {
    "index" : "params",
    "contents" : [ ]
  }
}

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

     package com.huaweicloud.sdk.test;

import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.ICredential;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.auth.BasicCredentials;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ConnectionException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.RequestTimeoutException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.core.exception.ServiceResponseException;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.region.WafRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.waf.v1.model.*;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class UpdateIgnoreRuleSolution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
        // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
        String ak = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK");
        String sk = System.getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK");
        String projectId = "{project_id}";

        ICredential auth = new BasicCredentials()
                .withProjectId(projectId)
                .withAk(ak)
                .withSk(sk);

        WafClient client = WafClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(WafRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest request = new UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest();
        request.withPolicyId("{policy_id}");
        request.withRuleId("{rule_id}");
        UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody body = new UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody();
        IgnoreAdvanced advancedbody = new IgnoreAdvanced();
        advancedbody.withIndex("params");
        List<String> listConditionsContents = new ArrayList<>();
        listConditionsContents.add("/test");
        List<CreateCondition> listbodyConditions = new ArrayList<>();
        listbodyConditions.add(
            new CreateCondition()
                .withCategory(CreateCondition.CategoryEnum.fromValue("url"))
                .withLogicOperation(CreateCondition.LogicOperationEnum.fromValue("contain"))
                .withContents(listConditionsContents)
        );
        body.withDescription("");
        body.withAdvanced(advancedbody);
        body.withRule("webshell;vuln");
        body.withMode(1);
        body.withConditions(listbodyConditions);
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            UpdateIgnoreRuleResponse response = client.updateIgnoreRule(request);
            System.out.println(response.toString());
        } catch (ConnectionException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (RequestTimeoutException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (ServiceResponseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println(e.getHttpStatusCode());
            System.out.println(e.getRequestId());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println(e.getErrorMsg());
        }
    }
}
 
 
  

     # coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1.region.waf_region import WafRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkwaf.v1 import *

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    # In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_AK"]
    sk = os.environ["CLOUD_SDK_SK"]
    projectId = "{project_id}"

    credentials = BasicCredentials(ak, sk, projectId)

    client = WafClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(WafRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest()
        request.policy_id = "{policy_id}"
        request.rule_id = "{rule_id}"
        advancedbody = IgnoreAdvanced(
            index="params"
        )
        listContentsConditions = [
            "/test"
        ]
        listConditionsbody = [
            CreateCondition(
                category="url",
                logic_operation="contain",
                contents=listContentsConditions
            )
        ]
        request.body = UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody(
            description="",
            advanced=advancedbody,
            rule="webshell;vuln",
            mode=1,
            conditions=listConditionsbody
        )
        response = client.update_ignore_rule(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)
 
 
  

     package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    waf "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/waf/v1/region"
)

func main() {
    // The AK and SK used for authentication are hard-coded or stored in plaintext, which has great security risks. It is recommended that the AK and SK be stored in ciphertext in configuration files or environment variables and decrypted during use to ensure security.
    // In this example, AK and SK are stored in environment variables for authentication. Before running this example, set environment variables CLOUD_SDK_AK and CLOUD_SDK_SK in the local environment
    ak := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_AK")
    sk := os.Getenv("CLOUD_SDK_SK")
    projectId := "{project_id}"

    auth, err := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        SafeBuild()

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    hcClient, err := waf.WafClientBuilder().
         WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
         WithCredential(auth).
         SafeBuild()


    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println(err)
        return
    }

    client := waf.NewWafClient(hcClient)

    request := &model.UpdateIgnoreRuleRequest{}
	request.PolicyId = "{policy_id}"
	request.RuleId = "{rule_id}"
	indexAdvanced:= "params"
	advancedbody := &model.IgnoreAdvanced{
		Index: &indexAdvanced,
	}
	var listContentsConditions = []string{
        "/test",
    }
	var listConditionsbody = []model.CreateCondition{
        {
            Category: model.GetCreateConditionCategoryEnum().URL,
            LogicOperation: model.GetCreateConditionLogicOperationEnum().CONTAIN,
            Contents: &listContentsConditions,
        },
    }
	descriptionUpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody:= ""
	request.Body = &model.UpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody{
		Description: &descriptionUpdateIgnoreRuleRequestBody,
		Advanced: advancedbody,
		Rule: "webshell;vuln",
		Mode: int32(1),
		Conditions: listConditionsbody,
	}
	response, err := client.UpdateIgnoreRule(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}
 
 
  

For SDK sample code of more programming languages, see the Sample Code tab in API Explorer. SDK sample code can be automatically generated.

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
200	Request sent.
400	Request failed.
401	The token does not have required permissions.
500	Internal server error.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Managing Rules

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