Updated on 2025-08-15 GMT+08:00

Adding a Protection Policy

Function

This API is used to add a protection policy.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v5/{project_id}/ransomware/protection/policy

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Definition

Project ID, which is used to specify the project that an asset belongs to. After the project ID is configured, you can query assets in the project using the project ID. For details about how to obtain it, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value contains 1 to 256 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

enterprise_project_id

No

String

Definition

Enterprise project ID, which is used to filter assets in different enterprise projects. For details, see Obtaining an Enterprise Project ID.

To query assets in all enterprise projects, set this parameter to all_granted_eps.

Constraints

You need to set this parameter only after the enterprise project function is enabled.

Range

The value can contain 1 to 256 characters.

Default Value

0: default enterprise project.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token, which contains user identity and permissions. The token can be used for identity authentication when an API is called. For details about how to obtain the token, see Obtaining a User Token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 1 to 32,768 characters.

Default Value

N/A

region

No

String

Definition

Region ID, which is used to query assets in the required region. For details about how to obtain a region ID, see Obtaining a Region ID.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 0 to 128 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Table 4 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

policy_name

Yes

String

Policy name

protection_mode

Yes

String

Action. Its value can be:

  • alarm_and_isolation: Report an alarm and isolate.

  • alarm_only: Only report alarms.

deploy_mode

No

String

Whether to enable dynamic honeypots. The options are as follows. By default, dynamic honeypot protection is disabled.

  • opened

  • closed

protection_directory

Yes

String

Protected directory. Separate multiple directories with semicolons (;). You can configure up to 20 directories.

protection_type

Yes

String

Protected file type, for example, .docx, .txt, or .avi.

exclude_directory

No

String

(Optional) Excluded directory. Separate multiple directories with semicolons (;). You can configure up to 20 directories.

operating_system

Yes

String

OS. Its value can be:

  • Windows

  • Linux

process_whitelist

No

Array of TrustProcessInfo objects

Process whitelist

ai_protection_status

No

String

Whether to enable AI-based ransomware protection. The options are as follows. AI-based ransomware protection is disabled by default. Currently, only Windows protection policies are supported.

  • opened

  • closed

Table 5 TrustProcessInfo

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

path

No

String

Definition

Process path.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 0 to 128 characters.

Default Value

N/A

hash

No

String

Definition

Process hash.

Constraints

N/A

Range

The value can contain 0 to 128 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Request succeeded.

None

Example Requests

Modify the ransomware protection policy. Set the OS type to Linux, protection policy ID to 0253edfd-30e7-439d-8f3f-17c54c997064, and protection action to alert only.

{
  "policy_name" : "liuzhaolingtest",
  "protection_mode" : "alarm_only",
  "deploy_mode" : "opened",
  "protection_directory" : "/root",
  "protection_type" : "txt",
  "operating_system" : "Linux"
}

Example Responses

None

SDK Sample Code

The SDK sample code is as follows.

Modify the ransomware protection policy. Set the OS type to Linux, protection policy ID to 0253edfd-30e7-439d-8f3f-17c54c997064, and protection action to alert only.

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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.hss.v5.region.HssRegion;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.hss.v5.*;
import com.huaweicloud.sdk.hss.v5.model.*;


public class AddProtectionPolicySolution {

    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);

        HssClient client = HssClient.newBuilder()
                .withCredential(auth)
                .withRegion(HssRegion.valueOf("<YOUR REGION>"))
                .build();
        AddProtectionPolicyRequest request = new AddProtectionPolicyRequest();
        AddProtectionPolicyInfoRequestInfo body = new AddProtectionPolicyInfoRequestInfo();
        body.withOperatingSystem("Linux");
        body.withProtectionType("txt");
        body.withProtectionDirectory("/root");
        body.withDeployMode("opened");
        body.withProtectionMode("alarm_only");
        body.withPolicyName("liuzhaolingtest");
        request.withBody(body);
        try {
            AddProtectionPolicyResponse response = client.addProtectionPolicy(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());
        }
    }
}

Modify the ransomware protection policy. Set the OS type to Linux, protection policy ID to 0253edfd-30e7-439d-8f3f-17c54c997064, and protection action to alert only.

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# coding: utf-8

import os
from huaweicloudsdkcore.auth.credentials import BasicCredentials
from huaweicloudsdkhss.v5.region.hss_region import HssRegion
from huaweicloudsdkcore.exceptions import exceptions
from huaweicloudsdkhss.v5 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 = HssClient.new_builder() \
        .with_credentials(credentials) \
        .with_region(HssRegion.value_of("<YOUR REGION>")) \
        .build()

    try:
        request = AddProtectionPolicyRequest()
        request.body = AddProtectionPolicyInfoRequestInfo(
            operating_system="Linux",
            protection_type="txt",
            protection_directory="/root",
            deploy_mode="opened",
            protection_mode="alarm_only",
            policy_name="liuzhaolingtest"
        )
        response = client.add_protection_policy(request)
        print(response)
    except exceptions.ClientRequestException as e:
        print(e.status_code)
        print(e.request_id)
        print(e.error_code)
        print(e.error_msg)

Modify the ransomware protection policy. Set the OS type to Linux, protection policy ID to 0253edfd-30e7-439d-8f3f-17c54c997064, and protection action to alert only.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/core/auth/basic"
    hss "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/hss/v5"
	"github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/hss/v5/model"
    region "github.com/huaweicloud/huaweicloud-sdk-go-v3/services/hss/v5/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 := basic.NewCredentialsBuilder().
        WithAk(ak).
        WithSk(sk).
        WithProjectId(projectId).
        Build()

    client := hss.NewHssClient(
        hss.HssClientBuilder().
            WithRegion(region.ValueOf("<YOUR REGION>")).
            WithCredential(auth).
            Build())

    request := &model.AddProtectionPolicyRequest{}
	deployModeAddProtectionPolicyInfoRequestInfo:= "opened"
	request.Body = &model.AddProtectionPolicyInfoRequestInfo{
		OperatingSystem: "Linux",
		ProtectionType: "txt",
		ProtectionDirectory: "/root",
		DeployMode: &deployModeAddProtectionPolicyInfoRequestInfo,
		ProtectionMode: "alarm_only",
		PolicyName: "liuzhaolingtest",
	}
	response, err := client.AddProtectionPolicy(request)
	if err == nil {
        fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response)
    } else {
        fmt.Println(err)
    }
}

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Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request succeeded.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.