Amazon WAF · Schema

AWS WAF Web ACL

Schema representing an AWS WAF Web ACL (Access Control List) resource.

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Properties

Name Type Description
Name string The name of the web ACL.
Id string A unique identifier for the web ACL.
ARN string The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the web ACL.
Scope string Specifies whether this is for CloudFront or for a regional application.
DefaultAction object The action to perform if none of the rules match.
Rules array The rules associated with the web ACL.
VisibilityConfig object Defines the CloudWatch metrics and sampling configuration.
Capacity integer The web ACL capacity units (WCUs) consumed by this web ACL.
LockToken string A token for optimistic locking.
Tags array Tags associated with the web ACL.
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JSON Schema

amazon-waf-web-acl-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://wafv2.amazonaws.com/schemas/web-acl",
  "title": "AWS WAF Web ACL",
  "description": "Schema representing an AWS WAF Web ACL (Access Control List) resource.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "Name",
    "Scope",
    "DefaultAction",
    "VisibilityConfig"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "Name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The name of the web ACL.",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 128,
      "pattern": "^[\\w+=:#@/\\-,.][\\w+=:#@/\\-,.\\s]+[\\w+=:#@/\\-,.]$"
    },
    "Id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A unique identifier for the web ACL.",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 36,
      "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
    },
    "ARN": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the web ACL.",
      "pattern": "^arn:aws:wafv2:.+:.+:.*/(web)?acl/.+"
    },
    "Scope": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Specifies whether this is for CloudFront or for a regional application.",
      "enum": [
        "CLOUDFRONT",
        "REGIONAL"
      ]
    },
    "DefaultAction": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The action to perform if none of the rules match.",
      "properties": {
        "Allow": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Allow the request."
        },
        "Block": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Block the request."
        }
      }
    },
    "Rules": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "The rules associated with the web ACL.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/Rule"
      }
    },
    "VisibilityConfig": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/VisibilityConfig",
      "description": "Defines the CloudWatch metrics and sampling configuration."
    },
    "Capacity": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The web ACL capacity units (WCUs) consumed by this web ACL."
    },
    "LockToken": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A token for optimistic locking."
    },
    "Tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Tags associated with the web ACL.",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/Tag"
      }
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "Rule": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "A single rule in a web ACL.",
      "required": [
        "Name",
        "Priority",
        "VisibilityConfig"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "Name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The name of the rule."
        },
        "Priority": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "The processing priority of the rule."
        },
        "Action": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "The action to perform when the rule matches."
        },
        "OverrideAction": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "The override action to apply to rules in a rule group."
        },
        "VisibilityConfig": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/VisibilityConfig"
        }
      }
    },
    "VisibilityConfig": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Visibility configuration for CloudWatch metrics and request sampling.",
      "required": [
        "SampledRequestsEnabled",
        "CloudWatchMetricsEnabled",
        "MetricName"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "SampledRequestsEnabled": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "CloudWatchMetricsEnabled": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "MetricName": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "Tag": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "Key",
        "Value"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "Key": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 128
        },
        "Value": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 0,
          "maxLength": 256
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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