SecurityRule
A security policy rule controlling traffic flow between zones based on source, destination, application, service, and user criteria.
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{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"title": "SecurityRule",
"description": "A security policy rule controlling traffic flow between zones based on source, destination, application, service, and user criteria.",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/palo-alto-networks/refs/heads/main/json-schema/pan-os-rest-api-security-rule-schema.json",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"@name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Unique name of the security rule."
},
"from": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Source zones (e.g., trust, untrust)."
}
}
},
"to": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Destination zones."
}
}
},
"source": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Source addresses or address groups (use \"any\" for all)."
}
}
},
"destination": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Destination addresses or address groups."
}
}
},
"source-user": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Source users or user groups (use \"any\" for all)."
}
}
},
"application": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Application names (e.g., ssl, web-browsing, any)."
}
}
},
"service": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Service objects or application-default to use application native ports."
}
}
},
"category": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "URL categories."
}
}
},
"action": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"allow",
"deny",
"drop",
"reset-client",
"reset-server",
"reset-both"
],
"description": "Action to take on matching traffic."
},
"log-start": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"yes",
"no"
],
"description": "Log at session start."
},
"log-end": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"yes",
"no"
],
"description": "Log at session end."
},
"log-setting": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Log forwarding profile name."
},
"profile-setting": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Security profile group or individual profiles.",
"properties": {
"group": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"disabled": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"yes",
"no"
],
"description": "Whether the rule is disabled."
},
"description": {
"type": "string"
},
"tag": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"member": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
}
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