--- layout: "aws" page_title: "AWS: waf_rule" sidebar_current: "docs-aws-resource-waf-rule" description: |- Provides a AWS WAF rule resource. --- # aws\_waf\_rule Provides a WAF Rule Resource ## Example Usage ```hcl resource "aws_waf_ipset" "ipset" { name = "tfIPSet" ip_set_descriptors { type = "IPV4" value = "192.0.7.0/24" } } resource "aws_waf_rule" "wafrule" { depends_on = ["aws_waf_ipset.ipset"] name = "tfWAFRule" metric_name = "tfWAFRule" predicates { data_id = "${aws_waf_ipset.ipset.id}" negated = false type = "IPMatch" } } ``` ## Argument Reference The following arguments are supported: * `metric_name` - (Required) The name or description for the Amazon CloudWatch metric of this rule. * `name` - (Required) The name or description of the rule. * `predicates` - (Optional) The ByteMatchSet, IPSet, SizeConstraintSet, SqlInjectionMatchSet, or XssMatchSet objects to include in a rule. ## Remarks ## Attributes Reference The following attributes are exported: * `id` - The ID of the WAF rule.