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Update Rule Object

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This URL updates a rule object.

Resource URL

PUT /ruleobject/<ruleobject_id>

Request Parameters

URL Parameters

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleobject_id Unique ID of rule object Number Yes

Payload Parameters:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleobjId Rule object ID Number Yes
ruleobjType Rule object name String Yes
name Rule object type String Yes
description Description String Yes
domain ID of domain in which the rule object is defined Number Yes
visibleToChild Is rule object visible to child Boolean Yes
ApplicationGroup Application group object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "APPLICATION_GROUP" Object No
ApplicationOnCustomPort Application defined on custom port object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "APPLICATION_ON_CUSTOM_PORT" Object No
FiniteTimePeriod Finite time period object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "FINITE_TIME_PERIOD" Object No
HostIPv4 Host IPv4 address object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "HOST_IPV_4" Object No
HostIPv6 Host IPv6 address object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "HOST_IPV_6" Object No
HostDNSName Host DNS name object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "HOST_DNS_NAME" Object No
IPv4AddressRange IPv4 address range object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "IPV_4_ADDRESS_RANGE" Object No
IPv6AddressRange IPv6 address range object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "IPV_6_ADDRESS_RANGE" Object No
NetworkIPv4 IPv4 network object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "NETWORK_IPV_4" Object No
NetworkIPv6 IPv6 network object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "NETWORK_IPV_6" Object No
NetworkGroup Network group object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "NETWORK_GROUP" Object No
RecurringTimePeriod Recurring time period object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "RECURRING_TIME_PERIOD" Object No
RecurringTimePeriodGroup Recurring time period group object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "RECURRING_TIME_PERIOD_GROUP" Object No
Service Service object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "CUSTOM_SERVICE" Object No
ServiceRange Service range object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "SERVICE_RANGE" Object No
ServiceGroup Service group object, should be defined if ruleobjType is "SERVICE_GROUP" Object No
NetworkGroupAF Network group for exception objects should be defined if ruleobjType is "NETWORK_GROUP_AF". This type of rule object is applicable only for alert filter/Ignore rules. Object No

Details of ApplicationGroup:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ApplicationIdentifier List of applications identifier Array Yes

Details of object in ApplicationIdentifier:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
applicationRuleObjId Application rule object ID String Yes
applicationType Application Type, can be "DEFAULT_APPLICATION" / "APPLICATION_ON_CUSTOM_PORT" String Yes

Details of ApplicationonCustomPort:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
applicationId Application ID String Yes
portsList List of ports Array Yes

Details of object in portsList:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
IPProtocol IP protocol, can be "TCP" / "UDP" String Yes
port Port Number Yes

Details of FiniteTimePeriod:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
from From time String Yes
until To time String Yes

Details of HostIPv4:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
hostIPv4AddressList List of IPv4 host address Object Yes

Details of hostIPv4AddressList:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleObjID Rule object ID Number Yes
state State of the rule member, should be 1 to Enable and 0 to Disable the rule member. Number Yes
comment User comment String No
userID User ID Number Yes
value IPv4 Address String Yes
changedState Change the state of a rule member, should be 1 to add, 2 to update and 3 to delete a rule member. Number Yes

Note

You can only modify the state and comment fields.

Details of HostIPv6:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
hostIPv6AddressList List of IPv6 host address Object Yes

Details of hostIPv6AddressList:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleObjID Rule object ID Number Yes
state State of the rule member, should be 1 to Enable and 0 to Disable the rule member. Number Yes
comment User comment String No
userID User ID Number Yes
value IPv6 Address String Yes
changedState Change the state of a rule member, should be 1 to add, 2 to update and 3 to delete a rule member. Number Yes

Note

You can update only the state and comment fields.

Details of HostDNSName

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
hostDNSNameList List of host DNS names Object Yes

Details of hostDNSNameList:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleObjID Rule object ID Number Yes
state State of the rule member, should be 1 to Enable and 0 to Disable the rule member. Number Yes
comment User comment String No
userID User ID Number Yes
value host DNS name String Yes
changedState Change the state of a rule member, should be 1 to add, 2 to update and 3 to delete a rule member. Number Yes

Note

You can update only the state and comment fields.

Details of IPv4AddressRange:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
IPV4RangeList List of IPv4 address range Object Yes

Details of IPV4RangeList:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleObjID Rule object ID Number Yes
state State of the rule member, should be 1 to Enable and 0 to Disable the rule member. Number Yes
comment User comment String No
userID User ID Number Yes
FromAddress Start IP range String Yes
ToAddress End IP range String Yes
changedState Change the state of a rule member, should be 1 to add, 2 to update and 3 to delete a rule member. Number Yes

Note

You can update only the state and comment fields.

Details of IPv6AddressRange:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
IPV6RangeList List of IPv6 address range Object Yes

Details of IPV6RangeList:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleObjID Rule object ID Number Yes
state State of the rule member, should be 1 to Enable and 0 to Disable the rule member. Number Yes
comment User comment String No
userID User ID Number Yes
FromAddress Start IPv6 range String Yes
ToAddress End IPv6 range String Yes
changedState Change the state of a rule member, should be 1 to add, 2 to update and 3 to delete a rule member. Number Yes

Note

You can update only the state and comment fields.

Details of NetworkIPv4:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
networkIPV4List List of network IPv4 addresses Object Yes

Details of networkIPV4List:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleObjID Rule object ID Number Yes
state State of the rule member, should be 1 to Enable and 0 to Disable the rule member. Number Yes
comment User comment String No
userID User ID Number Yes
value IPv4 network String Yes
changedState Change the state of a rule member, should be 1 to add, 2 to update and 3 to delete a rule member. Number Yes

Note

You can update only the state and comment fields.

Details of NetworkIPv6:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
networkIPV6List List of network IPv6 addresses Object Yes

Details of networkIPV6List:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ruleObjID Rule object ID Number Yes
state State of the rule member, should be 1 to Enable and 0 to Disable the rule member. Number Yes
comment User comment String No
userID User ID Number Yes
value IPv6 network String Yes
changedState Change the state of a rule member, should be 1 to add, 2 to update and 3 to delete a rule member. Number Yes

Note

You can update only the state and comment fields.

Details of NetworkGroup:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
NetworkGroupIdentifier List of network objects Array Yes

Details of object in NetworkGroupIdentifier:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
RuleObjId Network rule object ID String Yes
type Network type, can be "COUNTRY" / "HOST_IPV_4" / "HOST_IPV_6" / "HOST_DNS_NAME" / "IPV_4_ADDRESS_RANGE" / "IPV_6_ADDRESS_RANGE" / "NETWORK_IPV_4" / "NETWORK_IPV_6" String Yes

Details of RecurringTimePeriod:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
entireDay Entire day object Boolean Yes
duration Duration object Object No
day List of days, can be "MONDAY", "TUESDAY", "WEDNESDAY", "THURSDAY", "FRIDAY", "SATURDAY", "SUNDAY" String Yes

Details of object in duration:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
from From time String Yes
until To time String Yes

Details of RecurringTimePeriodGroup:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
recurringTimePeriodsId List of recurring time period rule object Id's Array Yes

Details of Service:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
protocol Protocol, can be "TCP" / "UDP" / "PROTOCOL_NUMBER" String Yes
portNumber Port number String Yes

Details of ServiceRange:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
protocol Protocol, can be "TCP" / "UDP" / "PROTOCOL_NUMBER" String Yes
From From port/protocol number String Yes
To To port/protocol number String Yes

Details of ServiceGroup:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ServiceIdentifier List of service objects Array Yes

Details of object in ServiceIdentifier:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
ServiceRuleObjId Service rule object ID String Yes
ServiceType Service type, can be "DEFAULT_SERVICE" / "CUSTOM_SERVICE" String Yes

Response Parameters

Following fields are returned if the request parameters are correct, otherwise error details are returned.

Field Name Description Data Type
Status Status returned by deletion Number

Note

Do not assign rule objects with more than 10 rule members to any policy (or) rule object (or) exclusion apart from Firewall policy. Also, do not add assign policies that contain rule objects with more than 10 rule members to any Sensor running on or before version 10.1.5.153.

Example

Request

PUT https://%3CNSM_IP%3E/sdkapi/ruleobject/121

Payload:

{
   "RuleObjDef": {
      "domain": 0, 
      "visibleToChild": true, 
      "description": "try", 
      "ruleobjId": 234, 
      "name": "test_SDK3", 
      "HostIPv4": {
         "hostIPv4AddressList": [
      {
            "ruleObjectID":234,
            "state":1,
            "comment": "test",
            "userID":0,
            "value":"172.1.1.3",
            "changedState":2
      }, {
            "ruleObjectID":0,
            "state":1,
            "comment": "updatecomment",
            "userID":0,
            "value":"172.0.9.1",
            "changedState":2
      }, {
            "ruleObjectID":234,
            "state":1,
            "comment": "test",
            "userID":0,
            "value":"17.90.1.2",
            "changedState":3
      },{
            "ruleObjectID":234,
            "state":1,
            "comment": "test",
            "userID":0,
            "value":"10.154.12.45",
            "changedState":3
      }]         
      }, 
      "ruleobjType": "HOST_IPV_4"
   }
} 

Response

{
    "status": 1
} 
 

Error Information

Following error codes are returned by this URL:

S.No HTTP Error Code SDK API errorId SDK API errorMessage
1 500 1001 A Rule Object with same name already exists
2 400 1406 Invalid IP format
3 400 1418 Start IP should be less than end IP
4 400 1701 Invalid CIDR notation
5 400 1702 Rule object type cannot be changed
6 400 1703 Please specify at least one day
7 400 1705 Port number should be between 1 and 65534
8 400 1706 Rule objects which are not visible to child admin domains cannot be added to a rule object visible to child admin domain
9 400 1707 Default rule objects cannot be created/updated/deleted
10 400 1708 Start time is greater than end time
11 400 1709 Invalid time format
12 400 1710 Invalid DNS name
13 400 1711 Rule object name is required
14 400 1712 From and to both are required
15 400 1713 list cannot be empty
16 400 1714 Domain Id cannot be changed
17 400 1716 Protocol number should be between 0 and 255
18 400 1717 Start port should be less than the end port
19 400 1718 Duplicate entry found
20 400 1719 List size should be less than or equal to 10
21 400 1720 Invalid rule object id/ rule object not visible to this domain
22 400 1721 Network group rule object can contain either IPV4/IPV6 rule objects, but not both simultaneously