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  5. Enable only selected rules

Use rulesets and rule overrides to only enable selected rules

Use a ruleset override and a rule override in a phase entry point ruleset to execute only selected rules in a managed ruleset.

  1. Add a rule to a phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset.
  2. Configure a ruleset override that disables all rules in the managed ruleset.
  3. Configure a rule override to set an action for the rules you want to execute.
Example: Configure ruleset and rule overrides at the zone level

The following PUT request uses the Update ruleset operation at the zone level to execute only two rules from a managed ruleset in the http_request_firewall_managed phase.

In this example:

  • "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>" adds a rule to the phase entry point ruleset to execute a managed ruleset for requests in the specified zone ({zone_id}).
  • "enabled": false defines an override at the ruleset level to disable all rules in the managed ruleset.
  • "rules": [{"id": "<RULE_ID_1>", "action": "block", "enabled": true}, {"id": "<RULE_ID_2>", "action": "log", "enabled": true}] defines a list of overrides at the rule level to enable two individual rules.
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \

--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \

--header "Content-Type: application/json" \

--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
Example: Configure ruleset and rule overrides at the account level

The following PUT request uses the Update ruleset operation at the account level to execute only two rules from a managed ruleset in the http_request_firewall_managed phase.

In this example:

  • "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>" adds a rule to the phase entry point ruleset to execute a managed ruleset for requests addressed to example.com.
  • "enabled": false defines an override at the ruleset level to disable all rules in the managed ruleset.
  • "rules": [{"id": "<RULE_ID_1>", "action": "block", "enabled": true}, {"id": "<RULE_ID_2>", "action": "log", "enabled": true}] defines a list of overrides at the rule level to enable two individual rules.
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \

--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \

--header "Content-Type: application/json" \

--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'