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Sharing a rule group

You can share a rule group with other acccounts, for use by those accounts.

Sharing a rule group

You can share with one or more specific accounts, and you can share with all accounts in an organization.

To share a rule group, you use the Amazon WAF API to create a policy for the rule group sharing that you want. For more information, see PutPermissionPolicy in the Amazon WAF API Reference.

Using a rule group that's been shared with you

If a rule group has been shared with your account, you can access it through the API and you can reference it when you create or update your web ACLs through the API. For more information, see GetRuleGroup, CreateWebACL, and UpdateWebACL in the Amazon WAF API Reference. Rule groups that are shared with you don't appear in your Amazon WAF console rule groups listing.