**Introducing a new console experience for Amazon WAF**

You can now use the updated experience to access Amazon WAF functionality anywhere in the console. For more details, see [Working with the console](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/waf/latest/developerguide/working-with-console.html). 

# Retrieving the rules in a managed rule group
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You can retrieve a list of the rules in a managed rule group. The API and CLI calls return the rules specifications that you can reference in the JSON model or through Amazon CloudFormation.

**To retrieve the list of rules in a managed rule group**
+ **Console** 
  + (Option) When you add the managed rules group to your protection pack (web ACL), you can choose **Edit** to view the rules. 
  + (Option) After you've added the managed rule group into your protection pack (web ACL), from the **protection packs (web ACLs)** page, choose the protection pack (web ACL) you just created. This takes you to the protection pack (web ACL) edit page. 
    + Choose **Rules**. 
    + Select the rule group you want to see a rules list for, then choose **Edit**. Amazon WAF shows the list of rules in the rule group. 
+ **API** – `DescribeManagedRuleGroup`
+ **CLI** – `aws wafv2 describe-managed-rule-group --scope=<CLOUDFRONT|REGIONAL> --vendor-name <vendor> --name <managedrule_name>`