action property

String? action
getter/setter pair

The Action to perform when the rule is matched. The following are the valid actions:

  • allow: allow access to target.
  • deny(STATUS): deny access to target, returns the HTTP response code specified.

Valid values for STATUS are 403, 404, and 502.

  • rate_based_ban: limit client traffic to the configured threshold and ban the client if the traffic exceeds the threshold. Configure parameters for this action in RateLimitOptions. Requires rate_limit_options to be set.
  • redirect: redirect to a different target. This can either be an internal reCAPTCHA redirect, or an external URL-based redirect via a 302 response. Parameters for this action can be configured via redirectOptions. This action is only supported in Global Security Policies of type CLOUD_ARMOR.
  • throttle: limit client traffic to the configured threshold. Configure parameters for this action in rateLimitOptions. Requires rate_limit_options to be set for this.
  • fairshare (preview only): when traffic reaches the threshold limit, requests from the clients matching this rule begin to be rate-limited using the Fair Share algorithm. This action is only allowed in security policies of type CLOUD_ARMOR_INTERNAL_SERVICE.

Implementation

core.String? action;