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Palo Alto Networks Rule Stacks API

Rule stack management. Rule stacks contain the security policy applied to Cloud NGFW instances.

Palo Alto Networks Rule Stacks API is one of 820 APIs that Palo Alto Networks publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include RuleStacks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.{region}.aws.cloudngfw.paloaltonetworks.com/v1, https://api.stratacloud.paloaltonetworks.com/aiops/bpa/v1.

6 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://{firewall}/api/
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Palo Alto Networks Rule Stacks API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (awsSigV4). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (oauth2Bearer).

  • awsSigV4 — AWS Signature Version 4 (SigV4) signed request. Use an AWS IAM role or user with CloudNGFW IAM permissions. Sign requests using the service name cloudngfw and…
  • oauth2Bearer — OAuth 2.0 Bearer token for SASE platform authentication. Obtain using the clientcredentials grant with your SASE service account client ID and client secret.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

RuleStacks 6

Rule stack management. Rule stacks contain the security policy applied to Cloud NGFW instances.

GET
/config/rulestacks
Palo Alto Networks List Rule Stacks
listRuleStacks 3 params → 200400401403500
POST
/config/rulestacks
Palo Alto Networks Create Rule Stack
createRuleStack body → 200400401409
GET
/config/rulestacks/{rulestack}
Palo Alto Networks Get Rule Stack
getRuleStack 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/config/rulestacks/{rulestack}
Palo Alto Networks Update Rule Stack
updateRuleStack 1 param body → 200400401404
DELETE
/config/rulestacks/{rulestack}
Palo Alto Networks Delete Rule Stack
deleteRuleStack 1 param → 200401404409
POST
/config/rulestacks/{rulestack}/commit
Palo Alto Networks Commit Rule Stack
commitRuleStack 1 param → 200400401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are RuleStackSummary (3 properties), RuleStack (3 properties), ResponseStatus (2 properties), RuleStackRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RuleStack
object
A rule stack containing security policy for Cloud NGFW firewall instances.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
RuleStackRequest
object
2 properties 2 required
ResponseStatus
object
Standard API response status envelope included in all responses.
2 properties
RuleStackSummary
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

palo-alto-networks-rulestacks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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