name : create-rule-group.rst **To create a custom rule group for use in your web ACLs** The following ``create-rule-group`` command creates a custom rule group for regional use. The rule statements for the group are provided in a JSON-formatted file. :: aws wafv2 create-rule-group \ --name "TestRuleGroup" \ --scope REGIONAL \ --capacity 250 \ --rules file://waf-rule.json \ --visibility-config SampledRequestsEnabled=true,CloudWatchMetricsEnabled=true,MetricName=TestRuleGroupMetrics \ --region us-west-2 Contents of `file://waf-rule.json`:: [ { "Name":"basic-rule", "Priority":0, "Statement":{ "AndStatement":{ "Statements":[ { "ByteMatchStatement":{ "SearchString":"example.com", "FieldToMatch":{ "SingleHeader":{ "Name":"host" } }, "TextTransformations":[ { "Priority":0, "Type":"LOWERCASE" } ], "PositionalConstraint":"EXACTLY" } }, { "GeoMatchStatement":{ "CountryCodes":[ "US", "IN" ] } } ] } }, "Action":{ "Allow":{ } }, "VisibilityConfig":{ "SampledRequestsEnabled":true, "CloudWatchMetricsEnabled":true, "MetricName":"basic-rule" } } ] Output:: { "Summary":{ "ARN":"arn:aws:wafv2:us-west-2:123456789012:regional/rulegroup/TestRuleGroup/a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111", "Description":"", "Name":"TestRuleGroup", "LockToken":"7b3bcec2-374e-4c5a-b2b9-563bf47249f0", "Id":"a1b2c3d4-5678-90ab-cdef-EXAMPLE11111" } } For more information, see `Managing Your Own Rule Groups <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/waf-user-created-rule-groups.html>`__ in the *AWS WAF, AWS Firewall Manager, and AWS Shield Advanced Developer Guide*.