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Bulk rule actions

You can bulk create, update, and delete rules.

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Bulk create

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This API supports Token-based authentication only.

Creates new rules.

Request URL

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POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_create

Request body

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A JSON array of rules, where each rule contains the required fields.

Example request

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POST api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_create
[
  {
    "rule_id": "process_started_by_ms_office_program_possible_payload",
    "risk_score": 50,
    "description": "Process started by MS Office program - possible payload",
    "interval": "5m",
    "name": "MS Office child process",
    "severity": "low",
    "tags": [
     "child process",
     "ms office"
     ],
    "type": "query",
    "from": "now-6m",
    "query": "process.parent.name:EXCEL.EXE or process.parent.name:MSPUB.EXE or process.parent.name:OUTLOOK.EXE or process.parent.name:POWERPNT.EXE or process.parent.name:VISIO.EXE or process.parent.name:WINWORD.EXE",
    "language": "kuery",
    "filters": [
       {
        "query": {
           "match": {
              "event.action": {
                 "query": "Process Create (rule: ProcessCreate)",
                 "type": "phrase"
              }
           }
        }
       }
    ],
    "enabled": false
  },
  {
    "name": "Second bulk rule",
    "description": "Query with a rule_id for referencing an external id",
    "rule_id": "query-rule-id-2",
    "risk_score": 2,
    "severity": "low",
    "type": "query",
    "from": "now-6m",
    "query": "user.name: root or user.name: admin"
  }
]

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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A JSON array that includes a unique ID for each rule. A unique rule ID is generated for all rules that did not include a rule_id field.

Bulk delete

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Deletes multiple rules.

Request URL

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DELETE <kibana host>:<port>/api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_delete

Request body

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A JSON array of id or rule_id fields of the rules you want to delete.

Example request

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DELETE api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_delete
[
  {
    "rule_id": "process_started_by_ms_office_program_possible_payload"
  },
  {
    "id": "51658332-a15e-4c9e-912a-67214e2e2359"
  }
]

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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A JSON array containing the deleted rules.

Bulk update

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This API supports Token-based authentication only.

Updates multiple rules.

You can use PUT or PATCH methods to bulk update rules, where:

PUT replaces the original rule and deletes fields that are not specified.
PATCH updates the specified fields.

Request URL

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PUT <kibana host>:<port>/api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_update

PATCH <kibana host>:<port>/api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_update

Request body

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A JSON array where each element includes:

The id or rule_id field of the rule you want to update.
The fields you want to modify.

If you call PUT to update rules, all unspecified fields are deleted. You cannot modify the id or rule_id values.

For PATCH calls, any of the fields can be modified. For PUT calls, some fields are required (see Update rule for a list of required fields).

Example request

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PATCH api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_update
[
  {
    "threat": [
     {
        "framework": "MITRE ATT&CK",
        "tactic": {
           "id": "TA0001",
           "reference": "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001",
           "name": "Initial Access"
        },
        "technique": [
           {
              "id": "T1193",
              "name": "Spearphishing Attachment",
              "reference": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1193"
           }
        ]
     }
   ],
    "rule_id": "process_started_by_ms_office_program_possible_payload"
  },
  {
    "name": "New name",
    "id": "56b22b65-173e-4a5b-b27a-82599cb1433e"
  }
]

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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A JSON array containing the updated rules.

Bulk action

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Applies a bulk action to multiple rules. The bulk action is applied to all rules that match the filter.

Request URL

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POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_action

Request body

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A JSON object with two required parameters:

query - A string containing a KQL search query to match the rules.
action - A bulk action to apply. Possible values: enable, disable, delete, duplicate, and export

Example request

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The following request will activate all rules that have the test tag:

POST api/detection_engine/rules/_bulk_action
{
  "query": "alert.attributes.tags: \"test\"",
  "action": "enable"
}

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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For enable, disable, delete, and duplicate actions, a JSON object containing the outcome of the call and the number of affected rules:

{
  "success": true,
  "rules_count": 4280
}

For an export action, an .ndjson file containing exported rules.

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