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Import rules

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Import rules

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Imports rules from an .ndjson file. The following configuration items are also included in the .ndjson file:

Actions
Exception lists

When used with API key authentication, the user’s key gets assigned to the affected rules. If the user’s key gets deleted or the user becomes inactive, the rules will stop running.

If the API key that is used for authorization has different privileges than the key that created or most recently updated the rule, the rule behavior might change.

To import rules with actions, you need at least Read privileges for the Action and Connectors feature. To overwrite or add new connectors, you need All privileges for the Actions and Connectors feature. To import rules without actions, you don’t need Actions and Connectors privileges. Refer to Enable and access detections for more information.

Rule actions and connectors are included in the exported file, but sensitive information about the connector (such as authentication credentials) is not included. You must re-add missing connector details after importing detection rules.

You can use Kibana’s Saved Objects UI (Stack Management → Kibana → Saved Objects) or the Saved Objects APIs (experimental) to export and import any necessary connectors before importing detection rules.

Similarly, any value lists used for rule exceptions are not included in rule exports or imports. Use the Import value lists UI (Manage → Rules → Import value lists) to export and import value lists separately.

Request URL

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

The request must include:

The Content-Type: multipart/form-data HTTP header.
A link to the .ndjson file containing the rules.

For example, using cURL:

curl -X POST "<KibanaURL>/api/detection_engine/rules/_import"
-u <username>:<password> -H 'kbn-xsrf: true'
-H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data'
--form "file=@<link to file>"

The relative link to the .ndjson file containing the rules.

URL query parameters

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Name	Type	Description	Required
`overwrite`	Boolean	Determines whether existing rules with the same `rule_id` are overwritten.	No, defaults to `false`.
`overwrite_exceptions`	Boolean	Determines whether existing exception lists with the same `list_id` are overwritten. Both the exception list container and its items are overwritten.	No, defaults to `false`.
`overwrite_action_connectors`	Boolean	Determines whether existing actions with the same `kibana.alert.rule.actions.id` are overwritten.	No, defaults to `false`.

Example request

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Imports the rules in the detection_rules.ndjson file and overwrites existing rules with the same rule_id values:

curl -X POST "api/detection_engine/rules/_import?overwrite=true"
-H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data'
--form "file=@detection_rules.ndjson"

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Example response

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{
    "success": true,
    "success_count": 1,
    "rules_count": 1,
    "errors": [],
    "exceptions_errors": [],
    "exceptions_success": true,
    "exceptions_success_count": 0
}

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