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# aws_waf_rule_group{% #aws_waf_rule_group %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `metric_name`{% #metric_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `MetricName`**Description**: A friendly name or description for the metrics for this `RuleGroup`. The name can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9), with maximum length 128 and minimum length one. It can't contain whitespace or metric names reserved for AWS WAF, including "All" and "Default_Action." You can't change the name of the metric after you create the `RuleGroup`.

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Name`**Description**: The friendly name or description for the `RuleGroup`. You can't change the name of a `RuleGroup` after you create it.

## `rule_group_arn`{% #rule_group_arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `rule_group_id`{% #rule_group_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `RuleGroupId`**Description**: A unique identifier for a `RuleGroup`. You use `RuleGroupId` to get more information about a `RuleGroup` (see GetRuleGroup), update a `RuleGroup` (see UpdateRuleGroup), insert a `RuleGroup` into a `WebACL` or delete a one from a `WebACL` (see UpdateWebACL), or delete a `RuleGroup` from AWS WAF (see DeleteRuleGroup). `RuleGroupId` is returned by CreateRuleGroup and by ListRuleGroups.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`