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Delete Firewall Rule From Virtual Machine ​

Remove a specific network security policy by deleting an existing firewall rule from a virtual machine instance. Both the instance identifier and rule identifier are required for precise rule removal.

HTTP Request ​

DELETE {API_URL}/virtual-machines/{id}/firewall-rules/{rule_id}

Path Parameters ​

ParameterRequirementTypeDescription
idRequiredstringTarget virtual machine's unique identifier
rule_idRequiredstringTarget firewall rule's unique identifier

Response Structure ​

status boolean ​

Operation result indicator. Returns true for successful execution, false when encountering an error.

message string ​

Descriptive response indicating the outcome of the rule deletion request.

Implementation Example ​

Request ​

bash
curl -X DELETE '{API_URL}virtual-machines/{id}/firewall-rules/{rule_id}' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer {ACCESS_TOKEN}' \
-H 'refresh-token: {REFRESH_TOKEN}' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Response ​

json
{
    "status": true,
    "message": "Firewall rule successfully removed"
}