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`smallwebwaf servewaf` runs today's checks on the visitor's request a
question carries and answers allow, deny or close, instead of passing it
to an app. rproxy's report then counts the bytes toward the byte limits
and adds the request to the client's history. SPEC.md gives the exact
question, answer and report, which rproxy follows. `smallwebwaf` with no
command is unchanged.

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connection would read as servewaf down and let the request through.
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# Admin endpoints
The endpoints under `/_smallwebwaf/`, what each takes and what each answers.
"Admin endpoints" in [`SPEC.md`](../SPEC.md) says which checks they go through
and how their tokens work. `smallwebwaf servewaf` answers them at its own
address, without those checks (see "`servewaf`" in [`SPEC.md`](../SPEC.md)).
- `GET /_smallwebwaf/healthz`: `200` and `ok`, to anyone.
- `GET /_smallwebwaf/metrics`: the metrics, for `SWWAF_METRICS_TOKEN` (see
[`metrics.md`](metrics.md)).
- `GET /_smallwebwaf/bans`: every ban held, under `bans`, each as `bans.json`
lists it. Needs `SWWAF_ADMIN_TOKEN`, as do the three below.
- `POST /_smallwebwaf/bans`: bans a netblock. The body is a JSON object of
`netblock`, `duration` and, if you like, `reason`. `netblock` is a netblock
such as `203.0.113.0/24`, or a client's address, which bans its IPv4 netblock
(`SWWAF_BAN_SCOPE_V4_PREFIX`) or its IPv6 group. `duration` is a duration such
as `1h` or `7d`, or `permanent`. A bad body is answered `400`, saying what is
wrong:
- one that is not such an object, or has another field;
- one longer than 4 KiB;
- one that names an IPv4-mapped netblock, or an address with a zone.
- `DELETE /_smallwebwaf/bans/<client>`: lifts every active ban covering the
address `<client>`. It answers `404` when none is active.
- `GET /_smallwebwaf/clients/<ip>`: what `smallwebwaf` knows of the client.
Under `client`, its counters and history as `clients.json` holds them, or
`null` when `clients.json` does not hold it. Under `bans`, every ban covering
the address, with its notes.
## Examples
With `SWWAF_ADMIN_TOKEN` set, and the token in `$TOKEN`:
```sh
# Every ban.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" https://app.example/_smallwebwaf/bans
# Ban 203.0.113.0/24 for seven days.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
--json '{"netblock": "203.0.113.0/24", "duration": "7d", "reason": "probes for logins"}' \
https://app.example/_smallwebwaf/bans
# Lift the bans on 203.0.113.9.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -X DELETE \
https://app.example/_smallwebwaf/bans/203.0.113.9
# What smallwebwaf knows of 203.0.113.9.
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
https://app.example/_smallwebwaf/clients/203.0.113.9
```