firebase cli: firestore rules - how to specify the file to deploy

Question

I know i can deploy rules using:

firebase deploy --only firestore:rules

is there a way for me to specify the location of the rules file?

i dont think you understand the question. i want to use the cli to update the rules for firestore. take a look at the docs i linked — w--, Jan 25 '18 at 11:10
You can't specify it on the command line. It will take the name of the rules file from `firebase.json`. — Doug Stevenson, Jan 25 '18 at 16:33

Michael Bleigh · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-26T16:55:24.983

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You cannot specify the rules file location in a command-line flag, but you can set it in firebase.json:

{
  "firestore": {
    "rules": "path/to/your/firestore.rules"
  }
}

edited Jan 26 '18 at 16:55

answered Jan 25 '18 at 18:23

Michael Bleigh

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ohh great i'll try this. i'm assuming you meant `rules.js` correct? is there some docs abt what goes into firebase.json? – w-- Jan 26 '18 at 12:46
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Actually for firestore it's not `rules.js` or `rules.json` since the language is neither JavaScript nor JSON. We normally call the file `something.rules`. The docs have more information about what is valid. – Sam Stern Jan 26 '18 at 16:28
Yup, my bad on the `.json` extension. – Michael Bleigh Jan 26 '18 at 16:55
great thanks. is there some documentation i missed abt what goes into firebase.json? would like to learn more about what i can configure here – w-- Jan 27 '18 at 06:19
Thanks, I've been looking everywhere for documentation of the firebase.json schema. – myconode Feb 21 '18 at 02:48
I have storage security rules written in the console, but don't have a storage.rules file in my project. Is one necessary? or will the rules in the console suffice? I do have firestore.rules in my project. – Andrew Irwin Oct 21 '20 at 07:56

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