Method: securityPolicies.patchRule

Patches a rule at the specified priority. To clear fields in the rule, leave the fields empty and specify them in the updateMask.

HTTP request

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/global/securityPolicies/{securityPolicy}/patchRule

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.
securityPolicy

string

Name of the security policy to update.

Query parameters

Parameters
priority

integer

The priority of the rule to patch.
validateOnly

boolean

If true, the request will not be committed.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "kind": string,
  "description": string,
  "priority": integer,
  "match": {
    "expr": {
      "expression": string,
      "title": string,
      "description": string,
      "location": string
    },
    "exprOptions": {
      "recaptchaOptions": {
        "actionTokenSiteKeys": [
          string
        ],
        "sessionTokenSiteKeys": [
          string
        ]
      }
    },
    "versionedExpr": enum,
    "config": {
      "srcIpRanges": [
        string
      ],
      "destIpRanges": [
        string
      ],
      "layer4Configs": [
        {
          "ipProtocol": string,
          "ports": [
            string
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "networkMatch": {
    "userDefinedFields": [
      {
        "name": string,
        "values": [
          string
        ]
      }
    ],
    "srcIpRanges": [
      string
    ],
    "destIpRanges": [
      string
    ],
    "ipProtocols": [
      string
    ],
    "srcPorts": [
      string
    ],
    "destPorts": [
      string
    ],
    "srcRegionCodes": [
      string
    ],
    "srcAsns": [
      integer
    ]
  },
  "action": string,
  "preview": boolean,
  "direction": enum,
  "targetResources": [
    string
  ],
  "enableLogging": boolean,
  "ruleTupleCount": integer,
  "rateLimitOptions": {
    "rateLimitThreshold": {
      "count": integer,
      "intervalSec": integer
    },
    "conformAction": string,
    "exceedAction": string,
    "exceedRedirectOptions": {
      "type": enum,
      "target": string
    },
    "enforceOnKey": enum,
    "enforceOnKeyName": string,
    "enforceOnKeyConfigs": [
      {
        "enforceOnKeyType": enum,
        "enforceOnKeyName": string
      }
    ],
    "banThreshold": {
      "count": integer,
      "intervalSec": integer
    },
    "banDurationSec": integer
  },
  "targetServiceAccounts": [
    string
  ],
  "ruleNumber": string,
  "headerAction": {
    "requestHeadersToAdds": [
      {
        "headerName": string,
        "headerValue": string
      }
    ]
  },
  "redirectOptions": {
    "type": enum,
    "target": string
  },
  "preconfiguredWafConfig": {
    "exclusions": [
      {
        "targetRuleSet": string,
        "targetRuleIds": [
          string
        ],
        "requestHeadersToExclude": [
          {
            "val": string,
            "op": enum
          }
        ],
        "requestCookiesToExclude": [
          {
            "val": string,
            "op": enum
          }
        ],
        "requestQueryParamsToExclude": [
          {
            "val": string,
            "op": enum
          }
        ],
        "requestUrisToExclude": [
          {
            "val": string,
            "op": enum
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
Fields
kind

string

[Output only] Type of the resource. Always compute#securityPolicyRule for security policy rules
description

string

An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
priority

integer

An integer indicating the priority of a rule in the list. The priority must be a positive value between 0 and 2147483647. Rules are evaluated from highest to lowest priority where 0 is the highest priority and 2147483647 is the lowest priority.
match

object

A match condition that incoming traffic is evaluated against. If it evaluates to true, the corresponding 'action' is enforced.
match.expr

object

User defined CEVAL expression. A CEVAL expression is used to specify match criteria such as origin.ip, source.region_code and contents in the request header. Expressions containing evaluateThreatIntelligence require Cloud Armor Managed Protection Plus tier and are not supported in Edge Policies nor in Regional Policies. Expressions containing evaluatePreconfiguredExpr('sourceiplist-*') require Cloud Armor Managed Protection Plus tier and are only supported in Global Security Policies.
match.expr.expression

string

Textual representation of an expression in Common Expression Language syntax.
match.expr.title

string

Optional. Title for the expression, i.e. a short string describing its purpose. This can be used e.g. in UIs which allow to enter the expression.
match.expr.description

string

Optional. Description of the expression. This is a longer text which describes the expression, e.g. when hovered over it in a UI.
match.expr.location

string

Optional. String indicating the location of the expression for error reporting, e.g. a file name and a position in the file.
match.exprOptions

object

The configuration options available when specifying a user defined CEVAL expression (i.e., 'expr').
match.exprOptions.recaptchaOptions

object

reCAPTCHA configuration options to be applied for the rule. If the rule does not evaluate reCAPTCHA tokens, this field has no effect.
match.exprOptions.recaptchaOptions.actionTokenSiteKeys[]

string

A list of site keys to be used during the validation of reCAPTCHA action-tokens. The provided site keys need to be created from reCAPTCHA API under the same project where the security policy is created.
match.exprOptions.recaptchaOptions.sessionTokenSiteKeys[]

string

A list of site keys to be used during the validation of reCAPTCHA session-tokens. The provided site keys need to be created from reCAPTCHA API under the same project where the security policy is created.
match.versionedExpr

enum

Preconfigured versioned expression. If this field is specified, config must also be specified. Available preconfigured expressions along with their requirements are: SRC_IPS_V1 - must specify the corresponding srcIpRange field in config.
match.config

object

The configuration options available when specifying versionedExpr. This field must be specified if versionedExpr is specified and cannot be specified if versionedExpr is not specified.
match.config.srcIpRanges[]

string

CIDR IP address range. Maximum number of srcIpRanges allowed is 10.
match.config.destIpRanges[]
(deprecated)

string

CIDR IP address range.

This field may only be specified when versionedExpr is set to FIREWALL.
match.config.layer4Configs[]
(deprecated)

object

Pairs of IP protocols and ports that the rule should match.

This field may only be specified when versionedExpr is set to FIREWALL.
match.config.layer4Configs[]
(deprecated).ipProtocol
(deprecated)

string

The IP protocol to which this rule applies. The protocol type is required when creating a firewall rule. This value can either be one of the following well known protocol strings (tcp, udp, icmp, esp, ah, ipip, sctp), or the IP protocol number.
match.config.layer4Configs[]
(deprecated).ports[]
(deprecated)

string

An optional list of ports to which this rule applies. This field is only applicable for UDP or TCP protocol. Each entry must be either an integer or a range. If not specified, this rule applies to connections through any port.

Example inputs include: ["22"], ["80","443"], and ["12345-12349"].

This field may only be specified when versionedExpr is set to FIREWALL.
networkMatch

object

A match condition that incoming packets are evaluated against for CLOUD_ARMOR_NETWORK security policies. If it matches, the corresponding 'action' is enforced.

The match criteria for a rule consists of built-in match fields (like 'srcIpRanges') and potentially multiple user-defined match fields ('userDefinedFields').

Field values may be extracted directly from the packet or derived from it (e.g. 'srcRegionCodes'). Some fields may not be present in every packet (e.g. 'srcPorts'). A user-defined field is only present if the base header is found in the packet and the entire field is in bounds.

Each match field may specify which values can match it, listing one or more ranges, prefixes, or exact values that are considered a match for the field. A field value must be present in order to match a specified match field. If no match values are specified for a match field, then any field value is considered to match it, and it's not required to be present. For strings specifying '*' is also equivalent to match all.

For a packet to match a rule, all specified match fields must match the corresponding field values derived from the packet.

Example:

networkMatch: srcIpRanges: - "192.0.2.0/24" - "198.51.100.0/24" userDefinedFields: - name: "ipv4_fragment_offset" values: - "1-0x1fff"

The above match condition matches packets with a source IP in 192.0.2.0/24 or 198.51.100.0/24 and a user-defined field named "ipv4_fragment_offset" with a value between 1 and 0x1fff inclusive.
networkMatch.userDefinedFields[]

object

User-defined fields. Each element names a defined field and lists the matching values for that field.
networkMatch.userDefinedFields[].name

string

Name of the user-defined field, as given in the definition.
networkMatch.userDefinedFields[].values[]

string

Matching values of the field. Each element can be a 32-bit unsigned decimal or hexadecimal (starting with "0x") number (e.g. "64") or range (e.g. "0x400-0x7ff").
networkMatch.srcIpRanges[]

string

Source IPv4/IPv6 addresses or CIDR prefixes, in standard text format.
networkMatch.destIpRanges[]

string

Destination IPv4/IPv6 addresses or CIDR prefixes, in standard text format.
networkMatch.ipProtocols[]

string

IPv4 protocol / IPv6 next header (after extension headers). Each element can be an 8-bit unsigned decimal number (e.g. "6"), range (e.g. "253-254"), or one of the following protocol names: "tcp", "udp", "icmp", "esp", "ah", "ipip", or "sctp".
networkMatch.srcPorts[]

string

Source port numbers for TCP/UDP/SCTP. Each element can be a 16-bit unsigned decimal number (e.g. "80") or range (e.g. "0-1023").
networkMatch.destPorts[]

string

Destination port numbers for TCP/UDP/SCTP. Each element can be a 16-bit unsigned decimal number (e.g. "80") or range (e.g. "0-1023").
networkMatch.srcRegionCodes[]

string

Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code associated with the source IP address.
networkMatch.srcAsns[]

integer (uint32 format)

BGP Autonomous System Number associated with the source IP address.
action

string

The Action to perform when the rule is matched. The following are the valid actions:

  • allow: allow access to target.
  • deny(STATUS): deny access to target, returns the HTTP response code specified. Valid values for STATUS are 403, 404, and 502.
  • rate_based_ban: limit client traffic to the configured threshold and ban the client if the traffic exceeds the threshold. Configure parameters for this action in RateLimitOptions. Requires rateLimitOptions to be set.
  • redirect: redirect to a different target. This can either be an internal reCAPTCHA redirect, or an external URL-based redirect via a 302 response. Parameters for this action can be configured via redirectOptions. This action is only supported in Global Security Policies of type CLOUD_ARMOR.
  • throttle: limit client traffic to the configured threshold. Configure parameters for this action in rateLimitOptions. Requires rateLimitOptions to be set for this.
preview

boolean

If set to true, the specified action is not enforced.
direction
(deprecated)

enum

The direction in which this rule applies. This field may only be specified when versionedExpr is set to FIREWALL.
targetResources[]
(deprecated)

string

A list of network resource URLs to which this rule applies. This field allows you to control which network's VMs get this rule. If this field is left blank, all VMs within the organization will receive the rule.

This field may only be specified when versionedExpr is set to FIREWALL.
enableLogging
(deprecated)

boolean

Denotes whether to enable logging for a particular rule. If logging is enabled, logs will be exported to the configured export destination in Stackdriver. Logs may be exported to BigQuery or Pub/Sub. Note: you cannot enable logging on "goto_next" rules.

This field may only be specified when the versionedExpr is set to FIREWALL.
ruleTupleCount
(deprecated)

integer

[Output Only] Calculation of the complexity of a single firewall security policy rule.
rateLimitOptions

object

Must be specified if the action is "rate_based_ban" or "throttle". Cannot be specified for any other actions.
rateLimitOptions.rateLimitThreshold

object

Threshold at which to begin ratelimiting.
rateLimitOptions.rateLimitThreshold.count

integer

Number of HTTP(S) requests for calculating the threshold.
rateLimitOptions.rateLimitThreshold.intervalSec

integer

Interval over which the threshold is computed.
rateLimitOptions.conformAction

string

Action to take for requests that are under the configured rate limit threshold. Valid option is "allow" only.
rateLimitOptions.exceedAction

string

Action to take for requests that are above the configured rate limit threshold, to either deny with a specified HTTP response code, or redirect to a different endpoint. Valid options are deny(STATUS), where valid values for STATUS are 403, 404, 429, and 502, and redirect, where the redirect parameters come from exceedRedirectOptions below. The redirect action is only supported in Global Security Policies of type CLOUD_ARMOR.
rateLimitOptions.exceedRedirectOptions

object

Parameters defining the redirect action that is used as the exceed action. Cannot be specified if the exceed action is not redirect. This field is only supported in Global Security Policies of type CLOUD_ARMOR.
rateLimitOptions.exceedRedirectOptions.type

enum

Type of the redirect action.
rateLimitOptions.exceedRedirectOptions.target

string

Target for the redirect action. This is required if the type is EXTERNAL_302 and cannot be specified for GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA.
rateLimitOptions.enforceOnKey

enum

Determines the key to enforce the rateLimitThreshold on. Possible values are:

  • ALL: A single rate limit threshold is applied to all the requests matching this rule. This is the default value if "enforceOnKey" is not configured.
  • IP: The source IP address of the request is the key. Each IP has this limit enforced separately.
  • HTTP_HEADER: The value of the HTTP header whose name is configured under "enforceOnKeyName". The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes of the header value. If no such header is present in the request, the key type defaults to ALL.
  • XFF_IP: The first IP address (i.e. the originating client IP address) specified in the list of IPs under X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. If no such header is present or the value is not a valid IP, the key defaults to the source IP address of the request i.e. key type IP.
  • HTTP_COOKIE: The value of the HTTP cookie whose name is configured under "enforceOnKeyName". The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes of the cookie value. If no such cookie is present in the request, the key type defaults to ALL.
  • HTTP_PATH: The URL path of the HTTP request. The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes.
  • SNI: Server name indication in the TLS session of the HTTPS request. The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes. The key type defaults to ALL on a HTTP session.
  • REGION_CODE: The country/region from which the request originates.
  • TLS_JA3_FINGERPRINT: JA3 TLS/SSL fingerprint if the client connects using HTTPS, HTTP/2 or HTTP/3. If not available, the key type defaults to ALL.
  • USER_IP: The IP address of the originating client, which is resolved based on "userIpRequestHeaders" configured with the security policy. If there is no "userIpRequestHeaders" configuration or an IP address cannot be resolved from it, the key type defaults to IP.

rateLimitOptions.enforceOnKeyName

string

Rate limit key name applicable only for the following key types: HTTP_HEADER -- Name of the HTTP header whose value is taken as the key value. HTTP_COOKIE -- Name of the HTTP cookie whose value is taken as the key value.
rateLimitOptions.enforceOnKeyConfigs[]

object

If specified, any combination of values of enforceOnKeyType/enforceOnKeyName is treated as the key on which ratelimit threshold/action is enforced. You can specify up to 3 enforceOnKeyConfigs. If enforceOnKeyConfigs is specified, enforceOnKey must not be specified.
rateLimitOptions.enforceOnKeyConfigs[].enforceOnKeyType

enum

Determines the key to enforce the rateLimitThreshold on. Possible values are:

  • ALL: A single rate limit threshold is applied to all the requests matching this rule. This is the default value if "enforceOnKeyConfigs" is not configured.
  • IP: The source IP address of the request is the key. Each IP has this limit enforced separately.
  • HTTP_HEADER: The value of the HTTP header whose name is configured under "enforceOnKeyName". The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes of the header value. If no such header is present in the request, the key type defaults to ALL.
  • XFF_IP: The first IP address (i.e. the originating client IP address) specified in the list of IPs under X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. If no such header is present or the value is not a valid IP, the key defaults to the source IP address of the request i.e. key type IP.
  • HTTP_COOKIE: The value of the HTTP cookie whose name is configured under "enforceOnKeyName". The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes of the cookie value. If no such cookie is present in the request, the key type defaults to ALL.
  • HTTP_PATH: The URL path of the HTTP request. The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes.
  • SNI: Server name indication in the TLS session of the HTTPS request. The key value is truncated to the first 128 bytes. The key type defaults to ALL on a HTTP session.
  • REGION_CODE: The country/region from which the request originates.
  • TLS_JA3_FINGERPRINT: JA3 TLS/SSL fingerprint if the client connects using HTTPS, HTTP/2 or HTTP/3. If not available, the key type defaults to ALL.
  • USER_IP: The IP address of the originating client, which is resolved based on "userIpRequestHeaders" configured with the security policy. If there is no "userIpRequestHeaders" configuration or an IP address cannot be resolved from it, the key type defaults to IP.

rateLimitOptions.enforceOnKeyConfigs[].enforceOnKeyName

string

Rate limit key name applicable only for the following key types: HTTP_HEADER -- Name of the HTTP header whose value is taken as the key value. HTTP_COOKIE -- Name of the HTTP cookie whose value is taken as the key value.
rateLimitOptions.banThreshold

object

Can only be specified if the action for the rule is "rate_based_ban". If specified, the key will be banned for the configured 'banDurationSec' when the number of requests that exceed the 'rateLimitThreshold' also exceed this 'banThreshold'.
rateLimitOptions.banThreshold.count

integer

Number of HTTP(S) requests for calculating the threshold.
rateLimitOptions.banThreshold.intervalSec

integer

Interval over which the threshold is computed.
rateLimitOptions.banDurationSec

integer

Can only be specified if the action for the rule is "rate_based_ban". If specified, determines the time (in seconds) the traffic will continue to be banned by the rate limit after the rate falls below the threshold.
targetServiceAccounts[]
(deprecated)

string

A list of service accounts indicating the sets of instances that are applied with this rule.
ruleNumber

string (int64 format)

Identifier for the rule. This is only unique within the given security policy. This can only be set during rule creation, if rule number is not specified it will be generated by the server.
headerAction

object

Optional, additional actions that are performed on headers. This field is only supported in Global Security Policies of type CLOUD_ARMOR.
headerAction.requestHeadersToAdds[]

object

The list of request headers to add or overwrite if they're already present.
headerAction.requestHeadersToAdds[].headerName

string

The name of the header to set.
headerAction.requestHeadersToAdds[].headerValue

string

The value to set the named header to.
redirectOptions

object

Parameters defining the redirect action. Cannot be specified for any other actions. This field is only supported in Global Security Policies of type CLOUD_ARMOR.
redirectOptions.type

enum

Type of the redirect action.
redirectOptions.target

string

Target for the redirect action. This is required if the type is EXTERNAL_302 and cannot be specified for GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA.
preconfiguredWafConfig

object

Preconfigured WAF configuration to be applied for the rule. If the rule does not evaluate preconfigured WAF rules, i.e., if evaluatePreconfiguredWaf() is not used, this field will have no effect.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[]

object

A list of exclusions to apply during preconfigured WAF evaluation.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].targetRuleSet

string

Target WAF rule set to apply the preconfigured WAF exclusion.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].targetRuleIds[]

string

A list of target rule IDs under the WAF rule set to apply the preconfigured WAF exclusion. If omitted, it refers to all the rule IDs under the WAF rule set.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestHeadersToExclude[]

object

A list of request header names whose value will be excluded from inspection during preconfigured WAF evaluation.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestHeadersToExclude[].val

string

The value of the field.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestHeadersToExclude[].op

enum

The match operator for the field.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestCookiesToExclude[]

object

A list of request cookie names whose value will be excluded from inspection during preconfigured WAF evaluation.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestCookiesToExclude[].val

string

The value of the field.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestCookiesToExclude[].op

enum

The match operator for the field.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestQueryParamsToExclude[]

object

A list of request query parameter names whose value will be excluded from inspection during preconfigured WAF evaluation. Note that the parameter can be in the query string or in the POST body.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestQueryParamsToExclude[].val

string

The value of the field.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestQueryParamsToExclude[].op

enum

The match operator for the field.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestUrisToExclude[]

object

A list of request URIs from the request line to be excluded from inspection during preconfigured WAF evaluation. When specifying this field, the query or fragment part should be excluded.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestUrisToExclude[].val

string

The value of the field.
preconfiguredWafConfig.exclusions[].requestUrisToExclude[].op

enum

The match operator for the field.

Response body

Represents an Operation resource.

Google Compute Engine has three Operation resources:

You can use an operation resource to manage asynchronous API requests. For more information, read Handling API responses.

Operations can be global, regional or zonal.

  • For global operations, use the globalOperations resource.
  • For regional operations, use the regionOperations resource.
  • For zonal operations, use the zoneOperations resource.

For more information, read Global, Regional, and Zonal Resources.

Note that completed Operation resources have a limited retention period.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "zone": string,
  "clientOperationId": string,
  "operationType": string,
  "targetLink": string,
  "targetId": string,
  "status": enum,
  "statusMessage": string,
  "user": string,
  "progress": integer,
  "insertTime": string,
  "startTime": string,
  "endTime": string,
  "error": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": string,
        "location": string,
        "message": string,
        "errorDetails": [
          {
            "errorInfo": {
              "reason": string,
              "domain": string,
              "metadatas": {
                string: string,
                ...
              }
            },
            "quotaInfo": {
              "metricName": string,
              "limitName": string,
              "dimensions": {
                string: string,
                ...
              },
              "limit": number,
              "futureLimit": number,
              "rolloutStatus": enum
            },
            "help": {
              "links": [
                {
                  "description": string,
                  "url": string
                }
              ]
            },
            "localizedMessage": {
              "locale": string,
              "message": string
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": enum,
      "message": string,
      "data": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "value": string
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "httpErrorStatusCode": integer,
  "httpErrorMessage": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "region": string,
  "description": string,
  "operationGroupId": string,

  // Union field metadata can be only one of the following:
  "setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata": {
    "clientOperationId": string,
    "perLocationOperations": {
      string: {
        "state": enum,
        "error": {
          "code": integer,
          "message": string,
          "details": [
            {
              "@type": string,
              field1: ...,
              ...
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      ...
    }
  },
  "instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata": {
    "perLocationStatus": {
      string: {
        "status": enum,
        "targetVmCount": integer,
        "createdVmCount": integer,
        "failedToCreateVmCount": integer,
        "deletedVmCount": integer
      },
      ...
    }
  }
  // End of list of possible types for union field metadata.
}
Fields
kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#operation for Operation resources.
id

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the operation. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestamp

string

[Deprecated] This field is deprecated.
name

string

[Output Only] Name of the operation.
zone

string

[Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing per-zone operations.
clientOperationId

string

[Output Only] The value of requestId if you provided it in the request. Not present otherwise.
operationType

string

[Output Only] The type of operation, such as insert, update, or delete, and so on.
targetId

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
status

enum

[Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
statusMessage

string

[Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
user

string

[Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com or alice_smith_identifier (global/workforcePools/example-com-us-employees).
progress

integer

[Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
insertTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
startTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
endTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
error

object

[Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
error.errors[]

object

[Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
error.errors[].code

string

[Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
error.errors[].location

string

[Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
error.errors[].message

string

[Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
error.errors[].errorDetails[]

object

[Output Only] An optional list of messages that contain the error details. There is a set of defined message types to use for providing details.The syntax depends on the error code. For example, QuotaExceededInfo will have details when the error code is QUOTA_EXCEEDED.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo

object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.reason

string

The reason of the error. This is a constant value that identifies the proximate cause of the error. Error reasons are unique within a particular domain of errors. This should be at most 63 characters and match a regular expression of [A-Z][A-Z0-9_]+[A-Z0-9], which represents UPPER_SNAKE_CASE.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.domain

string

The logical grouping to which the "reason" belongs. The error domain is typically the registered service name of the tool or product that generates the error. Example: "pubsub.googleapis.com". If the error is generated by some common infrastructure, the error domain must be a globally unique value that identifies the infrastructure. For Google API infrastructure, the error domain is "googleapis.com".
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.metadatas

map (key: string, value: string)

Additional structured details about this error.

Keys must match /[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9-_]+/ but should ideally be lowerCamelCase. Also they must be limited to 64 characters in length. When identifying the current value of an exceeded limit, the units should be contained in the key, not the value. For example, rather than {"instanceLimit": "100/request"}, should be returned as, {"instanceLimitPerRequest": "100"}, if the client exceeds the number of instances that can be created in a single (batch) request.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo

object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.metricName

string

The Compute Engine quota metric name.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limitName

string

The name of the quota limit.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.dimensions

map (key: string, value: string)

The map holding related quota dimensions.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limit

number

Current effective quota limit. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.futureLimit

number

Future quota limit being rolled out. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.rolloutStatus

enum

Rollout status of the future quota limit.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help

object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[]

object

URL(s) pointing to additional information on handling the current error.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].description

string

Describes what the link offers.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].url

string

The URL of the link.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage

object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.locale

string

The locale used following the specification defined at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt. Examples are: "en-US", "fr-CH", "es-MX"
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.message

string

The localized error message in the above locale.
warnings[]

object

[Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
warnings[].code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
warnings[].message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
warnings[].data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example: 

"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }
warnings[].data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
warnings[].data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
httpErrorStatusCode

integer

[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a 404 means the resource was not found.
httpErrorMessage

string

[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
region

string

[Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing regional operations.
description

string

[Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
operationGroupId

string

[Output Only] An ID that represents a group of operations, such as when a group of operations results from a bulkInsert API request.
Union field metadata. [Output Only] Service-specific metadata attached to this operation. metadata can be only one of the following:
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata

object

[Output Only] If the operation is for projects.setCommonInstanceMetadata, this field will contain information on all underlying zonal actions and their state.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.clientOperationId

string

[Output Only] The client operation id.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[]

map (key: string, value: object)

[Output Only] Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].state

enum

[Output Only] Status of the action, which can be one of the following: PROPAGATING, PROPAGATED, ABANDONED, FAILED, or DONE.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error

object

[Output Only] If state is ABANDONED or FAILED, this field is populated.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.code

integer

The status code, which should be an enum value of google.rpc.Code.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.message

string

A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the google.rpc.Status.details field, or localized by the client.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.details[]

object

A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.

An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field "@type" contains a URI identifying the type. Example: { "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" }.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata

object
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[]

map (key: string, value: object)

Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].status

enum

[Output Only] Creation status of BulkInsert operation - information if the flow is rolling forward or rolling back.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].targetVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs originally planned to be created.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].createdVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs successfully created so far.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].failedToCreateVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs that started creating but encountered an error.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].deletedVmCount

integer

[Output Only] Count of VMs that got deleted during rollback.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

  • compute.securityPolicies.update

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.