Updates an existing group. You can change any group attributes except name.
HTTP request
PUT https://monitoring.googleapis.com/v3/{group.name}
Path parameters
Parameters
group.name
string
Output only. The name of this group. The format is:
projects/[PROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER]/groups/[GROUP_ID]
When creating a group, this field is ignored and a new name is created consisting of the project specified in the call to groups.create and a unique [GROUP_ID] that is generated automatically.
Query parameters
Parameters
validateOnly
boolean
If true, validate this request but do not update the existing group.
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