List firewall rules in a project

Get a list of all firewall rules defined in your project.

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Code sample

C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine C# API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  using 
  
  Google.Cloud.Compute.V1 
 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System.Collections.Generic 
 ; 
 using 
  
 System.Threading.Tasks 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
  
 ListFirewallRulesAsyncSample 
 { 
  
 public 
  
 async 
  
 Task 
  
 ListFirewallRulesAsync 
 ( 
  
 // TODO(developer): Set your own default values for these parameters or pass different values when calling this method. 
  
 string 
  
 projectId 
  
 = 
  
 "your-project-id" 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created 
  
 // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. 
  
  FirewallsClient 
 
  
 client 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
  FirewallsClient 
 
 . 
  CreateAsync 
 
 (); 
  
 // Make the request to list all firewall rules. 
  
 await 
  
 foreach 
  
 ( 
 var 
  
 firewallRule 
  
 in 
  
 client 
 . 
  ListAsync 
 
 ( 
 projectId 
 )) 
  
 { 
  
 // The result is a Firewall sequence that you can iterate over. 
  
 Console 
 . 
 WriteLine 
 ( 
 $"Firewal Rule: {firewallRule.Name}" 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 } 
 }

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Go API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  import 
  
 ( 
  
 "context" 
  
 "fmt" 
  
 "io" 
  
 compute 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1" 
  
 computepb 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1/computepb" 
  
 "google.golang.org/api/iterator" 
 ) 
 // listFirewallRules prints the list of firewall names and their descriptions in specified project 
 func 
  
 listFirewallRules 
 ( 
 w 
  
 io 
 . 
 Writer 
 , 
  
 projectID 
  
 string 
 ) 
  
 error 
  
 { 
  
 // projectID := "your_project_id" 
  
 ctx 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 Background 
 () 
  
 firewallsClient 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 compute 
 . 
  NewFirewallsRESTClient 
 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "NewInstancesRESTClient: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 defer 
  
 firewallsClient 
 . 
 Close 
 () 
  
 req 
  
 := 
  
& computepb 
 . 
 ListFirewallsRequest 
 { 
  
 Project 
 : 
  
 projectID 
 , 
  
 } 
  
 it 
  
 := 
  
 firewallsClient 
 . 
 List 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 req 
 ) 
  
 for 
  
 { 
  
 firewallRule 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 it 
 . 
 Next 
 () 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 == 
  
 iterator 
 . 
  Done 
 
  
 { 
  
 break 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 err 
  
 } 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintf 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 "- %s: %s\n" 
 , 
  
 firewallRule 
 . 
 GetName 
 (), 
  
 firewallRule 
 . 
 GetDescription 
 ()) 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 nil 
 }

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Java API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. Firewall 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. FirewallsClient 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. FirewallsClient 
.ListPagedResponse 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.io.IOException 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
 ListFirewallRules 
  
 { 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 main 
 ( 
 String 
 [] 
  
 args 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 IOException 
  
 { 
  
 // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample 
  
 // project: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use. 
  
 String 
  
 project 
  
 = 
  
 "your-project-id" 
 ; 
  
 listFirewallRules 
 ( 
 project 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 // Return a list of all the firewall rules in specified project. 
  
 // Also prints the list of firewall names and their descriptions. 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 ListPagedResponse 
  
 listFirewallRules 
 ( 
 String 
  
 project 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 IOException 
  
 { 
  
 /* Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created 
 once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call 
 the `firewallsClient.close()` method on the client to safely 
 clean up any remaining background resources. */ 
  
 try 
  
 ( 
  FirewallsClient 
 
  
 firewallsClient 
  
 = 
  
  FirewallsClient 
 
 . 
 create 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 ListPagedResponse 
  
 firewallResponse 
  
 = 
  
 firewallsClient 
 . 
 list 
 ( 
 project 
 ); 
  
 for 
  
 ( 
  Firewall 
 
  
 firewall 
  
 : 
  
 firewallResponse 
 . 
 iterateAll 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 firewall 
 . 
 getName 
 ()); 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 firewallResponse 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 } 
 }

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Node.js API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  /** 
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment and replace these variables before running the sample. 
 */ 
 // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'; 
 const 
  
 compute 
  
 = 
  
 require 
 ( 
 ' @google-cloud/compute 
' 
 ); 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 listFirewallRules 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 firewallsClient 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 compute 
 . 
  FirewallsClient 
 
 (); 
  
 const 
  
 [ 
 firewallRules 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 firewallsClient 
 . 
 list 
 ({ 
  
 project 
 : 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 }); 
  
 for 
  
 ( 
 const 
  
 rule 
  
 of 
  
 firewallRules 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 ` - 
 ${ 
 rule 
 . 
 name 
 } 
 : 
 ${ 
 rule 
 . 
 description 
 } 
 ` 
 ); 
  
 } 
 } 
 listFirewallRules 
 ();

PHP

Before trying this sample, follow the PHP setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine PHP API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  use Google\Cloud\Compute\V1\Client\FirewallsClient; 
 use Google\Cloud\Compute\V1\ListFirewallsRequest; 
 /** 
 * Return a list of all the firewall rules in specified project. Also prints the 
 * list of firewall names and their descriptions. 
 * 
 * @param string $projectId Project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to list rules from. 
 * 
 * @throws \Google\ApiCore\ApiException if the remote call fails. 
 */ 
 function list_firewall_rules(string $projectId) 
 { 
 // List all firewall rules defined for the project using Firewalls Client. 
 $firewallClient = new FirewallsClient(); 
 $request = (new ListFirewallsRequest()) 
 ->setProject($projectId); 
 $firewallList = $firewallClient->list($request); 
 print('--- Firewall Rules ---' . PHP_EOL); 
 foreach ($firewallList->iterateAllElements() as $firewall) { 
 printf(' -  %s : %s : %s' . PHP_EOL, $firewall->getName(), $firewall->getDescription(), $firewall->getNetwork()); 
 } 
 }

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Python API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  from 
  
 __future__ 
  
 import 
 annotations 
 from 
  
 collections.abc 
  
 import 
 Iterable 
 from 
  
 google.cloud 
  
 import 
 compute_v1 
 def 
  
 list_firewall_rules 
 ( 
 project_id 
 : 
 str 
 ) 
 - 
> Iterable 
 [ 
 compute_v1 
 . 
 Firewall 
 ]: 
  
 """ 
 Return a list of all the firewall rules in specified project. Also prints the 
 list of firewall names and their descriptions. 
 Args: 
 project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use. 
 Returns: 
 A flat list of all firewall rules defined for given project. 
 """ 
 firewall_client 
 = 
 compute_v1 
 . 
 FirewallsClient 
 () 
 firewalls_list 
 = 
 firewall_client 
 . 
 list 
 ( 
 project 
 = 
 project_id 
 ) 
 for 
 firewall 
 in 
 firewalls_list 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 " - 
 { 
 firewall 
 . 
 name 
 } 
 : 
 { 
 firewall 
 . 
 description 
 } 
 " 
 ) 
 return 
 firewalls_list

Ruby

Before trying this sample, follow the Ruby setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Ruby API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  require 
  
 "google/cloud/compute/v1" 
 # Return a list of all the firewall rules in specified project. Also prints the 
 # list of firewall names and their descriptions. 
 # 
 # @param [String] project project ID or project number of the project you want to use. 
 # @return [Array<::Google::Cloud::Compute::V1::Firewall>] 
 #     A list of all firewall rules defined for the given project. 
 def 
  
 list_firewall_rules 
  
 project 
 : 
  
 client 
  
 = 
  
 :: 
 Google 
 :: 
 Cloud 
 :: 
 Compute 
 :: 
 V1 
 :: 
 Firewalls 
 :: 
 Rest 
 :: 
 Client 
 . 
 new 
  
 firewalls 
  
 = 
  
 client 
 . 
 list 
  
 project 
 : 
  
 project 
  
 firewall_list 
  
 = 
  
 [] 
  
 firewalls 
 . 
 each 
  
 do 
  
 | 
 firewall 
 | 
  
 puts 
  
 " - 
 #{ 
 firewall 
 . 
 name 
 } 
 : 
 #{ 
 firewall 
 . 
 description 
 } 
 " 
  
 firewall_list 
 << 
 firewall 
  
 end 
  
 firewall_list 
 end

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C#

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