- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute security-policies create - create a Compute Engine security policy
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute security-policies createNAME[--description=DESCRIPTION] [--file-format=FILE_FORMAT] [--file-name=FILE_NAME|--type=SECURITY_POLICY_TYPE] [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute security-policies createis used to create security policies. A security policy policy is a set of rules that controls access to various resources. - EXAMPLES
- To create a security policy with a given type and description, run:
gcloud beta compute security-policies create my-policy --type = CLOUD_ARMOR_EDGE --description = "policy description"To create a security from an input file, run:
gcloud beta compute security-policies create my-policy --file-name = my-file-name - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME - Name of the security policy to create.
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- FLAGS
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--description=DESCRIPTION - An optional, textual description for the security policy.
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--file-format=FILE_FORMAT - The format of the file to create the security policy config from. Specify either
yaml or json. Defaults to yaml if not specified. Will be ignored if --file-name
is not specified.
FILE_FORMATmust be one of:json,yaml. - Creation options.
At most one of these can be specified:
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--file-name=FILE_NAME - The name of the JSON or YAML file to create a security policy config from.
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--type=SECURITY_POLICY_TYPE - The type indicates the intended use of the security policy.
SECURITY_POLICY_TYPEmust be one of:CLOUD_ARMOR,CLOUD_ARMOR_EDGE,CLOUD_ARMOR_NETWORK,CLOUD_ARMOR_INTERNAL_SERVICE.
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--global - If set, the security policy is global.
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--region=REGION - Region of the security policy to create. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
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- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
- These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
- This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloud compute security-policies creategcloud alpha compute security-policies creategcloud preview compute security-policies create
gcloud beta compute security-policies create
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

