- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Request body
- Response body
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Returns the specified firewall policy.
HTTP request
 GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/locations/global/{firewallPolicy=firewallPolicies/*} 
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax. To know more about valid error responses that can be thrown by this HTTP request, please refer to the service error catalog
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| firewallPolicy |   Name of the firewall policy to get. | 
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
Represents a Firewall Policy resource.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation | 
|---|
| { "kind" : string , "id" : string , "creationTimestamp" : string , "name" : string , "description" : string , "rules" : [ { "kind" : string , "ruleName" : string , "description" : string , "priority" : integer , "match" : { "srcIpRanges" : [ string ] , "destIpRanges" : [ string ] , "layer4Configs" : [ { "ipProtocol" : string , "ports" : [ string ] } ] , "srcSecureTags" : [ { "name" : string , "state" : enum } ] , "destAddressGroups" : [ string ] , "srcAddressGroups" : [ string ] , "srcFqdns" : [ string ] , "destFqdns" : [ string ] , "srcRegionCodes" : [ string ] , "destRegionCodes" : [ string ] , "destThreatIntelligences" : [ string ] , "srcThreatIntelligences" : [ string ] , "srcNetworkScope" : enum , "srcNetworkType" : enum , "srcNetworks" : [ string ] , "destNetworkScope" : enum , "destNetworkType" : enum } , "action" : string , "securityProfileGroup" : string , "tlsInspect" : boolean , "direction" : enum , "targetResources" : [ string ] , "enableLogging" : boolean , "ruleTupleCount" : integer , "targetServiceAccounts" : [ string ] , "targetSecureTags" : [ { "name" : string , "state" : enum } ] , "disabled" : boolean , "targetType" : enum , "targetForwardingRules" : [ string ] } ] , "packetMirroringRules" : [ { "kind" : string , "ruleName" : string , "description" : string , "priority" : integer , "match" : { "srcIpRanges" : [ string ] , "destIpRanges" : [ string ] , "layer4Configs" : [ { "ipProtocol" : string , "ports" : [ string ] } ] , "srcSecureTags" : [ { "name" : string , "state" : enum } ] , "destAddressGroups" : [ string ] , "srcAddressGroups" : [ string ] , "srcFqdns" : [ string ] , "destFqdns" : [ string ] , "srcRegionCodes" : [ string ] , "destRegionCodes" : [ string ] , "destThreatIntelligences" : [ string ] , "srcThreatIntelligences" : [ string ] , "srcNetworkScope" : enum , "srcNetworkType" : enum , "srcNetworks" : [ string ] , "destNetworkScope" : enum , "destNetworkType" : enum } , "action" : string , "securityProfileGroup" : string , "tlsInspect" : boolean , "direction" : enum , "targetResources" : [ string ] , "enableLogging" : boolean , "ruleTupleCount" : integer , "targetServiceAccounts" : [ string ] , "targetSecureTags" : [ { "name" : string , "state" : enum } ] , "disabled" : boolean , "targetType" : enum , "targetForwardingRules" : [ string ] } ] , "fingerprint" : string , "selfLink" : string , "selfLinkWithId" : string , "associations" : [ { "name" : string , "attachmentTarget" : string , "firewallPolicyId" : string , "shortName" : string , "displayName" : string , "priority" : integer } ] , "ruleTupleCount" : integer , "shortName" : string , "displayName" : string , "parent" : string , "region" : string , "policyType" : enum , "policySource" : enum } | 
kind 
 string 
[Output only] Type of the resource. Always compute#firewallPolicy 
for firewall policies
id 
 string ( uint64 
format) 
[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
name 
 string 
Name of the resource. For Organization Firewall Policies it's a [Output Only] numeric ID allocated by Google Cloud which uniquely identifies the Organization Firewall Policy.
description 
 string 
An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
rules[] 
 object 
A list of rules that belong to this policy. There must always be a default rule (rule with priority 2147483647 and match "*"). If no rules are provided when creating a firewall policy, a default rule with action "allow" will be added.
rules[].kind 
 string 
[Output only] Type of the resource. Returns compute#firewallPolicyRule 
for firewall rules and compute#packetMirroringRule 
for packet mirroring rules.
rules[].ruleName 
 string 
An optional name for the rule. This field is not a unique identifier and can be updated.
rules[].description 
 string 
An optional description for this resource.
rules[].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.
rules[].match 
 object 
A match condition that incoming traffic is evaluated against. If it evaluates to true, the corresponding 'action' is enforced.
rules[].match.srcIpRanges[] 
 string 
CIDR IP address range. Maximum number of source CIDR IP ranges allowed is 5000.
rules[].match.destIpRanges[] 
 string 
CIDR IP address range. Maximum number of destination CIDR IP ranges allowed is 5000.
rules[].match.layer4Configs[] 
 object 
Pairs of IP protocols and ports that the rule should match.
rules[].match.layer4Configs[].ipProtocol 
 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.
rules[].match.layer4Configs[].ports[] 
 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"] 
.
rules[].match.srcSecureTags[] 
 object 
firewallPolicies.list of secure tag values, which should be matched at the source of the traffic. For INGRESS rule, if all the srcSecureTag 
are INEFFECTIVE, and there is no srcIpRange 
, this rule will be ignored. Maximum number of source tag values allowed is 256.
rules[].match.srcSecureTags[].name 
 string 
Name of the secure tag, created with TagManager's TagValue API.
rules[].match.srcSecureTags[].state 
 enum 
[Output Only] State of the secure tag, either EFFECTIVE 
or INEFFECTIVE 
. A secure tag is INEFFECTIVE 
when it is deleted or its network is deleted.
rules[].match.destAddressGroups[] 
 string 
Address groups which should be matched against the traffic destination. Maximum number of destination address groups is 10.
rules[].match.srcAddressGroups[] 
 string 
Address groups which should be matched against the traffic source. Maximum number of source address groups is 10.
rules[].match.srcFqdns[] 
 string 
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) which should be matched against traffic source. Maximum number of source fqdn allowed is 100.
rules[].match.destFqdns[] 
 string 
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) which should be matched against traffic destination. Maximum number of destination fqdn allowed is 100.
rules[].match.srcRegionCodes[] 
 string 
Region codes whose IP addresses will be used to match for source of traffic. Should be specified as 2 letter country code defined as per ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes. ex."US" Maximum number of source region codes allowed is 5000.
rules[].match.destRegionCodes[] 
 string 
Region codes whose IP addresses will be used to match for destination of traffic. Should be specified as 2 letter country code defined as per ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes. ex."US" Maximum number of dest region codes allowed is 5000.
rules[].match.destThreatIntelligences[] 
 string 
Names of Network Threat Intelligence lists. The IPs in these lists will be matched against traffic destination.
rules[].match.srcThreatIntelligences[] 
 string 
Names of Network Threat Intelligence lists. The IPs in these lists will be matched against traffic source.
rules[].match.srcNetworkScope 
 enum 
Network scope of the traffic source.
rules[].match.srcNetworkType 
 enum 
Network type of the traffic source. Allowed values are:
-  UNSPECIFIED
-  INTERNET
-  INTRA_VPC
-  NON_INTERNET
-  VPC_NETWORKS
rules[].match.srcNetworks[] 
 string 
Networks of the traffic source. It can be either a full or partial url.
rules[].match.destNetworkScope 
 enum 
Network scope of the traffic destination.
rules[].match.destNetworkType 
 enum 
Network type of the traffic destination. Allowed values are:
-  UNSPECIFIED
-  INTERNET
-  NON_INTERNET
rules[].action 
 string 
The Action to perform when the client connection triggers the rule. Valid actions for firewall rules are: "allow", "deny", "apply_security_profile_group" and "goto_next". Valid actions for packet mirroring rules are: "mirror", "do_not_mirror" and "goto_next".
rules[].securityProfileGroup 
 string 
A fully-qualified URL of a SecurityProfile resource instance. Example: https://networksecurity.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{project}/locations/{location}/securityProfileGroups/my-security-profile-group Must be specified if action is one of 'apply_security_profile_group' or 'mirror'. Cannot be specified for other actions.
rules[].tlsInspect 
 boolean 
Boolean flag indicating if the traffic should be TLS decrypted. Can be set only if action = 'apply_security_profile_group' and cannot be set for other actions.
rules[].direction 
 enum 
The direction in which this rule applies.
rules[].targetResources[] 
 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.
rules[].enableLogging 
 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.
rules[].ruleTupleCount 
 integer 
[Output Only] Calculation of the complexity of a single firewall policy rule.
rules[].targetServiceAccounts[] 
 string 
A list of service accounts indicating the sets of instances that are applied with this rule.
rules[].targetSecureTags[] 
 object 
A list of secure tags that controls which instances the firewall rule applies to. If targetSecureTag 
are specified, then the firewall rule applies only to instances in the VPC network that have one of those EFFECTIVE secure tags, if all the targetSecureTag are in INEFFECTIVE state, then this rule will be ignored. targetSecureTag 
may not be set at the same time as targetServiceAccounts 
. If neither targetServiceAccounts 
nor targetSecureTag 
are specified, the firewall rule applies to all instances on the specified network. Maximum number of target label tags allowed is 256.
rules[].targetSecureTags[].name 
 string 
Name of the secure tag, created with TagManager's TagValue API.
rules[].targetSecureTags[].state 
 enum 
[Output Only] State of the secure tag, either EFFECTIVE 
or INEFFECTIVE 
. A secure tag is INEFFECTIVE 
when it is deleted or its network is deleted.
rules[].disabled 
 boolean 
Denotes whether the firewall policy rule is disabled. When set to true, the firewall policy rule is not enforced and traffic behaves as if it did not exist. If this is unspecified, the firewall policy rule will be enabled.
rules[].targetType 
 enum 
Target types of the firewall policy rule. Default value is INSTANCES.
rules[].targetForwardingRules[] 
 string 
A list of forwarding rules to which this rule applies. This field allows you to control which load balancers get this rule. For example, the following are valid values:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /global/forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /regions/ region /forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
-  projects/ project /global/ forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
-  projects/ project /regions/ region /forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
packetMirroringRules[] 
 object 
A list of packet mirroring rules that belong to this policy.
packetMirroringRules[].kind 
 string 
[Output only] Type of the resource. Returns compute#firewallPolicyRule 
for firewall rules and compute#packetMirroringRule 
for packet mirroring rules.
packetMirroringRules[].ruleName 
 string 
An optional name for the rule. This field is not a unique identifier and can be updated.
packetMirroringRules[].description 
 string 
An optional description for this resource.
packetMirroringRules[].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.
packetMirroringRules[].match 
 object 
A match condition that incoming traffic is evaluated against. If it evaluates to true, the corresponding 'action' is enforced.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcIpRanges[] 
 string 
CIDR IP address range. Maximum number of source CIDR IP ranges allowed is 5000.
packetMirroringRules[].match.destIpRanges[] 
 string 
CIDR IP address range. Maximum number of destination CIDR IP ranges allowed is 5000.
packetMirroringRules[].match.layer4Configs[] 
 object 
Pairs of IP protocols and ports that the rule should match.
packetMirroringRules[].match.layer4Configs[].ipProtocol 
 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.
packetMirroringRules[].match.layer4Configs[].ports[] 
 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"] 
.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcSecureTags[] 
 object 
firewallPolicies.list of secure tag values, which should be matched at the source of the traffic. For INGRESS rule, if all the srcSecureTag 
are INEFFECTIVE, and there is no srcIpRange 
, this rule will be ignored. Maximum number of source tag values allowed is 256.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcSecureTags[].name 
 string 
Name of the secure tag, created with TagManager's TagValue API.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcSecureTags[].state 
 enum 
[Output Only] State of the secure tag, either EFFECTIVE 
or INEFFECTIVE 
. A secure tag is INEFFECTIVE 
when it is deleted or its network is deleted.
packetMirroringRules[].match.destAddressGroups[] 
 string 
Address groups which should be matched against the traffic destination. Maximum number of destination address groups is 10.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcAddressGroups[] 
 string 
Address groups which should be matched against the traffic source. Maximum number of source address groups is 10.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcFqdns[] 
 string 
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) which should be matched against traffic source. Maximum number of source fqdn allowed is 100.
packetMirroringRules[].match.destFqdns[] 
 string 
Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) which should be matched against traffic destination. Maximum number of destination fqdn allowed is 100.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcRegionCodes[] 
 string 
Region codes whose IP addresses will be used to match for source of traffic. Should be specified as 2 letter country code defined as per ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes. ex."US" Maximum number of source region codes allowed is 5000.
packetMirroringRules[].match.destRegionCodes[] 
 string 
Region codes whose IP addresses will be used to match for destination of traffic. Should be specified as 2 letter country code defined as per ISO 3166 alpha-2 country codes. ex."US" Maximum number of dest region codes allowed is 5000.
packetMirroringRules[].match.destThreatIntelligences[] 
 string 
Names of Network Threat Intelligence lists. The IPs in these lists will be matched against traffic destination.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcThreatIntelligences[] 
 string 
Names of Network Threat Intelligence lists. The IPs in these lists will be matched against traffic source.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcNetworkScope 
 enum 
Network scope of the traffic source.
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcNetworkType 
 enum 
Network type of the traffic source. Allowed values are:
-  UNSPECIFIED
-  INTERNET
-  INTRA_VPC
-  NON_INTERNET
-  VPC_NETWORKS
packetMirroringRules[].match.srcNetworks[] 
 string 
Networks of the traffic source. It can be either a full or partial url.
packetMirroringRules[].match.destNetworkScope 
 enum 
Network scope of the traffic destination.
packetMirroringRules[].match.destNetworkType 
 enum 
Network type of the traffic destination. Allowed values are:
-  UNSPECIFIED
-  INTERNET
-  NON_INTERNET
packetMirroringRules[].action 
 string 
The Action to perform when the client connection triggers the rule. Valid actions for firewall rules are: "allow", "deny", "apply_security_profile_group" and "goto_next". Valid actions for packet mirroring rules are: "mirror", "do_not_mirror" and "goto_next".
packetMirroringRules[].securityProfileGroup 
 string 
A fully-qualified URL of a SecurityProfile resource instance. Example: https://networksecurity.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{project}/locations/{location}/securityProfileGroups/my-security-profile-group Must be specified if action is one of 'apply_security_profile_group' or 'mirror'. Cannot be specified for other actions.
packetMirroringRules[].tlsInspect 
 boolean 
Boolean flag indicating if the traffic should be TLS decrypted. Can be set only if action = 'apply_security_profile_group' and cannot be set for other actions.
packetMirroringRules[].direction 
 enum 
The direction in which this rule applies.
packetMirroringRules[].targetResources[] 
 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.
packetMirroringRules[].enableLogging 
 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.
packetMirroringRules[].ruleTupleCount 
 integer 
[Output Only] Calculation of the complexity of a single firewall policy rule.
packetMirroringRules[].targetServiceAccounts[] 
 string 
A list of service accounts indicating the sets of instances that are applied with this rule.
packetMirroringRules[].targetSecureTags[] 
 object 
A list of secure tags that controls which instances the firewall rule applies to. If targetSecureTag 
are specified, then the firewall rule applies only to instances in the VPC network that have one of those EFFECTIVE secure tags, if all the targetSecureTag are in INEFFECTIVE state, then this rule will be ignored. targetSecureTag 
may not be set at the same time as targetServiceAccounts 
. If neither targetServiceAccounts 
nor targetSecureTag 
are specified, the firewall rule applies to all instances on the specified network. Maximum number of target label tags allowed is 256.
packetMirroringRules[].targetSecureTags[].name 
 string 
Name of the secure tag, created with TagManager's TagValue API.
packetMirroringRules[].targetSecureTags[].state 
 enum 
[Output Only] State of the secure tag, either EFFECTIVE 
or INEFFECTIVE 
. A secure tag is INEFFECTIVE 
when it is deleted or its network is deleted.
packetMirroringRules[].disabled 
 boolean 
Denotes whether the firewall policy rule is disabled. When set to true, the firewall policy rule is not enforced and traffic behaves as if it did not exist. If this is unspecified, the firewall policy rule will be enabled.
packetMirroringRules[].targetType 
 enum 
Target types of the firewall policy rule. Default value is INSTANCES.
packetMirroringRules[].targetForwardingRules[] 
 string 
A list of forwarding rules to which this rule applies. This field allows you to control which load balancers get this rule. For example, the following are valid values:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /global/forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /regions/ region /forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
-  projects/ project /global/ forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
-  projects/ project /regions/ region /forwardingRules/ forwardingRule
fingerprint 
 string ( bytes 
format) 
Specifies a fingerprint for this resource, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata, otherwise the request will fail with error 412 conditionNotMet 
.
To see the latest fingerprint, make get() 
request to the firewall policy.
A base64-encoded string.
selfLink 
 string 
[Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
selfLinkWithId 
 string 
[Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource with the resource id.
associations[] 
 object 
A list of associations that belong to this firewall policy.
associations[].name 
 string 
The name for an association.
associations[].attachmentTarget 
 string 
The target that the firewall policy is attached to.
associations[].firewallPolicyId 
 string 
[Output Only] The firewall policy ID of the association.
associations[].shortName 
 string 
[Output Only] The short name of the firewall policy of the association.
associations[].displayName
 (deprecated) 
 
 string 
[Output Only] Deprecated, please use short name instead. The display name of the firewall policy of the association.
associations[].priority 
 integer 
An integer indicating the priority of an association. The priority must be a positive value between 1 and 2147483647. Firewall Policies are evaluated from highest to lowest priority where 1 is the highest priority and 2147483647 is the lowest priority. The default value is 1000 
. If two associations have the same priority then lexicographical order on association names is applied.
ruleTupleCount 
 integer 
[Output Only] Total count of all firewall policy rule tuples. A firewall policy can not exceed a set number of tuples.
shortName 
 string 
User-provided name of the Organization firewall policy. The name should be unique in the organization in which the firewall policy is created. This field is not applicable to network firewall policies. This name must be set on creation and cannot be changed. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035 
. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? 
which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
displayName
 (deprecated) 
 
 string 
Deprecated, please use short name instead. User-provided name of the Organization firewall policy. The name should be unique in the organization in which the firewall policy is created. This field is not applicable to network firewall policies. This name must be set on creation and cannot be changed. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035 
. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? 
which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
parent 
 string 
[Output Only] The parent of the firewall policy. This field is not applicable to network firewall policies.
region 
 string 
[Output Only] URL of the region where the regional firewall policy resides. This field is not applicable to global firewall policies. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.
policyType 
 enum 
The type of the firewall policy. This field can be either VPC_POLICY 
or RDMA_ROCE_POLICY 
.
Note: if not specified then VPC_POLICY 
will be used.
policySource 
 enum 
[Output Only] Source of this Firewall Policy. USER_DEFINED 
if created by a Cloud user, or SYSTEM 
if created by managed services like GKE.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
-  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.firewallPolicies.get
To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles .

