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    Method: firewalls.patch

    Updates the specified firewall rule with the data included in the request. This method supports PATCH semantics and uses the JSON merge patch format and processing rules.

    HTTP request

    PATCH https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/global/firewalls/{firewall}

    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
    project

    string

    Project ID for this request.
    firewall

    string

    Name of the firewall rule to patch.

    Query parameters

    Parameters
    requestId

    string

    An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed.

    For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.

    The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported ( 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 ).

    Request body

    The request body contains data with the following structure:

    JSON representation 
     { 
 "kind" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "id" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "creationTimestamp" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "name" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "description" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "network" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "priority" 
 : 
 integer 
 , 
 "sourceRanges" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 , 
 "destinationRanges" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 , 
 "sourceTags" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 , 
 "targetTags" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 , 
 "sourceServiceAccounts" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 , 
 "targetServiceAccounts" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 , 
 "allowed" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 "IPProtocol" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "ports" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 } 
 ] 
 , 
 "denied" 
 : 
 [ 
 { 
 "IPProtocol" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "ports" 
 : 
 [ 
 string 
 ] 
 } 
 ] 
 , 
 "direction" 
 : 
 enum 
 , 
 "enableLogging" 
 : 
 boolean 
 , 
 "logConfig" 
 : 
 { 
 "enable" 
 : 
 boolean 
 , 
 "metadata" 
 : 
 enum 
 } 
 , 
 "disabled" 
 : 
 boolean 
 , 
 "selfLink" 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 "params" 
 : 
 { 
 "resourceManagerTags" 
 : 
 { 
 string 
 : 
 string 
 , 
 ... 
 } 
 } 
 }
    Fields
    kind

    string

    [Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#firewall for firewall rules.

    id

    string ( uint64 format)

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

    creationTimestamp

    string

    [Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

    name

    string

    [REQUIRED] Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. 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])? . The first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters (except for the last character) must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit. The last character must be a lowercase letter or digit.

    description

    string

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

    network

    string

    URL of the network resource for this firewall rule. If not specified when creating a firewall rule, the default network is used:

    global/networks/default
     If you choose to specify this field, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:

    Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource network :

    • compute.networks.updatePolicy
    priority

    integer

    Priority for this rule. This is an integer between 0 and 65535 , both inclusive. The default value is 1000 . Relative priorities determine which rule takes effect if multiple rules apply. Lower values indicate higher priority. For example, a rule with priority 0 has higher precedence than a rule with priority 1 . DENY rules take precedence over ALLOW rules if they have equal priority. Note that VPC networks have implied rules with a priority of 65535 . To avoid conflicts with the implied rules, use a priority number less than 65535 .

    sourceRanges[]

    string

    If source ranges are specified, the firewall rule applies only to traffic that has a source IP address in these ranges. These ranges must be expressed in CIDR format. One or both of sourceRanges and sourceTags may be set. If both fields are set, the rule applies to traffic that has a source IP address within sourceRanges OR a source IP from a resource with a matching tag listed in the sourceTags field. The connection does not need to match both fields for the rule to apply. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

    destinationRanges[]

    string

    If destination ranges are specified, the firewall rule applies only to traffic that has destination IP address in these ranges. These ranges must be expressed in CIDR format. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are supported.

    sourceTags[]

    string

    If source tags are specified, the firewall rule applies only to traffic with source IPs that match the primary network interfaces of VM instances that have the tag and are in the same VPC network. Source tags cannot be used to control traffic to an instance's external IP address, it only applies to traffic between instances in the same virtual network. Because tags are associated with instances, not IP addresses. One or both of sourceRanges and sourceTags may be set. If both fields are set, the firewall applies to traffic that has a source IP address within sourceRanges OR a source IP from a resource with a matching tag listed in the sourceTags field. The connection does not need to match both fields for the firewall to apply.

    targetTags[]

    string

    A list of tags that controls which instances the firewall rule applies to. If targetTags are specified, then the firewall rule applies only to instances in the VPC network that have one of those tags. If no targetTags are specified, the firewall rule applies to all instances on the specified network.

    allowed[]

    object

    The list of ALLOW rules specified by this firewall. Each rule specifies a protocol and port-range tuple that describes a permitted connection.

    allowed[].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.

    allowed[].ports[]

    string

    An optional list of ports to which this rule applies. This field is only applicable for the 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"] .

    denied[]

    object

    The list of DENY rules specified by this firewall. Each rule specifies a protocol and port-range tuple that describes a denied connection.

    denied[].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.

    denied[].ports[]

    string

    An optional list of ports to which this rule applies. This field is only applicable for the 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"] .

    direction

    enum

    Direction of traffic to which this firewall applies, either INGRESS or EGRESS . The default is INGRESS . For EGRESS traffic, you cannot specify the sourceTags fields.

    enableLogging
    (deprecated)

    boolean

    Deprecated in favor of enable in LogConfig. This field denotes whether to enable logging for a particular firewall rule. If logging is enabled, logs will be exported t Cloud Logging.

    logConfig

    object

    This field denotes the logging options for a particular firewall rule. If logging is enabled, logs will be exported to Cloud Logging.

    logConfig.enable

    boolean

    This field denotes whether to enable logging for a particular firewall rule.

    logConfig.metadata

    enum

    This field can only be specified for a particular firewall rule if logging is enabled for that rule. This field denotes whether to include or exclude metadata for firewall logs.

    disabled

    boolean

    Denotes whether the firewall rule is disabled. When set to true, the firewall rule is not enforced and the network behaves as if it did not exist. If this is unspecified, the firewall rule will be enabled.

    params

    object

    Input only. [Input Only] Additional params passed with the request, but not persisted as part of resource payload.

    params.resourceManagerTags

    map (key: string, value: string)

    Tag keys/values directly bound to this resource. Tag keys and values have the same definition as resource manager tags . The field is allowed for INSERT only. The keys/values to set on the resource should be specified in either ID { : } or Namespaced format { : }. For example the following are valid inputs: * {"tagKeys/333" : "tagValues/444", "tagKeys/123" : "tagValues/456"} * {"123/environment" : "production", "345/abc" : "xyz"} Note: * Invalid combinations of ID & namespaced format is not supported. For instance: {"123/environment" : "tagValues/444"} is invalid.

    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 regular expression of [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.firewalls.get
    • compute.firewalls.update
    • compute.networks.updatePolicy

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