- NAME
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- gcloud beta compute url-maps add-path-matcher - add a path matcher to a URL map
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta compute url-maps add-path-matcherURL_MAP--path-matcher-name=PATH_MATCHER_NAME(--default-backend-bucket=DEFAULT_BACKEND_BUCKET|--default-service=DEFAULT_SERVICE) [--backend-bucket-path-rules=PATH=BUCKET, [PATH=BUCKET, …]] [--backend-service-path-rules=PATH=SERVICE, […]] [--delete-orphaned-path-matcher] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--path-rules=PATH=SERVICE, […]] [--existing-host=EXISTING_HOST|--new-hosts=NEW_HOST, [NEW_HOST, …]] [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)gcloud beta compute url-maps add-path-matcheris used to add a path matcher to a URL map. A path matcher maps HTTP request paths to backend services or backend buckets. Each path matcher must be referenced by at least one host rule. This command can create a new host rule through the--new-hostsflag or it can reconfigure an existing host rule to point to the newly added path matcher using--existing-host. In the latter case, if a path matcher is orphaned as a result of the operation, this command will fail unless--delete-orphaned-path-matcheris provided. Path matcher constraints can be found here . - EXAMPLES
- To create a rule for mapping the path
/search/*to the hypotheticalsearch-service,/static/*to thestatic-bucketbackend bucket and/images/*to theimages-serviceunder the hostsexample.comand*.example.com, run:gcloud beta compute url-maps add-path-matcher MY-URL-MAP --path-matcher-name = MY-MATCHER --default-service = MY-DEFAULT-SERVICE --backend-service-path-rules = '/search/*=search_service,/images/*=images-service' --backend-bucket-path-rules = '/static/*=static-bucket' --new-hosts = example.com '*.example.com'Note that a default service or default backend bucket must be provided to handle paths for which there is no mapping.
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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URL_MAP - Name of the URL map to operate on.
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- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--path-matcher-name=PATH_MATCHER_NAME - The name to assign to the path matcher.
- Exactly one of these must be specified:
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--default-backend-bucket=DEFAULT_BACKEND_BUCKET - A backend bucket that will be used for requests that the path matcher cannot match. Exactly one of --default-service or --default-backend-bucket is required.
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--default-service=DEFAULT_SERVICE - A backend service that will be used for requests that the path matcher cannot match. Exactly one of --default-service or --default-backend-bucket is required.
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- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--backend-bucket-path-rules=PATH=BUCKET,[PATH=BUCKET,…] - Rules for mapping request paths to backend buckets.
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--backend-service-path-rules=PATH=SERVICE,[…] - Rules for mapping request paths to services.
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--delete-orphaned-path-matcher - If provided and a path matcher is orphaned as a result of this command, the command removes the orphaned path matcher instead of failing.
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--description=DESCRIPTION - An optional, textual description for the path matcher.
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--path-rules=PATH=SERVICE,[…] - Rules for mapping request paths to services.
- At most one of these can be specified:
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--existing-host=EXISTING_HOST - An existing host rule to tie the new path matcher to. Although host rules can contain more than one host, only a single host is needed to uniquely identify the host rule.
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--new-hosts=NEW_HOST,[NEW_HOST,…] - If specified, a new host rule with the given hosts is created and the path matcher is tied to the new host rule.
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- At most one of these can be specified:
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--global - If set, the URL map is global.
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--region=REGION - Region of the URL map to operate on. If not specified, you might be prompted to
select a region (interactive mode only).
To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set the
property:compute/regiongcloud config set compute/region REGIONA list of regions can be fetched by running:
gcloud compute regions listTo unset the property, run:
gcloud config unset compute/regionAlternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variable
.CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION
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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 url-maps add-path-matchergcloud alpha compute url-maps add-path-matchergcloud preview compute url-maps add-path-matcher
gcloud beta compute url-maps add-path-matcher
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

