- NAME
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- gcloud compute url-maps set-default-service - change the default service or default bucket of a URL map
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud compute url-maps set-default-serviceURL_MAP(--default-backend-bucket=DEFAULT_BACKEND_BUCKET|--default-service=DEFAULT_SERVICE) [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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gcloud compute url-maps set-default-serviceis used to change the default service or default bucket of a URL map. The default service or default bucket is used for any requests for which there is no mapping in the URL map. - 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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- 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 for which this URL map has no mappings.
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--default-service=DEFAULT_SERVICE - A backend service that will be used for requests for which this URL map has no mappings.
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- Exactly one of these must be specified:
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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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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- At most one of these can be specified:
- 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
- These variants are also available:
gcloud alpha compute url-maps set-default-servicegcloud beta compute url-maps set-default-servicegcloud preview compute url-maps set-default-service
gcloud compute url-maps set-default-service
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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

