- HTTP request
 - Path parameters
 - Request body
 - Response body
 - Authorization scopes
 - IAM Permissions
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Patch VM instances by creating and running a patch job.
HTTP request
POST https://osconfig.googleapis.com/v1beta/{parent=projects/*}/patchJobs:execute
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
parent | 
                
                   
 Required. The project in which to run this patch in the form   | 
              
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation | 
|---|
{ "description": string, "instanceFilter": { object (  | 
                
| Fields | |
|---|---|
description | 
                  
                     
 Description of the patch job. Length of the description is limited to 1024 characters.  | 
                
instanceFilter | 
                  
                     
 Required. Instances to patch, either explicitly or filtered by some criteria such as zone or labels.  | 
                
patchConfig | 
                  
                     
 Patch configuration being applied. If omitted, instances are patched using the default configurations.  | 
                
duration | 
                  
                     
 Duration of the patch job. After the duration ends, the patch job times out. A duration in seconds with up to nine fractional digits, ending with '  | 
                
dryRun | 
                  
                     
 If this patch is a dry-run only, instances are contacted but will do nothing.  | 
                
displayName | 
                  
                     
 Display name for this patch job. This does not have to be unique.  | 
                
rollout | 
                  
                     
 Rollout strategy of the patch job.  | 
                
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of PatchJob.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.
IAM Permissions
Requires the following IAM permission on the parent resource:
osconfig.patchJobs.exec
For more information, see the IAM documentation.