- NAME
-
- gcloud alpha compute health-sources create - create a health source
- SYNOPSIS
-
-
gcloud alpha compute health-sources create
(HEALTH_SOURCE
:--region
=REGION
)--health-aggregation-policy
=HEALTH_AGGREGATION_POLICY
--sources
=[SOURCES
,…] [--async
] [--description
=DESCRIPTION
] [--source-type
=SOURCE_TYPE
; default="backend-service"] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …
]
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
(ALPHA)
Create a health source. - EXAMPLES
-
The following command creates a new health source:
gcloud alpha compute health-sources create <HEALTH_SOURCE_NAME> --region=<REGION> --source-type=BACKEND_SERVICE --sources=my-backend-service --health-aggregation-policy=my-health-aggregation-policy
- POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
-
-
Health source resource - The name of the health source you want to create. The
arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.
(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in
other ways.
To set the
project
attribute:-
provide the argument
health_source
on the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--project
on the command line; -
set the property
core/project
.
This must be specified.
HEALTH_SOURCE
-
ID of the health source or fully qualified identifier for the health source.
To set the
health_source
attribute:-
provide the argument
health_source
on the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
-
provide the argument
--region
=REGION
-
The name of the Google Compute Engine region.
To set the
region
attribute:-
provide the argument
health_source
on the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--region
on the command line; -
set the property
compute/region
.
-
provide the argument
-
provide the argument
-
Health source resource - The name of the health source you want to create. The
arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource.
(NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in
other ways.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
-
--health-aggregation-policy
=HEALTH_AGGREGATION_POLICY
- URL to the health aggregation policy resource. Must be set. Must be regional and in the same region as the HealthSource. Can be mutated.
--sources
=[SOURCES
,…]- URLs to the source resources. Must be size 1. Must be a BackendService if the sourceType is BACKEND_SERVICE. The BackendService must have load balancing scheme INTERNAL or INTERNAL_MANAGED and must be regional and in the same region as the HealthSource (cross-region deployment for INTERNAL_MANAGED is not supported). The BackendService may use only IGs, MIGs, or NEGs of type GCE_VM_IP or GCE_VM_IP_PORT. The BackendService may not use haPolicy. Can be mutated.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
-
--async
- Return immediately, without waiting for the operation in progress to complete.
--description
=DESCRIPTION
- A textual description of the HealthSource.
--source-type
=SOURCE_TYPE
; default="backend-service"-
Specifies the type of the HealthSource. The only allowed value is
BACKEND_SERVICE. Must be specified when the HealthSource is created, and cannot
be mutated.
SOURCE_TYPE
must be (only one value is supported):backend-service
.
- 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 help
for details. - API REFERENCE
-
This command uses the
compute/alpha
API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ - NOTES
-
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. This variant is also available:
gcloud beta compute health-sources create
gcloud alpha compute health-sources create
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Last updated 2025-10-07 UTC.