Method: regionSnapshotSettings.get

regionSnapshotSettings.get region snapshot settings.

HTTP request

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/regions/{region}/snapshotSettings

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax. To know more about valid error responses that can be thrown by this HTTP request, please refer to theservice error catalog

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.

region

string

Name of the region for this request.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{"storageLocation":{"policy":enum,"locations":{string:{"name":string},...}},"accessLocation":{"locations":{string:{"region":string},...},"policy":enum}}
Fields
storageLocation

object

Policy of which storage location is going to be resolved, and additional data that particularizes how the policy is going to be carried out.

storageLocation.policy

enum

The chosen location policy.

storageLocation.locations[]

map (key: string, value: object)

When the policy is SPECIFIC_LOCATIONS, snapshots will be stored in the locations listed in this field. Keys are Cloud Storage bucket locations. Only one location can be specified.

storageLocation.locations[].name

string

Name of the location. It should be one of the Cloud Storage buckets. Only one location can be specified.

accessLocation

object

(Regional snapshots use only)Policy of which location is allowed to access snapshot.

accessLocation.locations[]

map (key: string, value: object)

List of regions that can restore a regional snapshot from the current region

accessLocation.locations[].region

string

Accessible region name

accessLocation.policy

enum

Policy of which location is allowed to access snapshot.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the followingIAM permissions:

  • compute.snapshotSettings.get

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

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Last updated 2025-09-18 UTC.