REST Resource: targetSslProxies

Resource: TargetSslProxy

Represents a Target SSL Proxy resource.

A target SSL proxy is a component of a Proxy Network Load Balancer. The forwarding rule references the target SSL proxy, and the target proxy then references a backend service. For more information, readProxy Network Load Balancer overview.

JSON representation
{"kind":string,"id":string,"creationTimestamp":string,"name":string,"description":string,"selfLink":string,"service":string,"sslCertificates":[string],"certificateMap":string,"proxyHeader":enum,"sslPolicy":string}
Fields
kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Alwayscompute#targetSslProxy for target SSL proxies.

id

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.

creationTimestamp

string

[Output Only] Creation timestamp inRFC3339 text format.

name

string

Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply withRFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.

description

string

An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.

selfLink

string

[Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.

service

string

URL to the BackendService resource.

sslCertificates[]

string

URLs toSslCertificate resources that are used to authenticate connections to Backends. At least one SSL certificate must be specified. Currently, you may specify up to 15 SSL certificates. sslCertificates do not apply when the load balancing scheme is set to INTERNAL_SELF_MANAGED.

certificateMap

string

URL of a certificate map that identifies a certificate map associated with the given target proxy. This field can only be set for global target proxies. If set, sslCertificates will be ignored.

Accepted format is//certificatemanager.googleapis.com/projects/{project}/locations/{location}/certificateMaps/{resourceName}.

proxyHeader

enum

Specifies the type of proxy header to append before sending data to the backend, eitherNONE orPROXY_V1. The default isNONE.

sslPolicy

string

URL of SslPolicy resource that will be associated with the TargetSslProxy resource. If not set, the TargetSslProxy resource will not have any SSL policy configured.

Methods

delete

 Deletes the specified TargetSslProxy resource.

get

 Returns the specified TargetSslProxy resource.

insert

 Creates a TargetSslProxy resource in the specified project using the data included in the request.

list

 Retrieves the list ofTargetSslProxy resources available to the specified project.

setBackendService

 Changes the BackendService for TargetSslProxy.

setCertificateMap

 Changes the Certificate Map for TargetSslProxy.

setProxyHeader

 Changes the ProxyHeaderType for TargetSslProxy.

setSslCertificates

 Changes SslCertificates for TargetSslProxy.

setSslPolicy

 Sets the SSL policy for TargetSslProxy.

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Last updated 2025-07-28 UTC.