gcloud alpha compute backend-services edit

NAME
gcloud alpha compute backend-services edit - modify a backend service
SYNOPSIS
gcloud alpha compute backend-services editBACKEND_SERVICE_NAME[--global    |--region=REGION][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
DESCRIPTION
(ALPHA)gcloud alpha compute backend-services editmodifies a backend service of a Google Cloud load balancer or Traffic Director.The backend service resource is fetched from the server and presented in a texteditor that displays the configurable fields.

The specific editor is defined by theEDITOR environment variable.

The name of each backend corresponds to the name of an instance group, zonalNEG, serverless NEG, or internet NEG.

To add, remove, or swap backends, use thegcloud compute backend-servicesremove-backend andgcloud computebackend-services add-backend commands.

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
BACKEND_SERVICE_NAME
Name of the backend service to operate on.
FLAGS
At most one of these can be specified:
--global
If set, the backend service is global.
--region=REGION
Region of the backend service to operate on. Overrides the defaultcompute/region property value for this command invocation.
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.

NOTES
This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If thiscommand fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early accessallowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloudcomputebackend-servicesedit
gcloudbetacomputebackend-servicesedit

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Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC.