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  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • ListenerSpec
  • ExternalAddressSpec
  • InternalAddressSpec
  • AttachedTargetGroup
  • HealthCheck
  • TcpOptions
  • HttpOptions
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  1. API reference
  2. REST
  3. NetworkLoadBalancer
  4. Update

Network Load Balancer API, REST: NetworkLoadBalancer.Update

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at April 24, 2025
  • HTTP request
  • Path parameters
  • Body parameters
  • ListenerSpec
  • ExternalAddressSpec
  • InternalAddressSpec
  • AttachedTargetGroup
  • HealthCheck
  • TcpOptions
  • HttpOptions
  • Response
  • UpdateNetworkLoadBalancerMetadata
  • Status
  • NetworkLoadBalancer
  • Listener
  • AttachedTargetGroup
  • HealthCheck
  • TcpOptions
  • HttpOptions

Updates the specified network load balancer.

HTTP request

PATCH https://load-balancer.api.cloud.yandex.net/load-balancer/v1/networkLoadBalancers/{networkLoadBalancerId}

Path parameters

Field

Description

networkLoadBalancerId

string

Required field. ID of the network load balancer to update.
To get the network load balancer ID, use a NetworkLoadBalancerService.List request.

Body parameters

{
  "updateMask": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": "object",
  "listenerSpecs": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "port": "string",
      "protocol": "string",
      // Includes only one of the fields `externalAddressSpec`, `internalAddressSpec`
      "externalAddressSpec": {
        "address": "string",
        "ipVersion": "string"
      },
      "internalAddressSpec": {
        "address": "string",
        "subnetId": "string",
        "ipVersion": "string"
      },
      // end of the list of possible fields
      "targetPort": "string"
    }
  ],
  "attachedTargetGroups": [
    {
      "targetGroupId": "string",
      "healthChecks": [
        {
          "name": "string",
          "interval": "string",
          "timeout": "string",
          "unhealthyThreshold": "string",
          "healthyThreshold": "string",
          // Includes only one of the fields `tcpOptions`, `httpOptions`
          "tcpOptions": {
            "port": "string"
          },
          "httpOptions": {
            "port": "string",
            "path": "string"
          }
          // end of the list of possible fields
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "deletionProtection": "boolean",
  "allowZonalShift": "boolean"
}

Field

Description

updateMask

string (field-mask)

A comma-separated names off ALL fields to be updated.
Only the specified fields will be changed. The others will be left untouched.
If the field is specified in updateMask and no value for that field was sent in the request,
the field's value will be reset to the default. The default value for most fields is null or 0.

If updateMask is not sent in the request, all fields' values will be updated.
Fields specified in the request will be updated to provided values.
The rest of the fields will be reset to the default.

name

string

Name of the network load balancer.
The name must be unique within the folder.

description

string

Description of the network load balancer.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Resource labels as key:value pairs.

The existing set of labels is completely replaced with the provided set.

listenerSpecs[]

ListenerSpec

A list of listeners and their specs for the network load balancer.

attachedTargetGroups[]

AttachedTargetGroup

A list of attached target groups for the network load balancer.

deletionProtection

boolean

Specifies if network load balancer protected from deletion.

allowZonalShift

boolean

Specifies if network load balancer available to zonal shift.

ListenerSpec

Listener specification that will be used by a network load balancer.

Field

Description

name

string

Required field. Name of the listener. The name must be unique for each listener on a single load balancer. 3-63 characters long.

port

string (int64)

Port for incoming traffic.

protocol

enum (Protocol)

Required field. Protocol for incoming traffic.

  • PROTOCOL_UNSPECIFIED
  • TCP
  • UDP

externalAddressSpec

ExternalAddressSpec

External IP address specification.

Includes only one of the fields externalAddressSpec, internalAddressSpec.

IP address for incoming traffic. Either the ID of the previously created address or the address specification.

internalAddressSpec

InternalAddressSpec

Internal IP address specification.

Includes only one of the fields externalAddressSpec, internalAddressSpec.

IP address for incoming traffic. Either the ID of the previously created address or the address specification.

targetPort

string (int64)

Port of a target.
Acceptable values are 1 to 65535, inclusive.

ExternalAddressSpec

External address specification that is used by ListenerSpec.

Field

Description

address

string

Public IP address for a listener.
If you provide a static public IP address for the NetworkLoadBalancerService.Update
method, it will replace the existing listener address.

ipVersion

enum (IpVersion)

IP version.

  • IP_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED
  • IPV4: IPv4
  • IPV6: IPv6

InternalAddressSpec

Internal address specification that is used by ListenerSpec.

Field

Description

address

string

Internal IP address for a listener.

subnetId

string

ID of the subnet.

ipVersion

enum (IpVersion)

IP version.

  • IP_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED
  • IPV4: IPv4
  • IPV6: IPv6

AttachedTargetGroup

An AttachedTargetGroup resource. For more information, see Targets and groups.

Field

Description

targetGroupId

string

Required field. ID of the target group.

healthChecks[]

HealthCheck

A health check to perform on the target group.
For now we accept only one health check per AttachedTargetGroup.

HealthCheck

A HealthCheck resource. For more information, see Health check.

Field

Description

name

string

Required field. Name of the health check. The name must be unique for each target group that attached to a single load balancer. 3-63 characters long.

interval

string (duration)

The interval between health checks. The default is 2 seconds.

timeout

string (duration)

Timeout for a target to return a response for the health check. The default is 1 second.

unhealthyThreshold

string (int64)

Number of failed health checks before changing the status to UNHEALTHY. The default is 2.

healthyThreshold

string (int64)

Number of successful health checks required in order to set the HEALTHY status for the target. The default is 2.

tcpOptions

TcpOptions

Options for TCP health check.

Includes only one of the fields tcpOptions, httpOptions.

Protocol to use for the health check. Either TCP or HTTP.

httpOptions

HttpOptions

Options for HTTP health check.

Includes only one of the fields tcpOptions, httpOptions.

Protocol to use for the health check. Either TCP or HTTP.

TcpOptions

Configuration option for a TCP health check.

Field

Description

port

string (int64)

Port to use for TCP health checks.

HttpOptions

Configuration option for an HTTP health check.

Field

Description

port

string (int64)

Port to use for HTTP health checks.

path

string

URL path to set for health checking requests for every target in the target group.
For example /ping. The default path is /.

Response

HTTP Code: 200 - OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "createdAt": "string",
  "createdBy": "string",
  "modifiedAt": "string",
  "done": "boolean",
  "metadata": {
    "networkLoadBalancerId": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": {
    "code": "integer",
    "message": "string",
    "details": [
      "object"
    ]
  },
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folderId": "string",
    "createdAt": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "labels": "object",
    "regionId": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "sessionAffinity": "string",
    "listeners": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "address": "string",
        "port": "string",
        "protocol": "string",
        "targetPort": "string",
        "subnetId": "string",
        "ipVersion": "string"
      }
    ],
    "attachedTargetGroups": [
      {
        "targetGroupId": "string",
        "healthChecks": [
          {
            "name": "string",
            "interval": "string",
            "timeout": "string",
            "unhealthyThreshold": "string",
            "healthyThreshold": "string",
            // Includes only one of the fields `tcpOptions`, `httpOptions`
            "tcpOptions": {
              "port": "string"
            },
            "httpOptions": {
              "port": "string",
              "path": "string"
            }
            // end of the list of possible fields
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "deletionProtection": "boolean",
    "allowZonalShift": "boolean"
  }
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Creation timestamp.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

createdBy

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modifiedAt

string (date-time)

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

done

boolean

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

UpdateNetworkLoadBalancerMetadata

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

NetworkLoadBalancer

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

UpdateNetworkLoadBalancerMetadata

Field

Description

networkLoadBalancerId

string

ID of the NetworkLoadBalancer resource that is being updated.

Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Field

Description

code

integer (int32)

Error code. An enum value of google.rpc.Code.

message

string

An error message.

details[]

object

A list of messages that carry the error details.

NetworkLoadBalancer

A NetworkLoadBalancer resource. For more information, see Network Load Balancer.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the network load balancer.

folderId

string

ID of the folder that the network load balancer belongs to.

createdAt

string (date-time)

Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

String in RFC3339 text format. The range of possible values is from
0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z, i.e. from 0 to 9 digits for fractions of a second.

To work with values in this field, use the APIs described in the
Protocol Buffers reference.
In some languages, built-in datetime utilities do not support nanosecond precision (9 digits).

name

string

Name of the network load balancer. The name is unique within the folder. 3-63 characters long.

description

string

Optional description of the network load balancer. 0-256 characters long.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Resource labels as key:value pairs. Maximum of 64 per resource.

regionId

string

ID of the region that the network load balancer belongs to.

status

enum (Status)

Status of the network load balancer.

  • STATUS_UNSPECIFIED
  • CREATING: Network load balancer is being created.
  • STARTING: Network load balancer is being started.
  • ACTIVE: Network load balancer is active and sends traffic to the targets.
  • STOPPING: Network load balancer is being stopped.
  • STOPPED: Network load balancer is stopped and doesn't send traffic to the targets.
  • DELETING: Network load balancer is being deleted.
  • INACTIVE: The load balancer doesn't have any listeners or target groups, or
    attached target groups are empty. The load balancer doesn't perform any health checks or
    send traffic in this state.

type

enum (Type)

Type of the network load balancer. Only external network load balancers are available now.

  • TYPE_UNSPECIFIED
  • EXTERNAL: External network load balancer.
  • INTERNAL: Internal network load balancer.

sessionAffinity

enum (SessionAffinity)

Type of the session affinity. Only 5-tuple affinity is available now.

  • SESSION_AFFINITY_UNSPECIFIED
  • CLIENT_IP_PORT_PROTO: 5-tuple affinity.

listeners[]

Listener

List of listeners for the network load balancer.

attachedTargetGroups[]

AttachedTargetGroup

List of target groups attached to the network load balancer.

deletionProtection

boolean

Specifies if network load balancer protected from deletion.

allowZonalShift

boolean

Specifies if network load balancer available to zonal shift.

Listener

A Listener resource. For more information, see Listener

Field

Description

name

string

Name of the listener. The name must be unique for each listener on a single load balancer. 3-63 characters long.

address

string

IP address for the listener.

port

string (int64)

Port.

protocol

enum (Protocol)

Network protocol for incoming traffic.

  • PROTOCOL_UNSPECIFIED
  • TCP
  • UDP

targetPort

string (int64)

Port of a target.

subnetId

string

ID of the subnet.

ipVersion

enum (IpVersion)

IP version of the external address.

  • IP_VERSION_UNSPECIFIED
  • IPV4: IPv4
  • IPV6: IPv6

AttachedTargetGroup

An AttachedTargetGroup resource. For more information, see Targets and groups.

Field

Description

targetGroupId

string

Required field. ID of the target group.

healthChecks[]

HealthCheck

A health check to perform on the target group.
For now we accept only one health check per AttachedTargetGroup.

HealthCheck

A HealthCheck resource. For more information, see Health check.

Field

Description

name

string

Required field. Name of the health check. The name must be unique for each target group that attached to a single load balancer. 3-63 characters long.

interval

string (duration)

The interval between health checks. The default is 2 seconds.

timeout

string (duration)

Timeout for a target to return a response for the health check. The default is 1 second.

unhealthyThreshold

string (int64)

Number of failed health checks before changing the status to UNHEALTHY. The default is 2.

healthyThreshold

string (int64)

Number of successful health checks required in order to set the HEALTHY status for the target. The default is 2.

tcpOptions

TcpOptions

Options for TCP health check.

Includes only one of the fields tcpOptions, httpOptions.

Protocol to use for the health check. Either TCP or HTTP.

httpOptions

HttpOptions

Options for HTTP health check.

Includes only one of the fields tcpOptions, httpOptions.

Protocol to use for the health check. Either TCP or HTTP.

TcpOptions

Configuration option for a TCP health check.

Field

Description

port

string (int64)

Port to use for TCP health checks.

HttpOptions

Configuration option for an HTTP health check.

Field

Description

port

string (int64)

Port to use for HTTP health checks.

path

string

URL path to set for health checking requests for every target in the target group.
For example /ping. The default path is /.

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