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Network Load Balancer API, gRPC: TargetGroupService.Create

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Updated at December 17, 2024

Creates a target group in the specified folder and adds the specified targets to it.

gRPC request

rpc Create (CreateTargetGroupRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

CreateTargetGroupRequest

{
  "folder_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": "map<string, string>",
  "region_id": "string",
  "targets": [
    {
      "subnet_id": "string",
      "address": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Field

Description

folder_id

string

Required field. ID of the folder to list target groups in.
To get the folder ID, use a TargetGroupService.List request.

name

string

Name of the target group.
The name must be unique within the folder.

description

string

Description of the target group.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Resource labels as key:value pairs.

region_id

string

ID of the availability zone where the target group resides.

targets[]

Target

List of targets within the target group.

Target

A Target resource. For more information, see Target groups and resources.

Field

Description

subnet_id

string

ID of the subnet that targets are connected to.
All targets in the target group must be connected to the same subnet within a single availability zone.

address

string

IP address of the target.

operation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": {
    "target_group_id": "string"
  },
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": {
    "id": "string",
    "folder_id": "string",
    "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "labels": "map<string, string>",
    "region_id": "string",
    "targets": [
      {
        "subnet_id": "string",
        "address": "string"
      }
    ]
  }
  // 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.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp.

created_by

string

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

modified_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

done

bool

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

CreateTargetGroupMetadata

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

google.rpc.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

TargetGroup

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.

CreateTargetGroupMetadata

Field

Description

target_group_id

string

ID of the target group that is being created.

TargetGroup

A TargetGroup resource. For more information, see Target groups and resources.

Field

Description

id

string

Output only. ID of the target group.

folder_id

string

ID of the folder that the target group belongs to.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Output only. Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.

name

string

Name of the target group.
The name is unique within the folder. 3-63 characters long.

description

string

Description of the target group. 0-256 characters long.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

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

region_id

string

ID of the region where the target group resides.

targets[]

Target

A list of targets in the target group.

Target

A Target resource. For more information, see Target groups and resources.

Field

Description

subnet_id

string

ID of the subnet that targets are connected to.
All targets in the target group must be connected to the same subnet within a single availability zone.

address

string

IP address of the target.
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