github.com/hobbeswalsh/terraform@v0.3.7-0.20150619183303-ad17cf55a0fa/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_target_pool.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "google" 3 page_title: "Google: google_compute_target_pool" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-google-resource-target_pool" 5 description: |- 6 Manages a Target Pool within GCE. 7 --- 8 9 # google\_compute\_target\_pool 10 11 Manages a Target Pool within GCE. This is a collection of instances used as 12 target of a network load balancer (Forwarding Rule). For more information see 13 [the official 14 documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/network/target-pools) 15 and [API](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/targetPools). 16 17 18 ## Example Usage 19 20 ``` 21 resource "google_compute_target_pool" "default" { 22 name = "test" 23 instances = [ "us-central1-a/myinstance1", "us-central1-b/myinstance2" ] 24 health_checks = [ "${google_compute_http_health_check.default.name}" ] 25 } 26 ``` 27 28 ## Argument Reference 29 30 The following arguments are supported: 31 32 * `backup_pool` - (Optional) URL to the backup target pool. Must also set 33 failover\_ratio. 34 35 * `description` - (Optional) Textual description field. 36 37 * `failover_ratio` - (Optional) Ratio (0 to 1) of failed nodes before using the 38 backup pool (which must also be set). 39 40 * `health_checks` - (Optional) List of zero or one healthcheck names. 41 42 * `instances` - (Optional) List of instances in the pool. They can be given as 43 URLs, or in the form of "zone/name". Note that the instances need not exist 44 at the time of target pool creation, so there is no need to use the Terraform 45 interpolators to create a dependency on the instances from the target pool. 46 47 * `name` - (Required) A unique name for the resource, required by GCE. Changing 48 this forces a new resource to be created. 49 50 * `session_affinity` - (Optional) How to distribute load. Options are "NONE" (no affinity). "CLIENT\_IP" (hash of the source/dest addresses / ports), and "CLIENT\_IP\_PROTO" also includes the protocol (default "NONE"). 51 52 53 ## Attributes Reference 54 55 The following attributes are exported: 56 57 * `self_link` - The URL of the created resource. 58