github.com/turtlemonvh/terraform@v0.6.9-0.20151204001754-8e40b6b855e8/website/source/docs/providers/google/r/compute_backend_service.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "google" 3 page_title: "Google: google_compute_backend_service" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-google-compute-backend-service" 5 description: |- 6 Creates a Backend Service resource for Google Compute Engine. 7 --- 8 9 # google\_compute\_backend\_service 10 11 A Backend Service defines a group of virtual machines that will serve traffic for load balancing. 12 13 ## Example Usage 14 15 ``` 16 resource "google_compute_backend_service" "foobar" { 17 name = "blablah" 18 description = "Hello World 1234" 19 port_name = "http" 20 protocol = "HTTP" 21 timeout_sec = 10 22 region = "us-central1" 23 24 backend { 25 group = "${google_compute_instance_group_manager.foo.instance_group}" 26 } 27 28 health_checks = ["${google_compute_http_health_check.default.self_link}"] 29 } 30 31 resource "google_compute_instance_group_manager" "foo" { 32 name = "terraform-test" 33 instance_template = "${google_compute_instance_template.foobar.self_link}" 34 base_instance_name = "foobar" 35 zone = "us-central1-f" 36 target_size = 1 37 } 38 39 resource "google_compute_instance_template" "foobar" { 40 name = "terraform-test" 41 machine_type = "n1-standard-1" 42 43 network_interface { 44 network = "default" 45 } 46 47 disk { 48 source_image = "debian-7-wheezy-v20140814" 49 auto_delete = true 50 boot = true 51 } 52 } 53 54 resource "google_compute_http_health_check" "default" { 55 name = "test" 56 request_path = "/" 57 check_interval_sec = 1 58 timeout_sec = 1 59 } 60 ``` 61 62 ## Argument Reference 63 64 The following arguments are supported: 65 66 * `name` - (Required) The name of the backend service. 67 * `health_checks` - (Required) Specifies a list of HTTP health check objects 68 for checking the health of the backend service. 69 * `description` - (Optional) The textual description for the backend service. 70 * `backend` - (Optional) The list of backends that serve this BackendService. See *Backend* below. 71 * `region` - (Optional) The region the service sits in. If not specified, the project region is used. 72 * `port_name` - (Optional) The name of a service that has been added to 73 an instance group in this backend. See [related docs](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instance-groups/#specifying_service_endpoints) 74 for details. Defaults to http. 75 * `protocol` - (Optional) The protocol for incoming requests. Defaults to `HTTP`. 76 * `timeout_sec` - (Optional) The number of secs to wait for a backend to respond 77 to a request before considering the request failed. Defaults to `30`. 78 79 **Backend** supports the following attributes: 80 81 * `group` - (Required) The name or URI of a Compute Engine instance group (`google_compute_instance_group_manager.xyz.instance_group`) that can receive traffic. 82 * `balancing_mode` - (Optional) Defines the strategy for balancing load. Defaults to `UTILIZATION` 83 * `capacity_scaler` - (Optional) A float in the range [0, 1.0] that scales the maximum parameters for the group (e.g., max rate). A value of 0.0 will cause no requests to be sent to the group (i.e., it adds the group in a drained state). The default is 1.0. 84 * `description` - (Optional) Textual description for the backend. 85 * `max_rate` - (Optional) Maximum requests per second (RPS) that the group can handle. 86 * `max_rate_per_instance` - (Optional) The maximum per-instance requests per second (RPS). 87 * `max_utilization` - (Optional) The target CPU utilization for the group as a float in the range [0.0, 1.0]. This flag can only be provided when the balancing mode is `UTILIZATION`. Defaults to `0.8`. 88 89 ## Attributes Reference 90 91 The following attributes are exported: 92 93 * `name` - The name of the resource. 94 * `self_link` - The URI of the created resource.