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| subcategory: "Compute Engine" |
| description: |- |
| Get information about a Backend Service. |
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| |
| # google_compute_backend_service |
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| Provide access to a Backend Service's attribute. For more information |
| see [the official documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/http/backend-service) |
| and the [API](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/backendServices). |
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| ## Example Usage |
| |
| ```tf |
| data "google_compute_backend_service" "baz" { |
| name = "foobar" |
| } |
| |
| resource "google_compute_backend_service" "default" { |
| name = "backend-service" |
| health_checks = [tolist(data.google_compute_backend_service.baz.health_checks)[0]] |
| } |
| ``` |
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| ## Argument Reference |
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| The following arguments are supported: |
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| * `name` - (Required) The name of the Backend Service. |
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| - - - |
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| * `project` - (Optional) The project in which the resource belongs. If it is not provided, the provider project is used. |
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| ## Attributes Reference |
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| In addition to the arguments listed above, the following attributes are exported: |
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| * `connection_draining_timeout_sec` - Time for which instance will be drained (not accept new connections, but still work to finish started ones). |
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| * `description` - Textual description for the Backend Service. |
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| * `enable_cdn` - Whether or not Cloud CDN is enabled on the Backend Service. |
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| * `fingerprint` - The fingerprint of the Backend Service. |
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| * `id` - an identifier for the resource with format `projects/{{project}}/global/backendServices/{{name}}` |
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| * `port_name` - The name of a service that has been added to an instance group in this backend. |
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| * `protocol` - The protocol for incoming requests. |
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| * `self_link` - The URI of the Backend Service. |
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| * `session_affinity` - The Backend Service session stickiness configuration. |
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| * `timeout_sec` - The number of seconds to wait for a backend to respond to a request before considering the request failed. |
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| * `backend` - The set of backends that serve this Backend Service. |
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| * `health_checks` - The set of HTTP/HTTPS health checks used by the Backend Service. |
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| * `generated_id` - The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server. |
