Updating a Forwarding Policy

Function

This API is used to update a forwarding policy. You can select another backend server group or redirect to another HTTPS listener.

URI

PUT /v2.0/lbaas/l7policies/{l7policy_id}

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

l7policy_id

Yes

Object

Specifies the forwarding policy ID.

Request

Table 2 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

l7policy

Yes

Object

Specifies the forwarding policy. For details, see Table 3.

Table 3 l7policy parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

No

String

Specifies the forwarding policy name.

The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.

description

No

String

Provides supplementary information about the forwarding policy.

The value contains a maximum of 255 characters.

redirect_pool_id

No

String

Specifies the ID of the backend server group to which traffic is forwarded. The default value is null.

This parameter is mandatory when action is set to REDIRECT_TO_POOL.

This parameter cannot be specified when action is set to REDIRECT_TO_LISTENER.

The backend server group must meet the following requirements:

  • Cannot be the default backend server group of the listener.

  • Cannot be the backend server group used by forwarding policies of other listeners.

redirect_listener_id

No

String

Specifies the ID of the listener to which the traffic is redirected. The default value is null.

This parameter is mandatory when action is set to REDIRECT_TO_LISTENER.

This parameter cannot be specified when action is set to REDIRECT_TO_POOL. The listener must meet the following requirements:

  • Can only be an HTTPS listener.

  • Can only be a listener of the same load balancer.

admin_state_up

No

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the forwarding policy.

This parameter is reserved, and the default value is true.

Response

Table 4 Response parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

l7policy

Yes

Object

Specifies the forwarding policy. For details, see Table 5.

Table 5 l7policy parameter description

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the forwarding policy ID.

tenant_id

String

Specifies the ID of the project where the forwarding policy is used.

name

String

Specifies the forwarding policy name.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the forwarding policy.

This parameter is reserved. The value can be true or false.

  • true: Enabled

  • false: Disabled

description

String

Provides supplementary information about the forwarding policy.

listener_id

String

Specifies the ID of the listener to which the forwarding policy is added.

action

String

Specifies whether requests are forwarded to another backend server group or redirected to an HTTPS listener.

The value can be one of the following:

  • REDIRECT_TO_POOL: Requests are forwarded to the backend server group specified by redirect_pool_id.

  • REDIRECT_TO_LISTENER: Requests are redirected from the HTTP listener specified by listener_id to the HTTPS listener specified by redirect_listener_id.

redirect_pool_id

String

Specifies the ID of the backend server group to which traffic is forwarded.

redirect_listener_id

String

Specifies the ID of the listener to which the traffic is redirected.

redirect_url

String

Specifies the URL to which traffic is redirected.

This parameter is reserved.

rules

Array

Lists the forwarding rules of the forwarding policy. For details, see Table 6.

position

Integer

Specifies the forwarding priority. The value ranges from 1 to 100. The default value is 100.

This parameter is reserved.

provisioning_status

String

This parameter is reserved, and its value can only be ACTIVE.

It specifies the provisioning status of the forwarding policy.

Table 6 rules parameter description

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Lists the IDs of the forwarding rules in the forwarding policy.

Example Request

  • Example request: Updating a forwarding policy

    PUT https://{Endpoint}/v2.0/lbaas/l7policies/5ae0e1e7-5f0f-47a1-b39f-5d4c428a1586
    
    {
        "l7policy": {
            "name": "test"
        }
    }
    

Example Response

  • Example response

    {
        "l7policy": {
            "redirect_pool_id": "431a03eb-81bb-408e-ae37-7ce19023692b",
            "redirect_listener_id": null,
            "description": "",
            "admin_state_up": true,
            "rules": [
                {
                    "id": "67d8a8fa-b0dd-4bd4-a85b-671db19b2ef3"
                },
                {
                    "id": "f02b3bca-69d2-4335-a3fa-a8054e996213"
                }
            ],
    
            "tenant_id": "a31d2bdcf7604c0faaddb058e1e08819",
    
            "listener_id": "26058b64-6185-4e06-874e-4bd68b7633d0",
            "redirect_url": null,
            "action": "REDIRECT_TO_POOL",
            "provisioning_status": "ACTIVE",
            "position": 2,
            "id": "5ae0e1e7-5f0f-47a1-b39f-5d4c428a1586",
            "name": "test"
        }
    }
    

Status Code

For details, see HTTP Status Codes of Shared Load Balancers.