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"
    }
}