Service

Service

An HTTP(S) load balancing backend service is a centralized service for managing backends, which in turn manage instances that handle user requests. You configure your load balancing service to route requests to your backend service. The backend service in turn knows which instances it can use, how much traffic they can handle, and how much traffic they are currently handling. In addition, the backend service monitors health checking and does not send traffic to unhealthy instances.

Constructor

new Service(compute, name)

Parameters:
Name Type Description
compute Compute

The Compute instance this service inherits from.
name string

Name of the service.
See:
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

Members

compute

The parent Compute instance of this Service instance.

id

name

Methods

create(config)

Create a backend service.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
config object

See Compute#createService.
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

const config = {
  backends: [
    {
      group: 'URL of an Instance Group resource'
    }
  ],
  healthChecks: [
    'URL of an HTTP/HTTPS health check resource'
  ]
};

service.create(config, function(err, service, operation, apiResponse) {
  // `service` is a Service object.

  // `operation` is an Operation object that can be used to check the
  // of the request.
});

//-
// If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
//-
service.create(config).then(function(data) {
  const service = data[0];
  const operation = data[1];
  const apiResponse = data[2];
});

delete(callbackopt)

Delete the backend service.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
callback function <optional>

The callback function.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
err error <nullable>

An error returned while making this request.
operation Operation

An operation object that can be used to check the status of the request.
apiResponse object

The full API response.
See:
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

service.delete(function(err, operation, apiResponse) {
  // `operation` is an Operation object that can be used to check the status
  // of the request.
});

//-
// If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
//-
service.delete().then(function(data) {
  const operation = data[0];
  const apiResponse = data[1];
});

exists(callback)

Check if the backend service exists.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
callback function

The callback function.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
err error <nullable>

An error returned while making this request.
exists boolean

Whether the backend service exists or not.
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

service.exists(function(err, exists) {});

//-
// If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
//-
service.exists().then(function(data) {
  const exists = data[0];
});

get(optionsopt)

Get a Service object if it exists.

You may optionally use this to "get or create" an object by providing an object with autoCreate set to true. Any extra configuration that is normally required for the create method must be contained within this object as well.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
options options <optional>

Configuration object.

Properties
Name Type Description
autoCreate boolean

Automatically create the object if it does not exist. Default: false
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

service.get(function(err, service, apiResponse) {
  // `service` is a Service object.
});

//-
// If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
//-
service.get().then(function(data) {
  const service = data[0];
  const apiResponse = data[1];
});

getHealth(group, callback)

Get the most recent health check results.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
group string | object

The fully-qualified URL of an Instance Group resource.

Properties
Name Type Description
name string

The name of the Instance Group resource.
zone Zone | string

The name of the zone or a Zone object.
callback function

The callback function.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
err error <nullable>

An error returned while making this request.
status Array.<object>

A list of health checks and their corresponding status.
apiResponse object

The full API response.
See:
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

const group = {
  name: 'instance-group-name',
  zone: 'us-central1-a'
};

service.getHealth(group, function(err, status, apiResponse) {
  if (!err) {
    // status = [
    //   {
    //      ipAddress: '...',
    //      instance: '...',
    //      healthState: '...',
    //      port: '...'
    //   }
    // ]
  }
});

//-
// If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
//-
service.getHealth(group).then(function(data) {
  const status = data[0];
  const apiResponse = data[1];
});

getMetadata(callbackopt)

Get the metadata of this backend service.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
callback function <optional>

The callback function.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
err error <nullable>

An error returned while making this request.
metadata object

The service's metadata.
apiResponse object

The full API response.
See:
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

service.getMetadata(function(err, metadata, apiResponse) {});

//-
// If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
//-
service.getMetadata().then(function(data) {
  const metadata = data[0];
  const apiResponse = data[1];
});

setMetadata(metadata, callbackopt)

Set the backend service's metadata.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
metadata object

See a BackendService resource.
callback function <optional>

The callback function.

Properties
Name Type Attributes Description
err error <nullable>

An error returned while making this request.
operation Operation

An operation object that can be used to check the status of the request.
apiResponse object

The full API response.
See:
Example
const Compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
const compute = new Compute();
const service = const.service('service-name');

const metadata = {
  description: 'New description'
};

service.setMetadata(metadata, function(err, operation, apiResponse) {
  // `operation` is an Operation object that can be used to check the status
  // of the request.
});

//-
// If the callback is omitted, we'll return a Promise.
//-
service.setMetadata(metadata).then(function(data) {
  const operation = data[0];
  const apiResponse = data[1];
});