Reference documentation and code samples for the Compute Engine v1 API enum Subnetwork.Types.Role.
The role of subnetwork. Currently, this field is only used when purpose = REGIONAL_MANAGED_PROXY. The value can be set to ACTIVE or BACKUP. An ACTIVE subnetwork is one that is currently being used for Envoy-based load balancers in a region. A BACKUP subnetwork is one that is ready to be promoted to ACTIVE or is currently draining. This field can be updated with a patch request.
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