Reference documentation and code samples for the Compute Engine v1 API enum ForwardingRule.Types.IPProtocolEnum.
The IP protocol to which this rule applies. For protocol forwarding, valid options are TCP, UDP, ESP, AH, SCTP, ICMP and L3_DEFAULT. The valid IP protocols are different for different load balancing products as described in Load balancing features.
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