Reference documentation and code samples for the Compute Engine v1 API enum InstanceGroupManagerInstanceLifecyclePolicy.Types.DefaultActionOnFailure.
The action that a MIG performs on a failed VM. If the value of the
onFailedHealthCheck field is DEFAULT_ACTION, then the same action also
applies to the VMs on which your application fails a health check.
Valid values are
REPAIR (default): MIG automatically repairs a failed VM
by recreating it. For more information, see About
repairing VMs in a MIG.
DO_NOTHING: MIG does not repair a failed VM.
Additional supported values which may be not listed in the enum directly due to technical reasons:
DO_NOTHING
REPAIR
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