- INFORMATION
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gcloud preview compute security-policies exportis supported in universe domainuniverse; however, some of the values used in the help text may not be available. Command examples may not work as-is and may requires changes before execution. - NAME
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- gcloud preview compute security-policies export - export security policy configs into YAML or JSON files
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud preview compute security-policies exportNAME--file-name=FILE_NAME[--file-format=FILE_FORMAT] [--global|--region=REGION] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(PREVIEW)gcloud preview compute security-policies exportexports all data associated with Compute Engine security policy into a local file. - EXAMPLES
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To export a security policy in JSON format to a given file, run:
gcloud preview compute security-policies export my-policy --file-name=my-file-name --file-format=json - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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NAME- Name of the security policy to export.
- REQUIRED FLAGS
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--file-name=FILE_NAME- The name of the file to export the security policy config to.
- OPTIONAL FLAGS
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--file-format=FILE_FORMAT-
The format of the file to export the security policy config to. Specify either
yaml or json. Defaults to yaml if not specified.
FILE_FORMATmust be one of:json,yaml. -
At most one of these can be specified:
--global- If set, the security policy is global.
--region=REGION-
Region of the security policy to export. Overrides the default
compute/regionproperty value for this command invocation.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - NOTES
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This command is currently in DEVELOPER PREVIEW and may change without notice. If
this command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct
project, you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early
access allowlist. These variants are also available:
gcloud compute security-policies exportgcloud alpha compute security-policies exportgcloud beta compute security-policies export
gcloud preview compute security-policies export
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Last updated 2026-04-14 UTC.
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