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  Represents a Global Address resource.
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# google\_compute\_global\_address

Represents a Global Address resource. Global addresses are used for
HTTP(S) load balancing.

To get more information about GlobalAddress, see:

* [API documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/globalAddresses)
* How-to Guides
    * [Reserving a Static External IP Address](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/ip-addresses/reserve-static-external-ip-address)

## Example Usage

```hcl
resource "google_compute_global_address" "default" {
  name = "global-appserver-ip"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `name` -
  (Required)
  Name of the resource. Provided by the client when the resource is
created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with
RFC1035.  Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and
match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?` which means
the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following
characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last
character, which cannot be a dash.


- - -

* `description` -
  (Optional)
  An optional description of this resource.
Provide this property when you create the resource.
* `ip_version` -
  (Optional)
  The IP Version that will be used by this address. Valid options are
IPV4 or IPV6. The default value is IPV4.
* `project` (Optional) The ID of the project in which the resource belongs.
    If it is not provided, the provider project is used.


## Attributes Reference

In addition to the arguments listed above, the following computed attributes are exported:

* `address` -
  The static external IP address represented by this resource.
* `creation_timestamp` -
  Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
* `self_link` - The URI of the created resource.


## Timeouts

This resource provides the following
[Timeouts](/docs/configuration/resources.html#timeouts) configuration options:

- `create` - Default is 4 minutes.
- `delete` - Default is 4 minutes.

## Import

GlobalAddress can be imported using any of these accepted formats:

```
$ terraform import google_compute_global_address.default projects/{{project}}/global/addresses/{{name}}
$ terraform import google_compute_global_address.default {{project}}/{{name}}
$ terraform import google_compute_global_address.default {{name}}
```