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  Creates a Backend Bucket resource for Google Compute Engine.
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# google\_compute\_backend\_bucket

A Backend Bucket defines a Google Cloud Storage bucket that will serve traffic through Google Cloud
Load Balancer. For more information see
[the official documentation](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/load-balancing/http/backend-bucket)
and
[API](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/latest/backendBuckets).

## Example Usage

```hcl
resource "google_compute_backend_bucket" "image_backend" {
  name        = "image-backend-bucket"
  description = "Contains beautiful images"
  bucket_name = "${google_storage_bucket.image_bucket.name}"
  enable_cdn  = true
}

resource "google_storage_bucket" "image_bucket" {
  name     = "image-store-bucket"
  location = "EU"
}
```

## Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

* `name` - (Required) The name of the backend bucket.

* `bucket_name` - (Required) The name of the Google Cloud Storage bucket to be used as a backend
    bucket.

- - -

* `description` - (Optional) The textual description for the backend bucket.

* `enable_cdn` - (Optional) Whether or not to enable the Cloud CDN on the backend bucket.

* `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:

* `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.
- `update` - Default is 4 minutes.
- `delete` - Default is 4 minutes.

## Import

Backend buckets can be imported using the `name`, e.g.

```
$ terraform import google_compute_backend_bucket.image_backend image-backend-bucket
```