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Update an existing VPC firewall rule to change allowed protocols or ports

command

gcloud compute firewall-rules update RULE_NAME --allow PROTOCOL:PORT

also accepted

gcloud compute firewall-rules update

Command breakdown

Part of the Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) — Networking category.

gcloudcomputefirewall-rulesupdateRULE_NAME--allowPROTOCOL:PORT

Flag	Purpose
`--allow`	Boolean flag

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