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Create a firewall rule to allow TCP traffic on a specific port within a VPC network

command

gcloud compute firewall-rules create RULE_NAME --allow tcp:PORT --network NETWORK_NAME

also accepted

gcloud compute firewall-rules create

Command breakdown

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

gcloudcomputefirewall-rulescreateRULE_NAME--allowtcp:PORT--networkNETWORK_NAME

Flag	Purpose
`--allow`	Boolean flag
`--network`	Boolean flag

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