gcloud dns policies update

NAME

gcloud dns policies update - update an existing Cloud DNS policy

SYNOPSIS

gcloud dns policies update POLICY [--alternative-name-servers=[NAME_SERVERS,…]] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--[no-]enable-dns64-all-queries] [--enable-inbound-forwarding] [--enable-logging] [--networks=[NETWORKS,…]] [--private-alternative-name-servers=[NAME_SERVERS,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]

DESCRIPTION

Update an existing Cloud DNS policy.

EXAMPLES

To change the description of a policy, run:

gcloud dns policies update mypolicy --description="Hello, world!"

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

Policy resource - The policy to update. This represents a Cloud resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the project attribute:

provide the argument policy on the command line with a fully specified name;
set the property core/project.

This must be specified.

POLICY

ID of the policy or fully qualified identifier for the policy. To set the policy attribute:

provide the argument policy on the command line.

FLAGS

--alternative-name-servers=[NAME_SERVERS,…]: List of alternative name servers to forward to. Non-RFC1918 addresses will forward to the target through the Internet.RFC1918 addresses will forward through the VPC.
--description=DESCRIPTION: A description of the policy.
--[no-]enable-dns64-all-queries: Specifies whether to allow networks bound to this policy to use DNS64 for IPv6-only VM instances. Use --enable-dns64-all-queries to enable and --no-enable-dns64-all-queries to disable.
--enable-inbound-forwarding: Specifies whether to allow networks bound to this policy to receive DNS queries sent by VMs or applications over VPN connections. Defaults to False.
--enable-logging: Specifies whether to enable query logging. Defaults to False.
--networks=[NETWORKS,…]: The comma separated list of network names to associate with the policy.
--private-alternative-name-servers=[NAME_SERVERS,…]: List of alternative name servers to forward to. All addresses specified for this parameter will be reached through the VPC.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

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 help for details.

NOTES

These variants are also available:

gcloud alpha dns policies update

gcloud beta dns policies update

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Last updated 2026-05-27 UTC.

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