fastly backend create
Create a backend on a Fastly service version.
Syntax
$ fastly backend create --version=VERSIONOptions
| Key | Required? | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--version | Yes | 'latest', 'active', or the number of a specific Fastly service version | |
--address | No | A hostname, IPv4, or IPv6 address for the backend | |
--autoclone | No | If the selected service version is not editable, clone it and use the clone. | |
--auto-loadbalance | No | Whether or not this backend should be automatically load balanced | |
--between-bytes-timeout | No | How long to wait between bytes in milliseconds | |
--comment | No | A descriptive note | |
--connect-timeout | No | How long to wait for a timeout in milliseconds | |
--first-byte-timeout | No | How long to wait for the first bytes in milliseconds | |
--healthcheck | No | The name of the healthcheck to use with this backend | |
--max-conn | No | Maximum number of connections | |
--max-tls-version | No | Maximum allowed TLS version on SSL connections to this backend | |
--min-tls-version | No | Minimum allowed TLS version on SSL connections to this backend | |
--name | No | Backend name | |
--no-ssl-check-cert | No | Skip checking SSL certs | |
--override-host | No | The hostname to override the Host header | |
--port | No | Port number of the address | |
--request-condition | No | Condition, which if met, will select this backend during a request | |
--service-id | No | Service ID (falls back to FASTLY_SERVICE_ID, then fastly.toml) | |
--service-name | No | The name of the service | |
--shield | No | The shield POP designated to reduce inbound load on this origin by serving the cached data to the rest of the network | |
--ssl-ca-cert | No | CA certificate attached to origin | |
--ssl-cert-hostname | No | Overrides ssl_hostname, but only for cert verification. Does not affect SNI at all. | |
--ssl-check-cert | No | Be strict on checking SSL certs | |
--ssl-ciphers | No | List of OpenSSL ciphers (https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/man1/ciphers) | |
--ssl-client-cert | No | Client certificate attached to origin | |
--ssl-client-key | No | Client key attached to origin | |
--ssl-sni-hostname | No | Overrides ssl_hostname, but only for SNI in the handshake. Does not affect cert validation at all. | |
--tcp-ka-enabled | No | Enable TCP keepalive probes [true, false] | |
--tcp-ka-interval | No | Configure how long to wait between sending each TCP keepalive probe. | |
--tcp-ka-probes | No | Configure how many unacknowledged TCP keepalive probes to send before considering the connection dead. | |
--tcp-ka-time | No | Configure how long to wait after the last sent data before sending TCP keepalive probes. | |
--http-ka-time | No | Configure how long to keep idle HTTP keepalive connections in the connection pool. | |
--use-ssl | No | Whether or not to use SSL to reach the backend | |
--weight | No | Weight used to load balance this backend against others |
Global options
| Key | Required? | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--help | No | Show context-sensitive help. | |
--accept-defaults | No | Accept default options for all interactive prompts apart from Yes/No confirmations | |
--auto-yes | No | Answer yes automatically to all Yes/No confirmations. This may suppress security warnings | |
--debug-mode | No | Print API request and response details (NOTE: can disrupt the normal CLI flow output formatting) | |
--enable-sso | No | Enable Single-Sign On (SSO) for current profile execution (see also: 'fastly sso') | |
--non-interactive | No | Do not prompt for user input - suitable for CI processes. Equivalent to --accept-defaults and --auto-yes | |
--profile | No | Switch account profile for single command execution (see also: 'fastly profile switch') | |
--quiet | No | Silence all output except direct command output. This won't prevent interactive prompts (see: --accept-defaults, --auto-yes, --non-interactive) | |
--token | No | Fastly API token (or via FASTLY_API_TOKEN) | |
--verbose | No | Verbose logging |
Examples
Create a backend on the currently active service version
Create a backend with a hostname assigned to the --address flag. The --override-host, --ssl-cert-hostname and --ssl-sni-hostname will default to the same hostname assigned to --address.
$ fastly backend create --name example --address example.com --version active --autocloneAPI equivalent
This command internally uses the following Fastly public APIs:
