> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://gcore.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update load balancer > Rename load balancer, activate/deactivate logging, update preferred connectivity type, modify load balancer tags, and/or set `admin_state_up` to enable/disable the load balancer. The request will only process the fields that are provided in the request body. Any fields that are not included will remain unchanged. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/services_documented/cloud_api.yaml patch /cloud/v2/loadbalancers/{project_id}/{region_id}/{load_balancer_id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Gcore OpenAPI – Cloud API description: >- This OpenAPI is an aggregated OpenAPI specification that unifies all Gcore products into a single file. It covers Cloud, CDN, DNS, WAAP, DDoS Protection, Object Storage, Streaming, and FastEdge services. version: '2026-05-07T20:33:46.548242+00:00' servers: - url: https://api.gcore.com security: - APIKey: [] tags: - name: Bare Metal x-displayName: Bare Metal - name: Container as a Service x-displayName: Container as a Service - name: Cost Reports x-displayName: Cost Reports - name: DDoS Protection x-displayName: DDoS Protection - name: Everywhere Inference x-displayName: Everywhere Inference - name: Everywhere Inference Apps x-displayName: Everywhere Inference Apps - name: File Shares x-displayName: File Shares - name: Floating IPs x-displayName: Floating IPs - name: Function as a Service x-displayName: Function as a Service - name: GPU Bare Metal x-displayName: GPU Bare Metal - name: GPU Virtual x-displayName: GPU Virtual - name: IP Ranges x-displayName: IP Ranges - name: Images x-displayName: Images - name: Instances x-displayName: Instances - name: Load Balancers x-displayName: Load Balancers - name: Logging x-displayName: Logging - name: Managed Kubernetes x-displayName: Managed Kubernetes - name: Managed PostgreSQL x-displayName: Managed PostgreSQL - name: Networks x-displayName: Networks - name: Placement Groups x-displayName: Placement Groups - name: Projects x-displayName: Projects - name: Quotas x-displayName: Quotas - name: Regions x-displayName: Regions - name: Registry x-displayName: Registry - name: Reservations x-displayName: Reservations - name: Reserved IPs x-displayName: Reserved IPs - name: Routers x-displayName: Routers - name: SSH Keys x-displayName: SSH Keys - name: Secrets x-displayName: Secrets - name: Security Groups x-displayName: Security Groups - name: Snapshot Schedules x-displayName: Snapshot Schedules - name: Snapshots x-displayName: Snapshots - name: Tasks x-displayName: Tasks - name: User Actions x-displayName: User Actions - name: User Role Assignments x-displayName: User Role Assignments - name: Volumes x-displayName: Volumes paths: /cloud/v2/loadbalancers/{project_id}/{region_id}/{load_balancer_id}: patch: tags: - Load Balancers summary: Update load balancer description: >- Rename load balancer, activate/deactivate logging, update preferred connectivity type, modify load balancer tags, and/or set `admin_state_up` to enable/disable the load balancer. The request will only process the fields that are provided in the request body. Any fields that are not included will remain unchanged. operationId: LoadBalancerInstanceViewSetV2.patch parameters: - in: path name: project_id required: true description: Project ID schema: description: Project ID example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Project Id type: integer - in: path name: region_id required: true description: Region ID schema: description: Region ID example: 1 examples: - 1 exclusiveMinimum: 0 title: Region Id type: integer - in: path name: load_balancer_id required: true description: Load balancer ID schema: description: Load balancer ID example: 00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000 examples: - 00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000 format: uuid4 title: Load Balancer Id type: string requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoadBalancerPatchSerializerV2' responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaskIDsSerializer' components: schemas: LoadBalancerPatchSerializerV2: properties: admin_state_up: description: >- Administrative state of the resource. When set to true, the resource is enabled and operational. When set to false, the resource is disabled and will not process traffic. Defaults to true. example: true examples: - true - false title: Admin State Up type: boolean logging: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoadbalancerLoggingSerializer' description: Logging configuration name: description: Name. example: some_name examples: - some_name pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z 0-9._\-]{1,61}[a-zA-Z0-9._]$ title: Name type: string preferred_connectivity: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MemberConnectivity' description: >- Preferred option to establish connectivity between load balancer and its pools members examples: - - L2 - L3 tags: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateTagsSerializer' - type: 'null' description: >- Update key-value tags using JSON Merge Patch semantics (RFC 7386). Provide key-value pairs to add or update tags. Set tag values to `null` to remove tags. Unspecified tags remain unchanged. Read-only tags are always preserved and cannot be modified. **Examples:** - **Add/update tags:** `{'tags': {'environment': 'production', 'team': 'backend'}}` adds new tags or updates existing ones. - **Delete tags:** `{'tags': {'old_tag': null}}` removes specific tags. - **Remove all tags:** `{'tags': null}` removes all user-managed tags (read-only tags are preserved). - **Partial update:** `{'tags': {'environment': 'staging'}}` only updates specified tags. - **Mixed operations:** `{'tags': {'environment': 'production', 'cost_center': 'engineering', 'deprecated_tag': null}}` adds/updates 'environment' and 'cost_center' while removing 'deprecated_tag', preserving other existing tags. - **Replace all:** first delete existing tags with null values, then add new ones in the same request. examples: - my-tag: my-tag-value my-tag-to-remove: null title: LoadBalancerPatchSerializerV2 type: object TaskIDsSerializer: properties: tasks: description: >- List of task IDs representing asynchronous operations. Use these IDs to monitor operation progress: - `GET /v1/tasks/{task_id}` - Check individual task status and details Poll task status until completion (`FINISHED`/`ERROR`) before proceeding with dependent operations. example: - d478ae29-dedc-4869-82f0-96104425f565 examples: - - d478ae29-dedc-4869-82f0-96104425f565 items: type: string title: Tasks type: array required: - tasks title: TaskIDsSerializer type: object LoadbalancerLoggingSerializer: properties: destination_region_id: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Destination region id to which the logs will be written examples: - 1 title: Destination Region Id enabled: default: false description: Enable/disable forwarding logs to LaaS example: true examples: - true - false title: Enabled type: boolean retention_policy: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LaasIndexRetentionPolicyPydanticSerializer' - type: 'null' default: null description: The logs retention policy examples: - period: 45 topic_name: anyOf: - maxLength: 223 minLength: 1 pattern: >- ^[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(?:\.[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])*)*$ type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: The topic name to which the logs will be written examples: - my-log-name title: Topic Name title: LoadbalancerLoggingSerializer type: object MemberConnectivity: enum: - L2 - L3 title: MemberConnectivity type: string UpdateTagsSerializer: patternProperties: ^[^\s=]+$: anyOf: - maxLength: 255 minLength: 1 pattern: ^[^ \t\n\r\f\v]([^\t\n\r\f\v]*[^ \t\n\r\f\v])?$ type: string - type: 'null' description: >- Tag value. Maximum 255 characters. Cannot contain tabs, newlines, empty string or start/end with whitespace. Set to `null` in order to delete this tag. examples: - my-tag-value propertyNames: description: >- Tag key. Maximum 255 characters. Cannot contain spaces, tabs, newlines, empty string or '=' character. examples: - my-tag maxLength: 255 minLength: 1 title: UpdateTagsSerializer type: object LaasIndexRetentionPolicyPydanticSerializer: properties: period: anyOf: - exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 1825 type: integer - type: 'null' description: Duration of days for which logs must be kept. examples: - 45 title: Period required: - period title: LaasIndexRetentionPolicyPydanticSerializer type: object securitySchemes: APIKey: description: >- API key for authentication. Make sure to include the word `apikey`, followed by a single space and then your token. Example: `apikey 1234$abcdef` type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization ````