GCP load balancer url re-writing and backend-mapping not happening the way I'd expect

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I am using a classic application load balancer with two backends. I want my main backend to handle most requests and my auth backend to handle requests to /auth/*. I've been playing around with different configurations for my url-map but haven't been able to get it to work. What am I doing wrong?

Request url	Expected BE	Expected Output Path	Actual BE	Actual Ouput Path
https://example.com	my-main-be	https://example.com	my-auth-be	`''`
https://example.com/	my-main-be	https://example.com/	my-auth-be	`''`
https://example.com/unknown	my-main-be	https://example.com/unknown	my-auth-be	`''`
https://example.com/auth/handler	my-auth-be	https://example.com/handler	my-auth-be	https://example.com/auth/handler

Here is my url-map configuration including tests:

defaultService: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/my-project/global/backendServices/my-main-be
hostRules:
- hosts: [example.com, '*.example.com']
  pathMatcher: path-matcher-1
name: my-urlmap
pathMatchers:
- defaultService: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/my-project/global/backendServices/my-main-be
  name: path-matcher-1
  routeRules:
  - matchRules:
    - pathTemplateMatch: /auth/{path=**}
    priority: 1
    service: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/my-project/global/backendBuckets/my-auth-be
    routeAction:
      urlRewrite:
        pathTemplateRewrite: /{path}

tests:
- description: Empty path routs to my-main-be
  host: example.com
  path: https://example.com
  service: projects/my-project/global/backendServices/my-main-be
  expectedOutputUrl: https://example.com

- description: / routs to my-main-be
  host: example.com
  path: https://example.com/
  service: projects/my-project/global/backendServices/my-main-be
  expectedOutputUrl: https://example.com/

- description: /unknown routs to my-main-be
  host: example.com
  path: https://example.com/unknown
  service: projects/my-project/global/backendServices/my-main-be
  expectedOutputUrl: http://example.com/unknown

- description: /auth/handler routs to my-auth-be
  host: example.com
  path: https://example.com/auth/handler
  service: projects/my-project/global/backendBuckets/my-auth-be
  expectedOutputUrl: https://example.com/handler

And here is the output when I try to validate it:

gcloud compute url-maps validate --source ./my-map --load-balancing-scheme=EXTERNAL --global
result:
  loadSucceeded: true
  testFailures:
  - actualOutputUrl: ''
    actualRedirectResponseCode: 0
    actualService: BACKEND_BUCKET/<ID>.my-auth-be
    expectedOutputUrl: https://example.com/
    expectedRedirectResponseCode: 0
    expectedService: BACKEND_SERVICE/<ID>.my-main-be
    host: example.com
    path: https://example.com
  - actualOutputUrl: ''
    actualRedirectResponseCode: 0
    actualService: BACKEND_BUCKET/<ID>.my-auth-be
    expectedOutputUrl: https://example.com/
    expectedRedirectResponseCode: 0
    expectedService: BACKEND_SERVICE/<ID>.my-main-be
    host: example.com
    path: https://example.com/
  - actualOutputUrl: ''
    actualRedirectResponseCode: 0
    actualService: BACKEND_BUCKET/<ID>.my-auth-be
    expectedOutputUrl: http://example.com/unknown
    expectedRedirectResponseCode: 0
    expectedService: BACKEND_SERVICE/<ID>.my-main-be
    host: example.com
    path: https://example.com/unknown
  - actualOutputUrl: http://example.com/auth/handler
    actualRedirectResponseCode: 0
    actualService: BACKEND_BUCKET/<ID>.my-auth-be
    expectedOutputUrl: https://example.com/handler
    expectedRedirectResponseCode: 0
    expectedService: BACKEND_BUCKET/<ID>.my-auth-be
    host: example.com
    path: https://example.com//auth/handler
  testPassed: false

David · Accepted Answer · 2025-04-29 18:35:32Z

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Chat GPT gave me an alternative configuration that fixed things:

routeRules:
- priority: 1
  matchRules:
  - prefixMatch: /auth/
  service: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/my-project/global/backendBuckets/my-auth-be
  routeAction:
    urlRewrite:
      pathPrefixRewrite: /

answered Apr 29 at 18:35

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