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Creates an instance resource in the specified project using the data included in the request.
HTTP requestPOST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters Parametersproject
string
Project ID for this request.
zone
string
The name of the zone for this request.
Query parameters ParametersrequestId
string
An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed.
For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.
The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
).
sourceInstanceTemplate
string
Specifies instance template to create the instance.
This field is optional. It can be a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs to an instance template:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/instanceTemplates/instanceTemplate
projects/project/global/instanceTemplates/instanceTemplate
global/instanceTemplates/instanceTemplate
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource sourceInstanceTemplate
:
compute.instanceTemplates.useReadOnly
sourceMachineImage
string
Specifies the machine image to use to create the instance.
This field is optional. It can be a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs to a machine image:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/global/machineImages/machineImage
projects/project/global/global/machineImages/machineImage
global/machineImages/machineImage
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions on the specified resource sourceMachineImage
:
compute.instances.setMetadata
compute.machineImages.useReadOnly
compute.networks.use
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation{ "kind": string, "id": string, "creationTimestamp": string, "name": string, "description": string, "tags": { "items": [ string ], "fingerprint": string }, "machineType": string, "status": enum, "statusMessage": string, "zone": string, "canIpForward": boolean, "networkInterfaces": [ { "kind": string, "network": string, "subnetwork": string, "networkIP": string, "ipv6Address": string, "internalIpv6PrefixLength": integer, "name": string, "accessConfigs": [ { "kind": string, "type": enum, "name": string, "natIP": string, "externalIpv6": string, "externalIpv6PrefixLength": integer, "setPublicPtr": boolean, "publicPtrDomainName": string, "networkTier": enum, "securityPolicy": string } ], "ipv6AccessConfigs": [ { "kind": string, "type": enum, "name": string, "natIP": string, "externalIpv6": string, "externalIpv6PrefixLength": integer, "setPublicPtr": boolean, "publicPtrDomainName": string, "networkTier": enum, "securityPolicy": string } ], "aliasIpRanges": [ { "ipCidrRange": string, "subnetworkRangeName": string } ], "fingerprint": string, "stackType": enum, "ipv6AccessType": enum, "queueCount": integer, "nicType": enum, "networkAttachment": string } ], "disks": [ { "kind": string, "type": enum, "mode": enum, "savedState": enum, "source": string, "deviceName": string, "index": integer, "boot": boolean, "initializeParams": { "diskName": string, "sourceImage": string, "diskSizeGb": string, "diskType": string, "sourceImageEncryptionKey": { "rawKey": string, "rsaEncryptedKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string, "sha256": string, "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string }, "labels": { string: string, ... }, "sourceSnapshot": string, "sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey": { "rawKey": string, "rsaEncryptedKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string, "sha256": string, "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string }, "description": string, "replicaZones": [ string ], "resourcePolicies": [ string ], "onUpdateAction": enum, "provisionedIops": string, "licenses": [ string ], "architecture": enum, "resourceManagerTags": { string: string, ... }, "provisionedThroughput": string, "enableConfidentialCompute": boolean, "storagePool": string }, "autoDelete": boolean, "licenses": [ string ], "interface": enum, "guestOsFeatures": [ { "type": enum } ], "diskEncryptionKey": { "sha256": string, "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string, "rawKey": string, "rsaEncryptedKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string }, "diskSizeGb": string, "shieldedInstanceInitialState": { "pk": { "content": string, "fileType": enum }, "keks": [ { "content": string, "fileType": enum } ], "dbs": [ { "content": string, "fileType": enum } ], "dbxs": [ { "content": string, "fileType": enum } ] }, "forceAttach": boolean, "architecture": enum } ], "metadata": { "kind": string, "fingerprint": string, "items": [ { "key": string, "value": string } ] }, "serviceAccounts": [ { "email": string, "scopes": [ string ] } ], "selfLink": string, "scheduling": { "maxRunDuration": { "seconds": string, "nanos": integer }, "terminationTime": string, "onInstanceStopAction": { "discardLocalSsd": boolean }, "onHostMaintenance": enum, "automaticRestart": boolean, "preemptible": boolean, "nodeAffinities": [ { "key": string, "operator": enum, "values": [ string ] } ], "minNodeCpus": integer, "locationHint": string, "availabilityDomain": integer, "provisioningModel": enum, "instanceTerminationAction": enum, "hostErrorTimeoutSeconds": integer, "localSsdRecoveryTimeout": { "seconds": string, "nanos": integer } }, "cpuPlatform": string, "labels": { string: string, ... }, "params": { "resourceManagerTags": { string: string, ... } }, "labelFingerprint": string, "instanceEncryptionKey": { "rawKey": string, "rsaEncryptedKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string, "sha256": string, "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string }, "minCpuPlatform": string, "guestAccelerators": [ { "acceleratorType": string, "acceleratorCount": integer } ], "startRestricted": boolean, "deletionProtection": boolean, "resourcePolicies": [ string ], "sourceMachineImage": string, "reservationAffinity": { "consumeReservationType": enum, "key": string, "values": [ string ] }, "hostname": string, "displayDevice": { "enableDisplay": boolean }, "shieldedInstanceConfig": { "enableSecureBoot": boolean, "enableVtpm": boolean, "enableIntegrityMonitoring": boolean }, "shieldedInstanceIntegrityPolicy": { "updateAutoLearnPolicy": boolean }, "sourceMachineImageEncryptionKey": { "rawKey": string, "rsaEncryptedKey": string, "kmsKeyName": string, "sha256": string, "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string }, "confidentialInstanceConfig": { "enableConfidentialCompute": boolean, "confidentialInstanceType": enum }, "fingerprint": string, "privateIpv6GoogleAccess": enum, "advancedMachineFeatures": { "enableNestedVirtualization": boolean, "threadsPerCore": integer, "visibleCoreCount": integer, "enableUefiNetworking": boolean, "performanceMonitoringUnit": enum, "turboMode": string }, "lastStartTimestamp": string, "lastStopTimestamp": string, "lastSuspendedTimestamp": string, "satisfiesPzs": boolean, "satisfiesPzi": boolean, "resourceStatus": { "scheduling": { "availabilityDomain": integer }, "upcomingMaintenance": { "type": enum, "canReschedule": boolean, "windowStartTime": string, "windowEndTime": string, "latestWindowStartTime": string, "maintenanceStatus": enum, "maintenanceOnShutdown": boolean, "maintenanceReasons": [ enum ] }, "physicalHost": string, "physicalHostTopology": { "cluster": string, "block": string, "subblock": string, "host": string } }, "networkPerformanceConfig": { "totalEgressBandwidthTier": enum }, "keyRevocationActionType": enum }Fields
kind
string
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#instance
for instances.
id
string (uint64 format)
[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestamp
string
[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
name
string
[REQUIRED] The name of the resource, provided by the client when initially creating the resource. The resource name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?
which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
description
string
An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
tags
object
Tags to apply to this instance. Tags are used to identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls and are specified by the client during instance creation. The tags can be later modified by the setTags method. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035. Multiple tags can be specified via the 'tags.items' field.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource tags
:
compute.instances.setTags
tags.items[]
string
An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
tags.fingerprint
string (bytes format)
Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the tags' contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update tags. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change tags.
To see the latest fingerprint, make get()
request to the instance.
A base64-encoded string.
machineType
string
Full or partial URL of the machine type resource to use for this instance, in the format: zones/zone/machineTypes/machine-type
. This is provided by the client when the instance is created. For example, the following is a valid partial url to a predefined machine type:
zones/us-central1-f/machineTypes/n1-standard-1
To create a custom machine type, provide a URL to a machine type in the following format, where CPUS is 1 or an even number up to 32 (2, 4, 6, ... 24, etc), and MEMORY is the total memory for this instance. Memory must be a multiple of 256 MB and must be supplied in MB (e.g. 5 GB of memory is 5120 MB):
zones/zone/machineTypes/custom-CPUS-MEMORY
For example: zones/us-central1-f/machineTypes/custom-4-5120
For a full list of restrictions, read the Specifications for custom machine types.
status
enum
[Output Only] The status of the instance. One of the following values: PROVISIONING
, STAGING
, RUNNING
, STOPPING
, SUSPENDING
, SUSPENDED
, REPAIRING
, and TERMINATED
. For more information about the status of the instance, see Instance life cycle.
statusMessage
string
[Output Only] An optional, human-readable explanation of the status.
zone
string
[Output Only] URL of the zone where the instance resides. You must specify this field as part of the HTTP request URL. It is not settable as a field in the request body.
canIpForward
boolean
Allows this instance to send and receive packets with non-matching destination or source IPs. This is required if you plan to use this instance to forward routes. For more information, see Enabling IP Forwarding.
networkInterfaces[]
object
An array of network configurations for this instance. These specify how interfaces are configured to interact with other network services, such as connecting to the internet. Multiple interfaces are supported per instance.
networkInterfaces[].kind
string
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#networkInterface
for network interfaces.
networkInterfaces[].network
string
URL of the VPC network resource for this instance. When creating an instance, if neither the network nor the subnetwork is specified, the default network global/networks/default
is used. If the selected project doesn't have the default network, you must specify a network or subnet. If the network is not specified but the subnetwork is specified, the network is inferred.
If you specify this property, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/global/networks/network
projects/project/global/networks/network
global/networks/default
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions on the specified resource network
:
compute.networks.use
compute.networks.useExternalIp
networkInterfaces[].subnetwork
string
The URL of the Subnetwork resource for this instance. If the network resource is in legacy mode, do not specify this field. If the network is in auto subnet mode, specifying the subnetwork is optional. If the network is in custom subnet mode, specifying the subnetwork is required. If you specify this field, you can specify the subnetwork as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/regions/region/subnetworks/subnetwork
regions/region/subnetworks/subnetwork
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions on the specified resource subnetwork
:
compute.subnetworks.use
compute.subnetworks.useExternalIp
networkInterfaces[].networkIP
string
An IPv4 internal IP address to assign to the instance for this network interface. If not specified by the user, an unused internal IP is assigned by the system.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6Address
string
An IPv6 internal network address for this network interface. To use a static internal IP address, it must be unused and in the same region as the instance's zone. If not specified, Google Cloud will automatically assign an internal IPv6 address from the instance's subnetwork.
networkInterfaces[].internalIpv6PrefixLength
integer
The prefix length of the primary internal IPv6 range.
networkInterfaces[].name
string
[Output Only] The name of the network interface, which is generated by the server. For a VM, the network interface uses the nicN
naming format. Where N
is a value between 0
and 7
. The default interface value is nic0
.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[]
object
An array of configurations for this interface. Currently, only one access config, ONE_TO_ONE_NAT
, is supported. If there are no accessConfigs
specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].kind
string
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig
for access configs.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].type
enum
The type of configuration. In accessConfigs
(IPv4), the default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT
. In ipv6AccessConfigs
, the default and only option is DIRECT_IPV6
.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].name
string
The name of this access configuration. In accessConfigs
(IPv4), the default and recommended name is External NAT
, but you can use any arbitrary string, such as My external IP
or Network Access
. In ipv6AccessConfigs
, the recommend name is External IPv6
.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].natIP
string
Applies to accessConfigs
(IPv4) only. An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource natIP
:
compute.addresses.use
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].externalIpv6
string
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs
only. The first IPv6 address of the external IPv6 range associated with this instance, prefix length is stored in externalIpv6PrefixLength
in ipv6AccessConfig
. To use a static external IP address, it must be unused and in the same region as the instance's zone. If not specified, Google Cloud will automatically assign an external IPv6 address from the instance's subnetwork.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].externalIpv6PrefixLength
integer
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs
only. The prefix length of the external IPv6 range.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].setPublicPtr
boolean
Specifies whether a public DNS 'PTR' record should be created to map the external IP address of the instance to a DNS domain name.
This field is not used in ipv6AccessConfig
. A default PTR record will be created if the VM has external IPv6 range associated.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].publicPtrDomainName
string
The DNS domain name for the public PTR record.
You can set this field only if the setPublicPtr
field is enabled in accessConfig
. If this field is unspecified in ipv6AccessConfig
, a default PTR record will be created for first IP in associated external IPv6 range.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].networkTier
enum
This signifies the networking tier used for configuring this access configuration and can only take the following values: PREMIUM
, STANDARD
.
If an AccessConfig is specified without a valid external IP address, an ephemeral IP will be created with this networkTier.
If an AccessConfig with a valid external IP address is specified, it must match that of the networkTier associated with the Address resource owning that IP.
networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].securityPolicy
string
The resource URL for the security policy associated with this access config.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[]
object
An array of IPv6 access configurations for this interface. Currently, only one IPv6 access config, DIRECT_IPV6
, is supported. If there is no ipv6AccessConfig
specified, then this instance will have no external IPv6 Internet access.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].kind
string
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig
for access configs.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].type
enum
The type of configuration. In accessConfigs
(IPv4), the default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT
. In ipv6AccessConfigs
, the default and only option is DIRECT_IPV6
.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].name
string
The name of this access configuration. In accessConfigs
(IPv4), the default and recommended name is External NAT
, but you can use any arbitrary string, such as My external IP
or Network Access
. In ipv6AccessConfigs
, the recommend name is External IPv6
.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].natIP
string
Applies to accessConfigs
(IPv4) only. An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource natIP
:
compute.addresses.use
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].externalIpv6
string
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs
only. The first IPv6 address of the external IPv6 range associated with this instance, prefix length is stored in externalIpv6PrefixLength
in ipv6AccessConfig
. To use a static external IP address, it must be unused and in the same region as the instance's zone. If not specified, Google Cloud will automatically assign an external IPv6 address from the instance's subnetwork.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].externalIpv6PrefixLength
integer
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs
only. The prefix length of the external IPv6 range.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].setPublicPtr
boolean
Specifies whether a public DNS 'PTR' record should be created to map the external IP address of the instance to a DNS domain name.
This field is not used in ipv6AccessConfig
. A default PTR record will be created if the VM has external IPv6 range associated.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].publicPtrDomainName
string
The DNS domain name for the public PTR record.
You can set this field only if the setPublicPtr
field is enabled in accessConfig
. If this field is unspecified in ipv6AccessConfig
, a default PTR record will be created for first IP in associated external IPv6 range.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].networkTier
enum
This signifies the networking tier used for configuring this access configuration and can only take the following values: PREMIUM
, STANDARD
.
If an AccessConfig is specified without a valid external IP address, an ephemeral IP will be created with this networkTier.
If an AccessConfig with a valid external IP address is specified, it must match that of the networkTier associated with the Address resource owning that IP.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].securityPolicy
string
The resource URL for the security policy associated with this access config.
networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[]
object
An array of alias IP ranges for this network interface. You can only specify this field for network interfaces in VPC networks.
networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[].ipCidrRange
string
The IP alias ranges to allocate for this interface. This IP CIDR range must belong to the specified subnetwork and cannot contain IP addresses reserved by system or used by other network interfaces. This range may be a single IP address (such as 10.2.3.4
), a netmask (such as /24
) or a CIDR-formatted string (such as 10.1.2.0/24
).
networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[].subnetworkRangeName
string
The name of a subnetwork secondary IP range from which to allocate an IP alias range. If not specified, the primary range of the subnetwork is used.
networkInterfaces[].fingerprint
string (bytes format)
Fingerprint hash of contents stored in this network interface. This field will be ignored when inserting an Instance
or adding a NetworkInterface
. An up-to-date fingerprint must be provided in order to update the NetworkInterface
. The request will fail with error 400 Bad Request
if the fingerprint is not provided, or 412 Precondition Failed
if the fingerprint is out of date.
A base64-encoded string.
networkInterfaces[].stackType
enum
The stack type for this network interface. To assign only IPv4 addresses, use IPV4_ONLY. To assign both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, use IPV4_IPV6
. If not specified, IPV4_ONLY
is used.
This field can be both set at instance creation and update network interface operations.
networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessType
enum
[Output Only] One of EXTERNAL, INTERNAL to indicate whether the IP can be accessed from the Internet. This field is always inherited from its subnetwork.
Valid only if stackType
is IPV4_IPV6
.
networkInterfaces[].queueCount
integer
The networking queue count that's specified by users for the network interface. Both Rx and Tx queues will be set to this number. It'll be empty if not specified by the users.
networkInterfaces[].nicType
enum
The type of vNIC to be used on this interface. This may be gVNIC or VirtioNet.
networkInterfaces[].networkAttachment
string
The URL of the network attachment that this interface should connect to in the following format: projects/{projectNumber}/regions/{region_name}/networkAttachments/{network_attachment_name}.
disks[]
object
Array of disks associated with this instance. Persistent disks must be created before you can assign them.
disks[].kind
string
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk
for attached disks.
disks[].type
enum
Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH
or PERSISTENT
. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT
.
disks[].mode
enum
The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE
or READ_ONLY
. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE
mode.
disks[].savedState
enum
For LocalSSD disks on VM Instances in STOPPED or SUSPENDED state, this field is set to PRESERVED
if the LocalSSD data has been saved to a persistent location by customer request. (see the discardLocalSsd option on instances.stop/instances.suspend). Read-only in the api.
disks[].source
string
Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. When creating a new instance boot disk, one of initializeParams.sourceImage
or initializeParams.sourceSnapshot
or disks.source
is required.
If desired, you can also attach existing non-root persistent disks using this property. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
Note that for InstanceTemplate, specify the disk name for zonal disk, and the URL for regional disk.
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions on the specified resource source
:
compute.disks.use
compute.disks.useReadOnly
disks[].deviceName
string
Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/disk/by-id/google-*
tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disk-x
, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
disks[].index
integer
[Output Only] A zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. If you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number.
disks[].boot
boolean
Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
disks[].initializeParams
object
[Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.
This property is mutually exclusive with the source
property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
disks[].initializeParams.diskName
string
Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance. If a disk with the same name already exists in the given region, the existing disk is attached to the new instance and the new disk is not created.
disks[].initializeParams.sourceImage
string
The source image to create this disk. When creating a new instance boot disk, one of initializeParams.sourceImage
or initializeParams.sourceSnapshot
or disks.source
is required.
To create a disk with one of the public operating system images, specify the image by its family name. For example, specify family/debian-9
to use the latest Debian 9 image:
projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-9
Alternatively, use a specific version of a public operating system image:
projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-9-stretch-vYYYYMMDD
To create a disk with a custom image that you created, specify the image name in the following format:
global/images/my-custom-image
You can also specify a custom image by its image family, which returns the latest version of the image in that family. Replace the image name with family/family-name
:
global/images/family/my-image-family
If the source image is deleted later, this field will not be set.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource sourceImage
:
compute.images.useReadOnly
disks[].initializeParams.diskSizeGb
string (int64 format)
Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB. The size must be at least 10 GB. If you specify a sourceImage
, which is required for boot disks, the default size is the size of the sourceImage
. If you do not specify a sourceImage
, the default disk size is 500 GB.
disks[].initializeParams.diskType
string
Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard
, specified using the full URL. For example:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/pd-standard
For a full list of acceptable values, see Persistent disk types. If you specify this field when creating a VM, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following values are valid:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
zones/zone/diskTypes/diskType
pd-standard
. disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey
object
The customer-supplied encryption key of the source image. Required if the source image is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.
InstanceTemplate and InstancePropertiesPatch do not store customer-supplied encryption keys, so you cannot create disks for instances in a managed instance group if the source images are encrypted with your own keys.
disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.rawKey
string
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey
string
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName
string
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/keyThe fully-qualifed key name may be returned for resource GET requests. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.sha256
string
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount
string
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": "name@ projectId.iam.gserviceaccount.com/
disks[].initializeParams.labels
map (key: string, value: string)
Labels to apply to this disk. These can be later modified by the disks.setLabels
method. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource labels
:
compute.disks.setLabels
disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshot
string
The source snapshot to create this disk. When creating a new instance boot disk, one of initializeParams.sourceSnapshot
or initializeParams.sourceImage
or disks.source
is required.
To create a disk with a snapshot that you created, specify the snapshot name in the following format:
global/snapshots/my-backup
If the source snapshot is deleted later, this field will not be set.
Note: You cannot create VMs in bulk using a snapshot as the source. Use an image instead when you create VMs using the bulk insert method.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource sourceSnapshot
:
compute.snapshots.useReadOnly
disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey
object
The customer-supplied encryption key of the source snapshot.
disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.rawKey
string
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey
string
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName
string
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/keyThe fully-qualifed key name may be returned for resource GET requests. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.sha256
string
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount
string
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": "name@ projectId.iam.gserviceaccount.com/
disks[].initializeParams.description
string
An optional description. Provide this property when creating the disk.
disks[].initializeParams.replicaZones[]
string
Required for each regional disk associated with the instance. Specify the URLs of the zones where the disk should be replicated to. You must provide exactly two replica zones, and one zone must be the same as the instance zone.
disks[].initializeParams.resourcePolicies[]
string
Resource policies applied to this disk for automatic snapshot creations. Specified using the full or partial URL. For instance template, specify only the resource policy name.
disks[].initializeParams.onUpdateAction
enum
Specifies which action to take on instance update with this disk. Default is to use the existing disk.
disks[].initializeParams.provisionedIops
string (int64 format)
Indicates how many IOPS to provision for the disk. This sets the number of I/O operations per second that the disk can handle. Values must be between 10,000 and 120,000. For more details, see the Extreme persistent disk documentation.
disks[].initializeParams.licenses[]
string
A list of publicly visible licenses. Reserved for Google's use.
disks[].initializeParams.architecture
enum
The architecture of the attached disk. Valid values are arm64 or x86_64.
disks[].initializeParams.resourceManagerTags
map (key: string, value: string)
Resource manager tags to be bound to the disk. Tag keys and values have the same definition as resource manager tags. Keys must be in the format tagKeys/{tag_key_id}
, and values are in the format tagValues/456
. The field is ignored (both PUT & PATCH) when empty.
disks[].initializeParams.provisionedThroughput
string (int64 format)
Indicates how much throughput to provision for the disk. This sets the number of throughput mb per second that the disk can handle. Values must greater than or equal to 1.
disks[].initializeParams.enableConfidentialCompute
boolean
Whether this disk is using confidential compute mode.
disks[].initializeParams.storagePool
string
The storage pool in which the new disk is created. You can provide this as a partial or full URL to the resource. For example, the following are valid values:
https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/storagePools/storagePool
projects/project/zones/zone/storagePools/storagePool
zones/zone/storagePools/storagePool
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource storagePool
:
compute.storagePools.use
disks[].autoDelete
boolean
Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
disks[].licenses[]
string
[Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
disks[].interface
enum
Specifies the disk interface to use for attaching this disk, which is either SCSI
or NVME
. For most machine types, the default is SCSI
. Local SSDs can use either NVME or SCSI. In certain configurations, persistent disks can use NVMe. For more information, see About persistent disks.
disks[].guestOsFeatures[]
object
A list of features to enable on the guest operating system. Applicable only for bootable images. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
disks[].guestOsFeatures[].type
enum
The ID of a supported feature. To add multiple values, use commas to separate values. Set to one or more of the following values:
VIRTIO_SCSI_MULTIQUEUE
WINDOWS
MULTI_IP_SUBNET
UEFI_COMPATIBLE
GVNIC
SEV_CAPABLE
SUSPEND_RESUME_COMPATIBLE
SEV_LIVE_MIGRATABLE_V2
SEV_SNP_CAPABLE
TDX_CAPABLE
IDPF
SNP_SVSM_CAPABLE
disks[].diskEncryptionKey
object
Encrypts or decrypts a disk using a customer-supplied encryption key.
If you are creating a new disk, this field encrypts the new disk using an encryption key that you provide. If you are attaching an existing disk that is already encrypted, this field decrypts the disk using the customer-supplied encryption key.
If you encrypt a disk using a customer-supplied key, you must provide the same key again when you attempt to use this resource at a later time. For example, you must provide the key when you create a snapshot or an image from the disk or when you attach the disk to a virtual machine instance.
If you do not provide an encryption key, then the disk will be encrypted using an automatically generated key and you do not need to provide a key to use the disk later.
Note:
Instance templates do not store customer-supplied encryption keys, so you cannot use your own keys to encrypt disks in a managed instance group.
You cannot create VMs that have disks with customer-supplied keys using the bulk insert method.
disks[].diskEncryptionKey.rawKey
string
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
disks[].diskEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey
string
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
disks[].diskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName
string
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/keyThe fully-qualifed key name may be returned for resource GET requests. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
disks[].diskEncryptionKey.sha256
string
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
disks[].diskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount
string
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": "name@ projectId.iam.gserviceaccount.com/
disks[].diskSizeGb
string (int64 format)
The size of the disk in GB.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState
object
[Output Only] shielded vm initial state stored on disk
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk
object
The Platform Key (PK).
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk.content
string (bytes format)
The raw content in the secure keys file.
A base64-encoded string.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk.fileType
enum
The file type of source file.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[]
object
The Key Exchange Key (KEK).
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[].content
string (bytes format)
The raw content in the secure keys file.
A base64-encoded string.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[].fileType
enum
The file type of source file.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[]
object
The Key Database (db).
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[].content
string (bytes format)
The raw content in the secure keys file.
A base64-encoded string.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[].fileType
enum
The file type of source file.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[]
object
The forbidden key database (dbx).
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[].content
string (bytes format)
The raw content in the secure keys file.
A base64-encoded string.
disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[].fileType
enum
The file type of source file.
disks[].forceAttach
boolean
[Input Only] Whether to force attach the regional disk even if it's currently attached to another instance. If you try to force attach a zonal disk to an instance, you will receive an error.
disks[].architecture
enum
[Output Only] The architecture of the attached disk. Valid values are ARM64 or X86_64.
metadata
object
The metadata key/value pairs assigned to this instance. This includes metadata keys that were explicitly defined for the instance.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource metadata
:
compute.instances.setMetadata
metadata.kind
string
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata
for metadata.
metadata.fingerprint
string (bytes format)
Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata, otherwise the request will fail with error 412 conditionNotMet
.
To see the latest fingerprint, make a get()
request to retrieve the resource.
A base64-encoded string.
metadata.items[]
object
Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
metadata.items[].key
string
[REQUIRED] Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+
, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
metadata.items[].value
string
[REQUIRED] Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 262144 bytes (256 KiB).
serviceAccounts[]
object
A list of service accounts, with their specified scopes, authorized for this instance. Only one service account per VM instance is supported.
Service accounts generate access tokens that can be accessed through the metadata server and used to authenticate applications on the instance. See Service Accounts for more information.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource serviceAccounts
:
compute.instances.setServiceAccount
serviceAccounts[].email
string
Email address of the service account.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource email
:
iam.serviceAccounts.actAs
serviceAccounts[].scopes[]
string
The list of scopes to be made available for this service account.
selfLink
string
[Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource.
scheduling
object
Sets the scheduling options for this instance.
scheduling.maxRunDuration
object
Specifies the max run duration for the given instance. If specified, the instance termination action will be performed at the end of the run duration.
scheduling.maxRunDuration.seconds
string (int64 format)
Span of time at a resolution of a second. Must be from 0 to 315,576,000,000 inclusive. Note: these bounds are computed from: 60 sec/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day * 365.25 days/year * 10000 years
scheduling.maxRunDuration.nanos
integer
Span of time that's a fraction of a second at nanosecond resolution. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0 seconds
field and a positive nanos
field. Must be from 0 to 999,999,999 inclusive.
scheduling.terminationTime
string
Specifies the timestamp, when the instance will be terminated, in RFC3339 text format. If specified, the instance termination action will be performed at the termination time.
scheduling.onInstanceStopAction
object
scheduling.onInstanceStopAction.discardLocalSsd
boolean
If true, the contents of any attached Local SSD disks will be discarded else, the Local SSD data will be preserved when the instance is stopped at the end of the run duration/termination time.
scheduling.onHostMaintenance
enum
Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. For standard instances, the default behavior is MIGRATE
. For preemptible instances, the default and only possible behavior is TERMINATE
. For more information, see Set VM host maintenance policy.
scheduling.automaticRestart
boolean
Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user). You can only set the automatic restart option for standard instances. Preemptible instances cannot be automatically restarted.
By default, this is set to true
so an instance is automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine.
scheduling.preemptible
boolean
Defines whether the instance is preemptible. This can only be set during instance creation or while the instance is stopped and therefore, in a TERMINATED
state. See Instance Life Cycle for more information on the possible instance states.
scheduling.nodeAffinities[]
object
A set of node affinity and anti-affinity configurations. Refer to Configuring node affinity for more information. Overrides reservationAffinity.
scheduling.nodeAffinities[].key
string
Corresponds to the label key of Node resource.
scheduling.nodeAffinities[].operator
enum
Defines the operation of node selection. Valid operators are IN
for affinity and NOT_IN
for anti-affinity.
scheduling.nodeAffinities[].values[]
string
Corresponds to the label values of Node resource.
scheduling.minNodeCpus
integer
The minimum number of virtual CPUs this instance will consume when running on a sole-tenant node.
scheduling.locationHint
string
An opaque location hint used to place the instance close to other resources. This field is for use by internal tools that use the public API.
scheduling.availabilityDomain
integer
Specifies the availability domain to place the instance in. The value must be a number between 1 and the number of availability domains specified in the spread placement policy attached to the instance.
scheduling.provisioningModel
enum
Specifies the provisioning model of the instance.
scheduling.instanceTerminationAction
enum
Specifies the termination action for the instance.
scheduling.hostErrorTimeoutSeconds
integer
Specify the time in seconds for host error detection, the value must be within the range of [90, 330] with the increment of 30, if unset, the default behavior of host error recovery will be used.
scheduling.localSsdRecoveryTimeout
object
Specifies the maximum amount of time a Local Ssd Vm should wait while recovery of the Local Ssd state is attempted. Its value should be in between 0 and 168 hours with hour granularity and the default value being 1 hour.
scheduling.localSsdRecoveryTimeout.seconds
string (int64 format)
Span of time at a resolution of a second. Must be from 0 to 315,576,000,000 inclusive. Note: these bounds are computed from: 60 sec/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day * 365.25 days/year * 10000 years
scheduling.localSsdRecoveryTimeout.nanos
integer
Span of time that's a fraction of a second at nanosecond resolution. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0 seconds
field and a positive nanos
field. Must be from 0 to 999,999,999 inclusive.
cpuPlatform
string
[Output Only] The CPU platform used by this instance.
labels
map (key: string, value: string)
Labels to apply to this instance. These can be later modified by the setLabels
method.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource labels
:
compute.instances.setLabels
params
object
Input only. [Input Only] Additional params passed with the request, but not persisted as part of resource payload.
params.resourceManagerTags
map (key: string, value: string)
Resource manager tags to be bound to the instance. Tag keys and values have the same definition as resource manager tags. Keys must be in the format tagKeys/{tag_key_id}
, and values are in the format tagValues/456
. The field is ignored (both PUT & PATCH) when empty.
labelFingerprint
string (bytes format)
A fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the label's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update labels. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change labels.
To see the latest fingerprint, make get()
request to the instance.
A base64-encoded string.
instanceEncryptionKey
object
Encrypts suspended data for an instance with a customer-managed encryption key.
If you are creating a new instance, this field will encrypt the local SSD and in-memory contents of the instance during the suspend operation.
If you do not provide an encryption key when creating the instance, then the local SSD and in-memory contents will be encrypted using an automatically generated key during the suspend operation.
instanceEncryptionKey.rawKey
string
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
instanceEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey
string
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
instanceEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName
string
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/keyThe fully-qualifed key name may be returned for resource GET requests. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
instanceEncryptionKey.sha256
string
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
instanceEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount
string
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": "name@ projectId.iam.gserviceaccount.com/
minCpuPlatform
string
Specifies a minimum CPU platform for the VM instance. Applicable values are the friendly names of CPU platforms, such as minCpuPlatform: "Intel Haswell"
or minCpuPlatform: "Intel Sandy Bridge"
.
guestAccelerators[]
object
A list of the type and count of accelerator cards attached to the instance.
guestAccelerators[].acceleratorType
string
Full or partial URL of the accelerator type resource to attach to this instance. For example: projects/my-project/zones/us-central1-c/acceleratorTypes/nvidia-tesla-p100
If you are creating an instance template, specify only the accelerator name. See GPUs on Compute Engine for a full list of accelerator types.
guestAccelerators[].acceleratorCount
integer
The number of the guest accelerator cards exposed to this instance.
startRestricted
boolean
[Output Only] Whether a VM has been restricted for start because Compute Engine has detected suspicious activity.
deletionProtection
boolean
Whether the resource should be protected against deletion.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource deletionProtection
:
compute.instances.setDeletionProtection
resourcePolicies[]
string
Resource policies applied to this instance.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource resourcePolicies
:
compute.resourcePolicies.use
sourceMachineImage
string
Source machine image
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions on the specified resource sourceMachineImage
:
compute.instances.setMetadata
compute.machineImages.useReadOnly
compute.networks.use
reservationAffinity
object
Specifies the reservations that this instance can consume from.
reservationAffinity.consumeReservationType
enum
Specifies the type of reservation from which this instance can consume resources: ANY_RESERVATION
(default), SPECIFIC_RESERVATION
, or NO_RESERVATION
. See Consuming reserved instances for examples.
reservationAffinity.key
string
Corresponds to the label key of a reservation resource. To target a SPECIFIC_RESERVATION
by name, specify googleapis.com/reservation-name
as the key and specify the name of your reservation as its value.
reservationAffinity.values[]
string
Corresponds to the label values of a reservation resource. This can be either a name to a reservation in the same project or "projects/different-project/reservations/some-reservation-name" to target a shared reservation in the same zone but in a different project.
hostname
string
Specifies the hostname of the instance. The specified hostname must be RFC1035 compliant. If hostname is not specified, the default hostname is [INSTANCE_NAME].c.[PROJECT_ID].internal when using the global DNS, and [INSTANCE_NAME].[ZONE].c.[PROJECT_ID].internal when using zonal DNS.
displayDevice
object
Enables display device for the instance.
displayDevice.enableDisplay
boolean
Defines whether the instance has Display enabled.
shieldedInstanceConfig
object
shieldedInstanceConfig.enableSecureBoot
boolean
Defines whether the instance has Secure Boot enabled. Disabled by default.
shieldedInstanceConfig.enableVtpm
boolean
Defines whether the instance has the vTPM enabled. Enabled by default.
shieldedInstanceConfig.enableIntegrityMonitoring
boolean
Defines whether the instance has integrity monitoring enabled. Enabled by default.
shieldedInstanceIntegrityPolicy
object
shieldedInstanceIntegrityPolicy.updateAutoLearnPolicy
boolean
Updates the integrity policy baseline using the measurements from the VM instance's most recent boot.
sourceMachineImageEncryptionKey
object
Source machine image encryption key when creating an instance from a machine image.
sourceMachineImageEncryptionKey.rawKey
string
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
sourceMachineImageEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey
string
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey
or the rsaEncryptedKey
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
sourceMachineImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName
string
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/keyThe fully-qualifed key name may be returned for resource GET requests. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id/locations/ region/keyRings/ key_region/cryptoKeys/key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
sourceMachineImageEncryptionKey.sha256
string
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
sourceMachineImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount
string
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": "name@ projectId.iam.gserviceaccount.com/
confidentialInstanceConfig
object
confidentialInstanceConfig.enableConfidentialCompute
boolean
Defines whether the instance should have confidential compute enabled.
confidentialInstanceConfig.confidentialInstanceType
enum
Defines the type of technology used by the confidential instance.
fingerprint
string (bytes format)
Specifies a fingerprint for this resource, which is essentially a hash of the instance's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update the instance. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update the instance.
To see the latest fingerprint, make get()
request to the instance.
A base64-encoded string.
privateIpv6GoogleAccess
enum
The private IPv6 google access type for the VM. If not specified, use INHERIT_FROM_SUBNETWORK
as default.
advancedMachineFeatures
object
Controls for advanced machine-related behavior features.
advancedMachineFeatures.enableNestedVirtualization
boolean
Whether to enable nested virtualization or not (default is false).
advancedMachineFeatures.threadsPerCore
integer
The number of threads per physical core. To disable simultaneous multithreading (SMT) set this to 1. If unset, the maximum number of threads supported per core by the underlying processor is assumed.
advancedMachineFeatures.visibleCoreCount
integer
The number of physical cores to expose to an instance. Multiply by the number of threads per core to compute the total number of virtual CPUs to expose to the instance. If unset, the number of cores is inferred from the instance's nominal CPU count and the underlying platform's SMT width.
advancedMachineFeatures.enableUefiNetworking
boolean
Whether to enable UEFI networking for instance creation.
advancedMachineFeatures.performanceMonitoringUnit
enum
Type of Performance Monitoring Unit requested on instance.
advancedMachineFeatures.turboMode
string
Turbo frequency mode to use for the instance. Supported modes include: * ALL_CORE_MAX
Using empty string or not setting this field will use the platform-specific default turbo mode.
lastStartTimestamp
string
[Output Only] Last start timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
lastStopTimestamp
string
[Output Only] Last stop timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
lastSuspendedTimestamp
string
[Output Only] Last suspended timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
satisfiesPzs
boolean
[Output Only] Reserved for future use.
satisfiesPzi
boolean
[Output Only] Reserved for future use.
resourceStatus
object
[Output Only] Specifies values set for instance attributes as compared to the values requested by user in the corresponding input only field.
resourceStatus.scheduling
object
resourceStatus.scheduling.availabilityDomain
integer
Specifies the availability domain to place the instance in. The value must be a number between 1 and the number of availability domains specified in the spread placement policy attached to the instance.
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance
object
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.type
enum
Defines the type of maintenance.
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.canReschedule
boolean
Indicates if the maintenance can be customer triggered.
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.windowStartTime
string
The current start time of the maintenance window. This timestamp value is in RFC3339 text format.
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.windowEndTime
string
The time by which the maintenance disruption will be completed. This timestamp value is in RFC3339 text format.
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.latestWindowStartTime
string
The latest time for the planned maintenance window to start. This timestamp value is in RFC3339 text format.
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.maintenanceStatus
enum
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.maintenanceOnShutdown
boolean
Indicates whether the UpcomingMaintenance will be triggered on VM shutdown.
resourceStatus.upcomingMaintenance.maintenanceReasons[]
enum
The reasons for the maintenance. Only valid for vms.
resourceStatus.physicalHost
string
[Output Only] The precise location of your instance within the zone's data center, including the block, sub-block, and host. The field is formatted as follows: blockId/subBlockId/hostId.
resourceStatus.physicalHostTopology
object
[Output Only] A series of fields containing the global name of the Compute Engine cluster, as well as the ID of the block, sub-block, and host on which the running instance is located.
resourceStatus.physicalHostTopology.cluster
string
[Output Only] The global name of the Compute Engine cluster where the running instance is located.
resourceStatus.physicalHostTopology.block
string
[Output Only] The ID of the block in which the running instance is located. Instances within the same block experience low network latency.
resourceStatus.physicalHostTopology.subblock
string
[Output Only] The ID of the sub-block in which the running instance is located. Instances in the same sub-block experience lower network latency than instances in the same block.
resourceStatus.physicalHostTopology.host
string
[Output Only] The ID of the host on which the running instance is located. Instances on the same host experience the lowest possible network latency.
networkPerformanceConfig
object
networkPerformanceConfig.totalEgressBandwidthTier
enum
keyRevocationActionType
enum
KeyRevocationActionType of the instance. Supported options are "STOP" and "NONE". The default value is "NONE" if it is not specified.
Response bodyRepresents an Operation resource.
Google Compute Engine has three Operation resources:
You can use an operation resource to manage asynchronous API requests. For more information, read Handling API responses.
Operations can be global, regional or zonal.
globalOperations
resource.regionOperations
resource.zoneOperations
resource.For more information, read Global, Regional, and Zonal Resources.
Note that completed Operation resources have a limited retention period.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation{ "kind": string, "id": string, "creationTimestamp": string, "name": string, "zone": string, "clientOperationId": string, "operationType": string, "targetLink": string, "targetId": string, "status": enum, "statusMessage": string, "user": string, "progress": integer, "insertTime": string, "startTime": string, "endTime": string, "error": { "errors": [ { "code": string, "location": string, "message": string, "errorDetails": [ { "errorInfo": { "reason": string, "domain": string, "metadatas": { string: string, ... } }, "quotaInfo": { "metricName": string, "limitName": string, "dimensions": { string: string, ... }, "limit": number, "futureLimit": number, "rolloutStatus": enum }, "help": { "links": [ { "description": string, "url": string } ] }, "localizedMessage": { "locale": string, "message": string } } ] } ] }, "warnings": [ { "code": enum, "message": string, "data": [ { "key": string, "value": string } ] } ], "httpErrorStatusCode": integer, "httpErrorMessage": string, "selfLink": string, "region": string, "description": string, "operationGroupId": string, // Union fieldFieldsmetadata
can be only one of the following: "setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata": { "clientOperationId": string, "perLocationOperations": { string: { "state": enum, "error": { "code": integer, "message": string, "details": [ { "@type": string, field1: ..., ... } ] } }, ... } }, "instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata": { "perLocationStatus": { string: { "status": enum, "targetVmCount": integer, "createdVmCount": integer, "failedToCreateVmCount": integer, "deletedVmCount": integer }, ... } } // End of list of possible types for union fieldmetadata
. }
kind
string
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#operation
for Operation resources.
id
string (uint64 format)
[Output Only] The unique identifier for the operation. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestamp
string
[Deprecated] This field is deprecated.
name
string
[Output Only] Name of the operation.
zone
string
[Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing per-zone operations.
clientOperationId
string
[Output Only] The value of requestId
if you provided it in the request. Not present otherwise.
operationType
string
[Output Only] The type of operation, such as insert
, update
, or delete
, and so on.
targetLink
string
[Output Only] The URL of the resource that the operation modifies. For operations related to creating a snapshot, this points to the disk that the snapshot was created from.
targetId
string (uint64 format)
[Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
status
enum
[Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: PENDING
, RUNNING
, or DONE
.
statusMessage
string
[Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
user
string
[Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com
or alice_smith_identifier (global/workforcePools/example-com-us-employees)
.
progress
integer
[Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
insertTime
string
[Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
startTime
string
[Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
endTime
string
[Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
error
object
[Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
error.errors[]
object
[Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
error.errors[].code
string
[Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
error.errors[].location
string
[Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
error.errors[].message
string
[Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
error.errors[].errorDetails[]
object
[Output Only] An optional list of messages that contain the error details. There is a set of defined message types to use for providing details.The syntax depends on the error code. For example, QuotaExceededInfo will have details when the error code is QUOTA_EXCEEDED.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo
object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.reason
string
The reason of the error. This is a constant value that identifies the proximate cause of the error. Error reasons are unique within a particular domain of errors. This should be at most 63 characters and match a regular expression of [A-Z][A-Z0-9_]+[A-Z0-9]
, which represents UPPER_SNAKE_CASE.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.domain
string
The logical grouping to which the "reason" belongs. The error domain is typically the registered service name of the tool or product that generates the error. Example: "pubsub.googleapis.com". If the error is generated by some common infrastructure, the error domain must be a globally unique value that identifies the infrastructure. For Google API infrastructure, the error domain is "googleapis.com".
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.metadatas
map (key: string, value: string)
Additional structured details about this error.
Keys must match a regular expression of [a-z][a-zA-Z0-9-_]+
but should ideally be lowerCamelCase. Also, they must be limited to 64 characters in length. When identifying the current value of an exceeded limit, the units should be contained in the key, not the value. For example, rather than {"instanceLimit": "100/request"}
, should be returned as, {"instanceLimitPerRequest": "100"}
, if the client exceeds the number of instances that can be created in a single (batch) request.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo
object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.metricName
string
The Compute Engine quota metric name.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limitName
string
The name of the quota limit.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.dimensions
map (key: string, value: string)
The map holding related quota dimensions.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limit
number
Current effective quota limit. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.futureLimit
number
Future quota limit being rolled out. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.rolloutStatus
enum
Rollout status of the future quota limit.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help
object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[]
object
URL(s) pointing to additional information on handling the current error.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].description
string
Describes what the link offers.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].url
string
The URL of the link.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage
object
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.locale
string
The locale used following the specification defined at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt. Examples are: "en-US", "fr-CH", "es-MX"
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.message
string
The localized error message in the above locale.
warnings[]
object
[Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
warnings[].code
enum
[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE
if there are no results in the response.
warnings[].message
string
[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
warnings[].data[]
object
[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value
format. For example:
"data": [ { "key": "scope", "value": "zones/us-east1-d" }
warnings[].data[].key
string
[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope
and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
warnings[].data[].value
string
[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
httpErrorStatusCode
integer
[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a 404
means the resource was not found.
httpErrorMessage
string
[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND
.
selfLink
string
[Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
region
string
[Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing regional operations.
description
string
[Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
operationGroupId
string
[Output Only] An ID that represents a group of operations, such as when a group of operations results from a bulkInsert
API request.
metadata
. [Output Only] Service-specific metadata attached to this operation. metadata
can be only one of the following: setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata
object
[Output Only] If the operation is for projects.setCommonInstanceMetadata, this field will contain information on all underlying zonal actions and their state.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.clientOperationId
string
[Output Only] The client operation id.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[]
map (key: string, value: object)
[Output Only] Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].state
enum
[Output Only] Status of the action, which can be one of the following: PROPAGATING
, PROPAGATED
, ABANDONED
, FAILED
, or DONE
.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error
object
[Output Only] If state is ABANDONED
or FAILED
, this field is populated.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.code
integer
The status code, which should be an enum value of google.rpc.Code
.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.message
string
A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the google.rpc.Status.details
field, or localized by the client.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.details[]
object
A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.
An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field "@type"
contains a URI identifying the type. Example: { "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" }
.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata
object
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[]
map (key: string, value: object)
Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].status
enum
[Output Only] Creation status of instances.bulkInsert operation - information if the flow is rolling forward or rolling back.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].targetVmCount
integer
[Output Only] Count of VMs originally planned to be created.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].createdVmCount
integer
[Output Only] Count of VMs successfully created so far.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].failedToCreateVmCount
integer
[Output Only] Count of VMs that started creating but encountered an error.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].deletedVmCount
integer
[Output Only] Count of VMs that got deleted during rollback.
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.
IAM PermissionsIn addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:
compute.disks.create
compute.instances.create
compute.instances.pscInterfaceCreate
To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.
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