Virtual Machine Instance

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A Virtual Machine Instance in Google Cloud (GCP) is a compute resource that provides on-demand, scalable virtual servers running on Google’s infrastructure. It allows you to choose machine types, operating systems, storage, and networking configurations to run applications or workloads. Instances can be customized for general-purpose, compute-optimized, or memory-optimized needs, and they integrate with other GCP services for security, monitoring, and automation.

gcp.compute_instance

Fields

ID	Type	Data Type	Description
_key	core	string
advanced_machine_features	core	json	Controls for advanced machine-related behavior features.
ancestors	core	array<string>
can_ip_forward	core	bool	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 .
confidential_instance_config	core	json
cpu_platform	core	string	[Output Only] The CPU platform used by this instance.
creation_timestamp	core	timestamp	[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
datadog_display_name	core	string
deletion_protection	core	bool	Whether the resource should be protected against deletion.
description	core	string	An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
disks	core	json	Array of disks associated with this instance. Persistent disks must be created before you can assign them.
display_device	core	json	Enables display device for the instance.
gcp_status	core	string	[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. Possible values: ['DEPROVISIONING', 'PROVISIONING', 'REPAIRING', 'RUNNING', 'STAGING', 'STOPPED', 'STOPPING', 'SUSPENDED', 'SUSPENDING', 'TERMINATED']. Values descriptions: ['The instance is halted and we are performing tear down tasks like network deprogramming, releasing quota, IP, tearing down disks etc.', 'Resources are being allocated for the instance.', 'The instance is in repair.', 'The instance is running.', 'All required resources have been allocated and the instance is being started.', 'The instance has stopped successfully.', 'The instance is currently stopping (either being deleted or killed).', 'The instance has suspended.', 'The instance is suspending.', 'The instance has stopped (either by explicit action or underlying failure).']
guest_accelerators	core	json	A list of the type and count of accelerator cards attached to the instance.
hostname	core	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.
id	core	string	[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
key_revocation_action_type	core	string	KeyRevocationActionType of the instance. Supported options are "STOP" and "NONE". The default value is "NONE" if it is not specified.
kind	core	string	[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#instance for instances.
labels	core	array<string>	Labels to apply to this instance. These can be later modified by the setLabels method.
last_start_timestamp	core	string	[Output Only] Last start timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
last_stop_timestamp	core	string	[Output Only] Last stop timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
last_suspended_timestamp	core	string	[Output Only] Last suspended timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
machine_type	core	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.
metadata	core	json	The metadata key/value pairs assigned to this instance. This includes metadata keys that were explicitly defined for the instance.
min_cpu_platform	core	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".
name	core	string	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.
network_interfaces	core	json	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.
network_performance_config	core	json
organization_id	core	string
params	core	json	Input only. [Input Only] Additional params passed with the request, but not persisted as part of resource payload.
parent	core	string
private_ipv6_google_access	core	string	The private IPv6 google access type for the VM. If not specified, use INHERIT_FROM_SUBNETWORK as default.
project_id	core	string
project_number	core	string
reservation_affinity	core	json	Specifies the reservations that this instance can consume from.
resource_name	core	string
resource_policies	core	array<string>	Resource policies applied to this instance.
resource_status	core	json	[Output Only] Specifies values set for instance attributes as compared to the values requested by user in the corresponding input only field.
satisfies_pzi	core	bool	[Output Only] Reserved for future use.
satisfies_pzs	core	bool	[Output Only] Reserved for future use.
scheduling	core	json	Sets the scheduling options for this instance.
self_link	core	string	[Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource.
service_accounts	core	json	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.
shielded_instance_config	core	json
shielded_instance_integrity_policy	core	json
source_machine_image	core	string	Source machine image
start_restricted	core	bool	[Output Only] Whether a VM has been restricted for start because Compute Engine has detected suspicious activity.
status_message	core	string	[Output Only] An optional, human-readable explanation of the status.
tags	core	hstore
zone	core	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.