--- title: Managed Instance Group description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > DDSQL Reference > Data Directory > Managed Instance Group --- # Managed Instance Group A Managed Instance Group in Google Cloud is a collection of identical virtual machine instances that are managed as a single entity. It provides features like autoscaling, load balancing, and automated updates, ensuring high availability and consistent performance. This resource is ideal for running stateless applications and workloads that need to scale horizontally. ``` gcp.compute_instance_group ``` ## Fields | Title | ID | Type | Data Type | Description | | -------------------- | ---- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | | _key | core | string | | ancestors | core | array | | creation_timestamp | core | timestamp | Output only. [Output Only] The creation timestamp for this instance group inRFC3339 text format. | | datadog_display_name | core | string | | description | core | string | An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource. | | id | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] A unique identifier for this instance group, generated by the server. | | kind | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] The resource type, which is alwayscompute#instanceGroup for instance groups. | | labels | core | array | | name | core | string | The name of the instance group. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply withRFC1035. | | named_ports | core | json | Optional. Assigns a name to a port number. For example:{name: "http", port: 80} This allows the system to reference ports by the assigned name instead of a port number. Named ports can also contain multiple ports. For example:[{name: "app1", port: 8080}, {name: "app1", port: 8081}, {name: "app2", port: 8082}] Named ports apply to all instances in this instance group. | | network | core | string | [Output Only] The URL of the network to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0). | | organization_id | core | string | | parent | core | string | | project_id | core | string | | project_number | core | string | | region | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] The URL of theregion where the instance group is located (for regional resources). | | region_id | core | string | | resource_name | core | string | | self_link | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] The URL for this instance group. The server generates this URL. | | size | core | int64 | Output only. [Output Only] The total number of instances in the instance group. | | subnetwork | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] The URL of the subnetwork to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0). | | tags | core | hstore_csv | | zone | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] The URL of thezone where the instance group is located (for zonal resources). | | zone_id | core | string |