--- title: Compute Engine Machine Image description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > DDSQL Reference > Data Directory > Compute Engine Machine Image --- # Compute Engine Machine Image A Compute Engine Machine Image in Google Cloud is a resource that stores all the configuration, metadata, and disk data needed to create new virtual machine instances. It captures the full state of a VM, including attached disks and instance properties, allowing consistent replication, backup, and deployment of identical environments across projects or regions. ``` gcp.compute_machine_image ``` ## 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 machine image 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. | | gcp_status | core | string | [Output Only] The status of the machine image. One of the following values: INVALID, CREATING, READY, DELETING, and UPLOADING. Possible values: ['CREATING', 'DELETING', 'INVALID', 'READY', 'UPLOADING']. Values descriptions: ['', '', '', '', ''] | | guest_flush | core | bool | [Input Only] Whether to attempt an application consistent machine image by informing the OS to prepare for the snapshot process. | | id | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] A unique identifier for this machine image. The server defines this identifier. | | instance_properties | core | json | [Output Only] Properties of source instance | | kind | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] The resource type, which is alwayscompute#machineImage for machine image. | | labels | core | array | Labels to apply to this machine image. These can be later modified by the setLabels method. | | name | core | string | Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply withRFC1035. 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. | | organization_id | core | string | | parent | core | string | | project_id | core | string | | project_number | core | string | | region_id | core | string | | resource_name | core | string | | satisfies_pzi | core | bool | Output only. Reserved for future use. | | satisfies_pzs | core | bool | Output only. [Output Only] Reserved for future use. | | saved_disks | core | json | Output only. An array of Machine Image specific properties for disks attached to the source instance | | self_link | core | string | Output only. [Output Only] The URL for this machine image. The server defines this URL. | | source_disk_encryption_keys | core | json | [Input Only] Thecustomer-supplied encryption key of the disks attached to the source instance. Required if the source disk is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key. | | source_instance | core | string | The source instance used to create the machine image. 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/instances/instance - projects/project/zones/zone/instances/instance | | source_instance_properties | core | json | Output only. [Output Only] DEPRECATED: Please use instance_properties instead for source instance related properties. New properties will not be added to this field. | | storage_locations | core | array | The regional or multi-regional Cloud Storage bucket location where themachine image is stored. | | tags | core | hstore_csv | | total_storage_bytes | core | int64 | Output only. [Output Only] Total size of the storage used by the machine image. | | zone_id | core | string |