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title: Getting Started with Datadog
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# gcp_compute_instance_group{% #gcp_compute_instance_group %}

## `ancestors`{% #ancestors %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `creation_timestamp`{% #creation_timestamp %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `creationTimestamp`**Description**: [Output Only] The creation timestamp for this instance group in RFC3339 text format.

## `description`{% #description %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `description`**Description**: An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.

## `id`{% #id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `id`**Description**: [Output Only] A unique identifier for this instance group, generated by the server.

## `kind`{% #kind %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `kind`**Description**: [Output Only] The resource type, which is always compute#instanceGroup for instance groups.

## `labels`{% #labels %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: The name of the instance group. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.

## `named_ports`{% #named_ports %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `namedPorts`**Description**: 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.

- `name`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: The name for this named port. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
- `port`**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `port`**Description**: The port number, which can be a value between 1 and 65535.

## `network`{% #network %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `network`**Description**: [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`{% #organization_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `parent`{% #parent %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `project_id`{% #project_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `project_number`{% #project_number %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `region`{% #region %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `region`**Description**: [Output Only] The URL of the region where the instance group is located (for regional resources).

## `region_id`{% #region_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `resource_name`{% #resource_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `self_link`{% #self_link %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `selfLink`**Description**: [Output Only] The URL for this instance group. The server generates this URL.

## `size`{% #size %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `size`**Description**: [Output Only] The total number of instances in the instance group.

## `subnetwork`{% #subnetwork %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `subnetwork`**Description**: [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`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `zone`{% #zone %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `zone`**Description**: [Output Only] The URL of the zone where the instance group is located (for zonal resources).

## `zone_id`{% #zone_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`