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# gcp_compute_node_template{% #gcp_compute_node_template %}

## `accelerators`{% #accelerators %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `accelerators`

- `accelerator_count`**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `acceleratorCount`**Description**: The number of the guest accelerator cards exposed to this instance.
- `accelerator_type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `acceleratorType`**Description**: 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.

## `ancestors`{% #ancestors %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `cpu_overcommit_type`{% #cpu_overcommit_type %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `cpuOvercommitType`**Description**: CPU overcommit.**Possible values**:

- `CPU_OVERCOMMIT_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED`
- `ENABLED`
- `NONE`

## `creation_timestamp`{% #creation_timestamp %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `creationTimestamp`**Description**: [Output Only] Creation timestamp 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.

## `disks`{% #disks %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `disks`

- `disk_count`**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `diskCount`**Description**: Specifies the number of such disks.
- `disk_size_gb`**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `diskSizeGb`**Description**: Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB.
- `disk_type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `diskType`**Description**: Specifies the desired disk type on the node. This disk type must be a local storage type (e.g.: local-ssd). Note that for nodeTemplates, this should be the name of the disk type and not its URL.

## `gcp_status`{% #gcp_status %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `status`**Description**: [Output Only] The status of the node template. One of the following values: CREATING, READY, and DELETING.**Possible values**:

- `CREATING` - Resources are being allocated.
- `DELETING` - The node template is currently being deleted.
- `INVALID` - Invalid status.
- `READY` - The node template is ready.

## `id`{% #id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `id`**Description**: [Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.

## `kind`{% #kind %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `kind`**Description**: [Output Only] The type of the resource. Always compute#nodeTemplate for node templates.

## `labels`{% #labels %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: 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.

## `node_type`{% #node_type %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `nodeType`**Description**: The node type to use for nodes group that are created from this template.

## `node_type_flexibility`{% #node_type_flexibility %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `nodeTypeFlexibility`**Description**: Do not use. Instead, use the node_type property.

- `cpus`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `cpus`
- `local_ssd`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `localSsd`
- `memory`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `memory`

## `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 name of the region where the node template resides, such as us-central1.

## `region_id`{% #region_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `resource_name`{% #resource_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `self_link`{% #self_link %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `selfLink`**Description**: [Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.

## `server_binding`{% #server_binding %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `serverBinding`**Description**: Sets the binding properties for the physical server. Valid values include: - *[Default]* RESTART_NODE_ON_ANY_SERVER: Restarts VMs on any available physical server - RESTART_NODE_ON_MINIMAL_SERVER: Restarts VMs on the same physical server whenever possible See Sole-tenant node options for more information.

- `type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `type`

## `status_message`{% #status_message %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `statusMessage`**Description**: [Output Only] An optional, human-readable explanation of the status.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `zone_id`{% #zone_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`