Terraform resource: google compute instance

google_compute_instance (doc)

• machine_type
• zone
• image
• deletion_protection
• service_account
• allow_stopping_for_update

Examples

resource "google_compute_instance" "ubuntu_instance" {
 name         = "ubuntu-instance"
 machine_type = "e2-micro"                #Included in always free tier service
 zone         = "us-west1-a"

 boot_disk {
   initialize_params {
     image = "ubuntu-os-cloud/ubuntu-2204-lts"
   }
 }

 network_interface {
   network = "default"
   access_config {
     // Ephemeral public IP
   }
 }
}

Official example

resource "google_service_account" "default" {
 account_id   = "my-custom-sa"
 display_name = "Custom SA for VM Instance"
}

resource "google_compute_instance" "default" {
 name         = "my-instance"
 machine_type = "n2-standard-2"
 zone         = "us-central1-a"

 tags = ["foo", "bar"]

 boot_disk {
   initialize_params {
     image = "debian-cloud/debian-11"
     labels = {
       my_label = "value"
     }
   }
 }

 // Local SSD disk
 scratch_disk {
   interface = "NVME"
 }

 network_interface {
   network = "default"

   access_config {
     // Ephemeral public IP
   }
 }

 metadata = {
   foo = "bar"
 }

 metadata_startup_script = "echo hi > /test.txt"

 service_account {
   # Google recommends custom service accounts that have cloud-platform scope and permissions granted via IAM Roles.
   email  = google_service_account.default.email
   scopes = ["cloud-platform"]
 }
}

Related

• lifecycle
• terraform-google-modules/vm/google
• compute_instance GCP submodule
• gcloud compute instances (CLI)

See also

• Terraform resource: google_compute_instance, compute.googleapis.com, google_project_service, google_compute_disk_resource_policy_attachment, GCP machine families: e2-micro, shielded_instance_config
• Terraform VM, google_compute_instance, aws_instance, azurerm_virtual_machine
• google_service_account, google_service_account_iam_member