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google_compute_instance

Manages a VM instance resource within GCE.

Example Usage

resource "google_compute_instance" "default" {
	name = "test"
	machine_type = "n1-standard-1"
	zone = "us-central1-a"
	tags = ["foo", "bar"]

	disk {
		image = "debian-7-wheezy-v20140814"
	}

	network {
		source = "default"
	}

	metadata {
		foo = "bar"
	}
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

  • name - (Required) A unique name for the resource, required by GCE. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

  • description - (Optional) A brief description of this resource.

  • machine_type - (Required) The machine type to create.

  • zone - (Required) The zone that the machine should be created in.

  • disk - (Required) Disks to attach to the instance. This can be specified multiple times for multiple disks. Structure is documented below.

  • metadata - (Optional) Metadata key/value pairs to make available from within the instance.

  • network - (Required) Networks to attach to the instance. This can be specified multiple times for multiple networks. Structure is documented below.

  • tags - (Optional) Tags to attach to the instance.

The disk block supports:

  • disk - (Required if image not set) The name of the disk (such as those managed by google_compute_disk) to attach.

  • image - (Required if disk not set) The name of the image to base this disk off of.

  • auto_delete - (Optional) Whether or not the disk should be auto-deleted. This defaults to true.

The network block supports:

  • source - (Required) The name of the network to attach this interface to.

  • address - (Optional) The IP address of a reserved IP address to assign to this interface.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

  • name - The name of the resource.
  • machine_type - The type of machine.
  • zone - The zone the machine lives in.