Stop a Compute Engine instance through an HTTP request

Makes an authenticated request within a workflow, using OAuth 2.0 to stop a Compute Engine instance.

Code sample

YAML

  - 
  
 initialize 
 : 
  
 assign 
 : 
  
 - 
  
 project 
 : 
  
 ${sys.get_env("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT_NUMBER")} 
  
 - 
  
 zone 
 : 
  
 "us-central1-a" 
  
 - 
  
 vm_to_stop 
 : 
  
 "examplevm" 
 - 
  
 stop_instance 
 : 
  
 call 
 : 
  
 http.post 
  
 args 
 : 
  
 url 
 : 
  
 ${"https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/"+project+"/zones/"+zone+"/instances/"+vm_to_stop+"/stop"} 
  
 auth 
 : 
  
 type 
 : 
  
 OAuth2 
  
 result 
 : 
  
 stop_result

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Stop a Compute Engine instance through an HTTP request