Create an instance template with a subnet

Create an instance template that uses a specified subnetwork.

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Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Go API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  import 
  
 ( 
  
 "context" 
  
 "fmt" 
  
 "io" 
  
 compute 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1" 
  
 computepb 
  
 "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1/computepb" 
  
 "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto" 
 ) 
 // createTemplateWithSubnet creates an instance template that uses a provided subnet. 
 func 
  
 createTemplateWithSubnet 
 ( 
 w 
  
 io 
 . 
 Writer 
 , 
  
 projectID 
 , 
  
 network 
 , 
  
 subnetwork 
 , 
  
 templateName 
  
 string 
 ) 
  
 error 
  
 { 
  
 // projectID := "your_project_id" 
  
 // network := "projects/project/global/networks/network" 
  
 // subnetwork := "projects/project/regions/region/subnetworks/subnetwork" 
  
 // templateName := "your_template_name" 
  
 ctx 
  
 := 
  
 context 
 . 
 Background 
 () 
  
 instanceTemplatesClient 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 compute 
 . 
  NewInstanceTemplatesRESTClient 
 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "NewInstanceTemplatesRESTClient: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 defer 
  
 instanceTemplatesClient 
 . 
 Close 
 () 
  
 req 
  
 := 
  
& computepb 
 . 
 InsertInstanceTemplateRequest 
 { 
  
 Project 
 : 
  
 projectID 
 , 
  
 InstanceTemplateResource 
 : 
  
& computepb 
 . 
 InstanceTemplate 
 { 
  
 Name 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 templateName 
 ), 
  
 Properties 
 : 
  
& computepb 
 . 
 InstanceProperties 
 { 
  
 // The template describes the size and source image of the boot disk 
  
 // to attach to the instance. 
  
 Disks 
 : 
  
 [] 
 * 
 computepb 
 . 
 AttachedDisk 
 { 
  
 { 
  
 InitializeParams 
 : 
  
& computepb 
 . 
 AttachedDiskInitializeParams 
 { 
  
 DiskSizeGb 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 Int64 
 ( 
 250 
 ), 
  
 SourceImage 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-11" 
 ), 
  
 }, 
  
 AutoDelete 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 Bool 
 ( 
 true 
 ), 
  
 Boot 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 Bool 
 ( 
 true 
 ), 
  
 }, 
  
 }, 
  
 MachineType 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 "e2-standard-4" 
 ), 
  
 // The template connects the instance to the specified network and subnetwork. 
  
 NetworkInterfaces 
 : 
  
 [] 
 * 
 computepb 
 . 
 NetworkInterface 
 { 
  
 { 
  
 Network 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 network 
 ), 
  
 Subnetwork 
 : 
  
 proto 
 . 
 String 
 ( 
 subnetwork 
 ), 
  
 }, 
  
 }, 
  
 }, 
  
 }, 
  
 } 
  
 op 
 , 
  
 err 
  
 := 
  
 instanceTemplatesClient 
 . 
 Insert 
 ( 
 ctx 
 , 
  
 req 
 ) 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "unable to create instance template: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 if 
  
 err 
  
 = 
  
 op 
 . 
 Wait 
 ( 
 ctx 
 ); 
  
 err 
  
 != 
  
 nil 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Errorf 
 ( 
 "unable to wait for the operation: %w" 
 , 
  
 err 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 fmt 
 . 
 Fprintf 
 ( 
 w 
 , 
  
 "Instance template created\n" 
 ) 
  
 return 
  
 nil 
 } 
 

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Java API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. AttachedDisk 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. AttachedDiskInitializeParams 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. GlobalOperationsClient 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. InsertInstanceTemplateRequest 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. InstanceProperties 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. InstanceTemplate 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. InstanceTemplatesClient 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. NetworkInterface 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 com.google.cloud.compute.v1. Operation 
 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.io.IOException 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit 
 ; 
 import 
  
 java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException 
 ; 
 public 
  
 class 
 CreateTemplateWithSubnet 
  
 { 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 main 
 ( 
 String 
 [] 
  
 args 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 IOException 
 , 
  
 ExecutionException 
 , 
  
 InterruptedException 
 , 
  
 TimeoutException 
  
 { 
  
 /* 
 TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample. 
 projectId: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you use. 
 network: the network to be used in the new template. This value uses 
 the following format: "projects/{project}/global/networks/{network}" 
 subnetwork: the subnetwork to be used in the new template. This value 
 uses the following format: "projects/{project}/regions/{region}/subnetworks/{subnetwork}" 
 templateName: name of the new template to create. 
 */ 
  
 String 
  
 projectId 
  
 = 
  
 "your-project-id" 
 ; 
  
 String 
  
 network 
  
 = 
  
 String 
 . 
 format 
 ( 
 "projects/%s/global/networks/%s" 
 , 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 "network" 
 ); 
  
 String 
  
 subnetwork 
  
 = 
  
 String 
 . 
 format 
 ( 
 "projects/%s/regions/%s/subnetworks/%s" 
 , 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 "region" 
 , 
  
 "subnetwork" 
 ); 
  
 String 
  
 templateName 
  
 = 
  
 "template-name" 
 ; 
  
 createTemplateWithSubnet 
 ( 
 projectId 
 , 
  
 network 
 , 
  
 subnetwork 
 , 
  
 templateName 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 // Create an instance template that uses a provided subnet. 
  
 public 
  
 static 
  
 void 
  
 createTemplateWithSubnet 
 ( 
 String 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 network 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 subnetwork 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 templateName 
 ) 
  
 throws 
  
 IOException 
 , 
  
 ExecutionException 
 , 
  
 InterruptedException 
 , 
  
 TimeoutException 
  
 { 
  
 try 
  
 ( 
  InstanceTemplatesClient 
 
  
 instanceTemplatesClient 
  
 = 
  
  InstanceTemplatesClient 
 
 . 
 create 
 (); 
  
  GlobalOperationsClient 
 
  
 globalOperationsClient 
  
 = 
  
  GlobalOperationsClient 
 
 . 
 create 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
  AttachedDisk 
 
  
 disk 
  
 = 
  
  AttachedDisk 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
  setInitializeParams 
 
 ( 
  AttachedDiskInitializeParams 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setSourceImage 
 ( 
  
 String 
 . 
 format 
 ( 
 "projects/%s/global/images/family/%s" 
 , 
  
 "debian-cloud" 
 , 
  
 "debian-11" 
 )) 
  
 . 
 setDiskSizeGb 
 ( 
 250 
 ). 
 build 
 ()) 
  
 . 
 setAutoDelete 
 ( 
 true 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setBoot 
 ( 
 true 
 ) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
  InstanceProperties 
 
  
 instanceProperties 
  
 = 
  
  InstanceProperties 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 addDisks 
 ( 
 disk 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setMachineType 
 ( 
 "e2-standard-4" 
 ) 
  
 . 
 addNetworkInterfaces 
 ( 
  NetworkInterface 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setNetwork 
 ( 
 network 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setSubnetwork 
 ( 
 subnetwork 
 ). 
 build 
 ()) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
  InstanceTemplate 
 
  
 instanceTemplate 
  
 = 
  
  InstanceTemplate 
 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setName 
 ( 
 templateName 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setProperties 
 ( 
 instanceProperties 
 ) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
  InsertInstanceTemplateRequest 
 
  
 insertInstanceTemplateRequest 
  
 = 
  
  InsertInstanceTemplateRequest 
 
  
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setProject 
 ( 
 projectId 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setInstanceTemplateResource 
 ( 
 instanceTemplate 
 ) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
  Operation 
 
  
 operation 
  
 = 
  
 instanceTemplatesClient 
 . 
 insertCallable 
 () 
  
 . 
 futureCall 
 ( 
 insertInstanceTemplateRequest 
 ). 
 get 
 ( 
 3 
 , 
  
 TimeUnit 
 . 
 MINUTES 
 ); 
  
  Operation 
 
  
 response 
  
 = 
  
 globalOperationsClient 
 . 
 wait 
 ( 
 projectId 
 , 
  
 operation 
 . 
  getName 
 
 ()); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 response 
 . 
  hasError 
 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 println 
 ( 
 "Template creation from subnet failed ! ! " 
  
 + 
  
 response 
 ); 
  
 return 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 printf 
 ( 
 "Template creation from subnet operation status %s: %s" 
 , 
  
 templateName 
 , 
  
 response 
 . 
  getStatus 
 
 ()); 
  
 } 
  
 } 
 } 
 

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Node.js API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  /** 
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment and replace these variables before running the sample. 
 */ 
 // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'; 
 // const network = 'projects/project/global/networks/network'; 
 // const subnetwork = 'projects/project/regions/region/subnetworks/subnetwork'; 
 // const templateName = 'your_template_name'; 
 const 
  
 compute 
  
 = 
  
 require 
 ( 
 ' @google-cloud/compute 
' 
 ); 
 // Create an instance template that uses a provided subnet. 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 createTemplateWithSubnet 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 instanceTemplatesClient 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 compute 
 . 
  InstanceTemplatesClient 
 
 (); 
  
 const 
  
 [ 
 response 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 instanceTemplatesClient 
 . 
 insert 
 ({ 
  
 project 
 : 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 instanceTemplateResource 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 name 
 : 
  
 templateName 
 , 
  
 properties 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 // The template describes the size and source image of the boot disk 
  
 // to attach to the instance. 
  
 disks 
 : 
  
 [ 
  
 { 
  
 // The template describes the size and source image of the boot disk 
  
 // to attach to the instance. 
  
 initializeParams 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 diskSizeGb 
 : 
  
 '250' 
 , 
  
 sourceImage 
 : 
  
 'projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-11' 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 autoDelete 
 : 
  
 true 
 , 
  
 boot 
 : 
  
 true 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 ], 
  
 machineType 
 : 
  
 'e2-standard-4' 
 , 
  
 // The template connects the instance to the specified network and subnetwork. 
  
 networkInterfaces 
 : 
  
 [ 
  
 { 
  
 network 
 , 
  
 subnetwork 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 ], 
  
 }, 
  
 }, 
  
 }); 
  
 let 
  
 operation 
  
 = 
  
 response 
 . 
 latestResponse 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 operationsClient 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 compute 
 . 
  GlobalOperationsClient 
 
 (); 
  
 // Wait for the create operation to complete. 
  
 while 
  
 ( 
 operation 
 . 
 status 
  
 !== 
  
 'DONE' 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 [ 
 operation 
 ] 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 operationsClient 
 . 
 wait 
 ({ 
  
 operation 
 : 
  
 operation 
 . 
 name 
 , 
  
 project 
 : 
  
 projectId 
 , 
  
 }); 
  
 } 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'Instance template created.' 
 ); 
 } 
 createTemplateWithSubnet 
 (); 
 

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries . For more information, see the Compute Engine Python API reference documentation .

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment .

  from 
  
 __future__ 
  
 import 
 annotations 
 import 
  
 sys 
 from 
  
 typing 
  
 import 
 Any 
 from 
  
 google.api_core.extended_operation 
  
 import 
 ExtendedOperation 
 from 
  
 google.cloud 
  
 import 
  compute_v1 
 
 def 
  
 wait_for_extended_operation 
 ( 
 operation 
 : 
 ExtendedOperation 
 , 
 verbose_name 
 : 
 str 
 = 
 "operation" 
 , 
 timeout 
 : 
 int 
 = 
 300 
 ) 
 - 
> Any 
 : 
  
 """ 
 Waits for the extended (long-running) operation to complete. 
 If the operation is successful, it will return its result. 
 If the operation ends with an error, an exception will be raised. 
 If there were any warnings during the execution of the operation 
 they will be printed to sys.stderr. 
 Args: 
 operation: a long-running operation you want to wait on. 
 verbose_name: (optional) a more verbose name of the operation, 
 used only during error and warning reporting. 
 timeout: how long (in seconds) to wait for operation to finish. 
 If None, wait indefinitely. 
 Returns: 
 Whatever the operation.result() returns. 
 Raises: 
 This method will raise the exception received from `operation.exception()` 
 or RuntimeError if there is no exception set, but there is an `error_code` 
 set for the `operation`. 
 In case of an operation taking longer than `timeout` seconds to complete, 
 a `concurrent.futures.TimeoutError` will be raised. 
 """ 
 result 
 = 
 operation 
 . 
 result 
 ( 
 timeout 
 = 
 timeout 
 ) 
 if 
 operation 
 . 
 error_code 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Error during 
 { 
 verbose_name 
 } 
 : [Code: 
 { 
 operation 
 . 
 error_code 
 } 
 ]: 
 { 
 operation 
 . 
 error_message 
 } 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 , 
 ) 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Operation ID: 
 { 
 operation 
 . 
 name 
 } 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 ) 
 raise 
 operation 
 . 
 exception 
 () 
 or 
 RuntimeError 
 ( 
 operation 
 . 
 error_message 
 ) 
 if 
 operation 
 . 
 warnings 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 "Warnings during 
 { 
 verbose_name 
 } 
 : 
 \n 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 ) 
 for 
 warning 
 in 
 operation 
 . 
 warnings 
 : 
 print 
 ( 
 f 
 " - 
 { 
 warning 
 . 
 code 
 } 
 : 
 { 
 warning 
 . 
 message 
 } 
 " 
 , 
 file 
 = 
 sys 
 . 
 stderr 
 , 
 flush 
 = 
 True 
 ) 
 return 
 result 
 def 
  
 create_template_with_subnet 
 ( 
 project_id 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 network 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 subnetwork 
 : 
 str 
 , 
 template_name 
 : 
 str 
 ) 
 - 
> compute_v1 
 . 
 InstanceTemplate 
 : 
  
 """ 
 Create an instance template that uses a provided subnet. 
 Args: 
 project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you use. 
 network: the network to be used in the new template. This value uses 
 the following format: "projects/{project}/global/networks/{network}" 
 subnetwork: the subnetwork to be used in the new template. This value 
 uses the following format: "projects/{project}/regions/{region}/subnetworks/{subnetwork}" 
 template_name: name of the new template to create. 
 Returns: 
 InstanceTemplate object that represents the new instance template. 
 """ 
 # The template describes the size and source image of the book disk to 
 # attach to the instance. 
 disk 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  AttachedDisk 
 
 () 
 initialize_params 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  AttachedDiskInitializeParams 
 
 () 
 initialize_params 
 . 
 source_image 
 = 
 ( 
 "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-11" 
 ) 
 initialize_params 
 . 
 disk_size_gb 
 = 
 250 
 disk 
 . 
 initialize_params 
 = 
 initialize_params 
 disk 
 . 
 auto_delete 
 = 
 True 
 disk 
 . 
 boot 
 = 
 True 
 template 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  InstanceTemplate 
 
 () 
 template 
 . 
 name 
 = 
 template_name 
 template 
 . 
 properties 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  InstanceProperties 
 
 () 
 template 
 . 
 properties 
 . 
  disks 
 
 = 
 [ 
 disk 
 ] 
 template 
 . 
 properties 
 . 
 machine_type 
 = 
 "e2-standard-4" 
 # The template connects the instance to the specified network and subnetwork. 
 network_interface 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  NetworkInterface 
 
 () 
 network_interface 
 . 
 network 
 = 
 network 
 network_interface 
 . 
 subnetwork 
 = 
 subnetwork 
 template 
 . 
 properties 
 . 
 network_interfaces 
 = 
 [ 
 network_interface 
 ] 
 template_client 
 = 
  compute_v1 
 
 . 
  InstanceTemplatesClient 
 
 () 
 operation 
 = 
 template_client 
 . 
  insert 
 
 ( 
 project 
 = 
 project_id 
 , 
 instance_template_resource 
 = 
 template 
 ) 
 wait_for_extended_operation 
 ( 
 operation 
 , 
 "instance template creation" 
 ) 
 return 
 template_client 
 . 
  get 
 
 ( 
 project 
 = 
 project_id 
 , 
 instance_template 
 = 
 template_name 
 ) 
 

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