- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
-  Request body 
 - JSON representation
 
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
- IAM Permissions
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Creates multiple instances. Count specifies the number of instances to create. For more information, see About bulk creation of VMs .
HTTP request
 POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/bulkInsert 
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax. To know more about valid error responses that can be thrown by this HTTP request, please refer to the service error catalog
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| project |   Project ID for this request. | 
| zone |   The name of the zone for this request. | 
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| requestId |   An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID 
with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (  | 
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation | 
|---|
| { "count" : string , "minCount" : string , "namePattern" : string , "perInstanceProperties" : { string : { "name" : string , "hostname" : string } , ... } , "sourceInstanceTemplate" : string , "instanceProperties" : { "description" : string , "tags" : { "items" : [ string ] , "fingerprint" : string } , "resourceManagerTags" : { string : string , ... } , "machineType" : string , "canIpForward" : boolean , "networkInterfaces" : [ { "kind" : string , "network" : string , "subnetwork" : string , "networkIP" : string , "ipv6Address" : string , "internalIpv6PrefixLength" : integer , "name" : string , "accessConfigs" : [ { "kind" : string , "type" : enum , "name" : string , "natIP" : string , "externalIpv6" : string , "externalIpv6PrefixLength" : integer , "setPublicPtr" : boolean , "publicPtrDomainName" : string , "networkTier" : enum , "securityPolicy" : string } ] , "ipv6AccessConfigs" : [ { "kind" : string , "type" : enum , "name" : string , "natIP" : string , "externalIpv6" : string , "externalIpv6PrefixLength" : integer , "setPublicPtr" : boolean , "publicPtrDomainName" : string , "networkTier" : enum , "securityPolicy" : string } ] , "aliasIpRanges" : [ { "ipCidrRange" : string , "subnetworkRangeName" : string } ] , "fingerprint" : string , "stackType" : enum , "ipv6AccessType" : enum , "queueCount" : integer , "nicType" : enum , "networkAttachment" : string , "parentNicName" : string , "vlan" : integer , "igmpQuery" : enum } ] , "disks" : [ { "kind" : string , "type" : enum , "mode" : enum , "savedState" : enum , "source" : string , "deviceName" : string , "index" : integer , "boot" : boolean , "initializeParams" : { "diskName" : string , "sourceImage" : string , "diskSizeGb" : string , "diskType" : string , "sourceImageEncryptionKey" : { "sha256" : string , "kmsKeyServiceAccount" : string , "rawKey" : string , "rsaEncryptedKey" : string , "kmsKeyName" : string } , "labels" : { string : string , ... } , "sourceSnapshot" : string , "sourceInstantSnapshot" : string , "sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey" : { "sha256" : string , "kmsKeyServiceAccount" : string , "rawKey" : string , "rsaEncryptedKey" : string , "kmsKeyName" : string } , "description" : string , "replicaZones" : [ string ] , "guestOsFeatures" : [ { "type" : enum } ] , "resourcePolicies" : [ string ] , "onUpdateAction" : enum , "provisionedIops" : string , "multiWriter" : boolean , "licenses" : [ string ] , "architecture" : enum , "resourceManagerTags" : { string : string , ... } , "provisionedThroughput" : string , "enableConfidentialCompute" : boolean , "storagePool" : string } , "autoDelete" : boolean , "licenses" : [ string ] , "interface" : enum , "guestOsFeatures" : [ { "type" : enum } ] , "diskEncryptionKey" : { "rawKey" : string , "rsaEncryptedKey" : string , "kmsKeyName" : string , "sha256" : string , "kmsKeyServiceAccount" : string } , "diskSizeGb" : string , "shieldedInstanceInitialState" : { "pk" : { "content" : string , "fileType" : enum } , "keks" : [ { "content" : string , "fileType" : enum } ] , "dbs" : [ { "content" : string , "fileType" : enum } ] , "dbxs" : [ { "content" : string , "fileType" : enum } ] } , "userLicenses" : [ string ] , "forceAttach" : boolean , "locked" : boolean , "architecture" : enum } ] , "metadata" : { "kind" : string , "fingerprint" : string , "items" : [ { "key" : string , "value" : string } ] } , "serviceAccounts" : [ { "email" : string , "scopes" : [ string ] } ] , "scheduling" : { "onHostMaintenance" : enum , "automaticRestart" : boolean , "preemptible" : boolean , "nodeAffinities" : [ { "key" : string , "operator" : enum , "values" : [ string ] } ] , "minNodeCpus" : integer , "locationHint" : string , "maintenanceFreezeDurationHours" : integer , "maintenanceInterval" : enum , "availabilityDomain" : integer , "provisioningModel" : enum , "instanceTerminationAction" : enum , "hostErrorTimeoutSeconds" : integer , "gracefulShutdown" : { "enabled" : boolean , "maxDuration" : { "seconds" : string , "nanos" : integer } } , "localSsdRecoveryTimeout" : { "seconds" : string , "nanos" : integer } , "skipGuestOsShutdown" : boolean , // Union field | 
count 
 string ( int64 
format) 
The maximum number of instances to create.
minCount 
 string ( int64 
format) 
The minimum number of instances to create. If no minCount 
is specified then count 
is used as the default value. If minCount 
instances cannot be created, then no instances will be created and instances already created will be deleted.
namePattern 
 string 
The string pattern used for the names of the VMs. Either namePattern 
or perInstanceProperties 
must be set. The pattern must contain one continuous sequence of placeholder hash characters (#) with each character corresponding to one digit of the generated instance name. Example: a namePattern 
of inst-#### 
generates instance names such as inst-0001 
and inst-0002 
. If existing instances in the same project and zone have names that match the name pattern then the generated instance numbers start after the biggest existing number. For example, if there exists an instance with name inst-0050 
, then instance names generated using the pattern inst-#### 
begin with inst-0051 
. The name pattern placeholder #...# 
can contain up to 18 characters.
perInstanceProperties[] 
 map (key: string, value: object) 
Per-instance properties to be set on individual instances. Keys of this map specify requested instance names. Can be empty if namePattern 
is used.
perInstanceProperties[].name 
 string 
This field is only temporary. It will be removed. Do not use it.
perInstanceProperties[].hostname 
 string 
Specifies the hostname of the instance. More details in: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm#naming_convention
sourceInstanceTemplate 
 string 
Specifies the instance template from which to create instances. You may combine sourceInstanceTemplate 
with instanceProperties 
to override specific values from an existing instance template. Bulk API follows the semantics of JSON Merge Patch described by RFC 7396 
.
It can be a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs to an instance template:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /global/instanceTemplates/ instanceTemplate
-  projects/ project /global/instanceTemplates/ instanceTemplate
-  global/instanceTemplates/ instanceTemplate
This field is optional.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource sourceInstanceTemplate 
:
-  compute.instanceTemplates.useReadOnly
instanceProperties 
 object 
The instance properties defining the VM instances to be created. Required if sourceInstanceTemplate 
is not provided.
instanceProperties.description 
 string 
An optional text description for the instances that are created from these properties.
instanceProperties.tags 
 object 
A list of tags to apply to the instances that are created from these properties. The tags identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls. The setTags method can modify this list of tags. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035 .
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource tags 
:
-  compute.instances.setTags
instanceProperties.tags.items[] 
 string 
An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035 .
instanceProperties.tags.fingerprint 
 string ( bytes 
format) 
Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the tags' contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update tags. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change tags.
To see the latest fingerprint, make get() 
request to the instance.
A base64-encoded string.
instanceProperties.resourceManagerTags 
 map (key: string, value: string) 
Resource manager tags to be bound to the instance. Tag keys and values have the same definition as resource manager tags 
. Keys must be in the format tagKeys/{tag_key_id} 
, and values are in the format tagValues/456 
. The field is ignored (both PUT & PATCH) when empty.
instanceProperties.machineType 
 string 
The machine type to use for instances that are created from these properties. This field only accepts a machine type name, for example n2-standard-4 
. If you use the machine type full or partial URL, for example projects/my-l7ilb-project/zones/us-central1-a/machineTypes/n2-standard-4 
, the request will result in an INTERNAL_ERROR 
.
instanceProperties.canIpForward 
 boolean 
Enables instances created based on these properties to send packets with source IP addresses other than their own and receive packets with destination IP addresses other than their own. If these instances will be used as an IP gateway or it will be set as the next-hop in a Route resource, specify true 
. If unsure, leave this set to false 
. See the Enable IP forwarding 
documentation for more information.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[] 
 object 
An array of network access configurations for this interface.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].kind 
 string 
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#networkInterface 
for network interfaces.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].network 
 string 
URL of the VPC network resource for this instance. When creating an instance, if neither the network nor the subnetwork is specified, the default network global/networks/default 
is used. If the selected project doesn't have the default network, you must specify a network or subnet. If the network is not specified but the subnetwork is specified, the network is inferred.
If you specify this property, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /global/networks/ network
-  projects/ project /global/networks/ network
-  global/networks/default
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM 
permissions on the specified resource network 
:
-  compute.networks.use
-  compute.networks.useExternalIp
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].subnetwork 
 string 
The URL of the Subnetwork resource for this instance. If the network resource is in legacy mode, do not specify this field. If the network is in auto subnet mode, specifying the subnetwork is optional. If the network is in custom subnet mode, specifying the subnetwork is required. If you specify this field, you can specify the subnetwork as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /regions/ region /subnetworks/ subnetwork
-  regions/ region /subnetworks/ subnetwork
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM 
permissions on the specified resource subnetwork 
:
-  compute.subnetworks.use
-  compute.subnetworks.useExternalIp
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].networkIP 
 string 
An IPv4 internal IP address to assign to the instance for this network interface. If not specified by the user, an unused internal IP is assigned by the system.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6Address 
 string 
An IPv6 internal network address for this network interface. To use a static internal IP address, it must be unused and in the same region as the instance's zone. If not specified, Google Cloud will automatically assign an internal IPv6 address from the instance's subnetwork.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].internalIpv6PrefixLength 
 integer 
The prefix length of the primary internal IPv6 range.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].name 
 string 
[Output Only] The name of the network interface, which is generated by the server. For a VM, the network interface uses the nicN 
naming format. Where N 
is a value between 0 
and 7 
. The default interface value is nic0 
.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[] 
 object 
An array of configurations for this interface. Currently, only one access config, ONE_TO_ONE_NAT 
, is supported. If there are no accessConfigs 
specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].kind 
 string 
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig 
for access configs.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].type 
 enum 
The type of configuration. In accessConfigs 
(IPv4), the default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT 
. In ipv6AccessConfigs 
, the default and only option is DIRECT_IPV6 
.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].name 
 string 
The name of this access configuration. In accessConfigs 
(IPv4), the default and recommended name is External NAT 
, but you can use any arbitrary string, such as My external IP 
or Network Access 
. In ipv6AccessConfigs 
, the recommend name is External IPv6 
.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].natIP 
 string 
Applies to accessConfigs 
(IPv4) only. An external IP address 
associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource natIP 
:
-  compute.addresses.use
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].externalIpv6 
 string 
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs 
only. The first IPv6 address of the external IPv6 range associated with this instance, prefix length is stored in externalIpv6PrefixLength 
in ipv6AccessConfig 
. To use a static external IP address, it must be unused and in the same region as the instance's zone. If not specified, Google Cloud will automatically assign an external IPv6 address from the instance's subnetwork.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].externalIpv6PrefixLength 
 integer 
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs 
only. The prefix length of the external IPv6 range.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].setPublicPtr 
 boolean 
Specifies whether a public DNS 'PTR' record should be created to map the external IP address of the instance to a DNS domain name.
This field is not used in ipv6AccessConfig 
. A default PTR record will be created if the VM has external IPv6 range associated.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].publicPtrDomainName 
 string 
The DNS domain name for the public PTR record.
You can set this field only if the setPublicPtr 
field is enabled in accessConfig 
. If this field is unspecified in ipv6AccessConfig 
, a default PTR record will be created for first IP in associated external IPv6 range.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].networkTier 
 enum 
This signifies the networking tier used for configuring this access configuration and can only take the following values: PREMIUM 
, STANDARD 
.
If an AccessConfig is specified without a valid external IP address, an ephemeral IP will be created with this networkTier.
If an AccessConfig with a valid external IP address is specified, it must match that of the networkTier associated with the Address resource owning that IP.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].securityPolicy 
 string 
The resource URL for the security policy associated with this access config.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[] 
 object 
An array of IPv6 access configurations for this interface. Currently, only one IPv6 access config, DIRECT_IPV6 
, is supported. If there is no ipv6AccessConfig 
specified, then this instance will have no external IPv6 Internet access.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].kind 
 string 
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig 
for access configs.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].type 
 enum 
The type of configuration. In accessConfigs 
(IPv4), the default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT 
. In ipv6AccessConfigs 
, the default and only option is DIRECT_IPV6 
.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].name 
 string 
The name of this access configuration. In accessConfigs 
(IPv4), the default and recommended name is External NAT 
, but you can use any arbitrary string, such as My external IP 
or Network Access 
. In ipv6AccessConfigs 
, the recommend name is External IPv6 
.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].natIP 
 string 
Applies to accessConfigs 
(IPv4) only. An external IP address 
associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource natIP 
:
-  compute.addresses.use
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].externalIpv6 
 string 
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs 
only. The first IPv6 address of the external IPv6 range associated with this instance, prefix length is stored in externalIpv6PrefixLength 
in ipv6AccessConfig 
. To use a static external IP address, it must be unused and in the same region as the instance's zone. If not specified, Google Cloud will automatically assign an external IPv6 address from the instance's subnetwork.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].externalIpv6PrefixLength 
 integer 
Applies to ipv6AccessConfigs 
only. The prefix length of the external IPv6 range.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].setPublicPtr 
 boolean 
Specifies whether a public DNS 'PTR' record should be created to map the external IP address of the instance to a DNS domain name.
This field is not used in ipv6AccessConfig 
. A default PTR record will be created if the VM has external IPv6 range associated.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].publicPtrDomainName 
 string 
The DNS domain name for the public PTR record.
You can set this field only if the setPublicPtr 
field is enabled in accessConfig 
. If this field is unspecified in ipv6AccessConfig 
, a default PTR record will be created for first IP in associated external IPv6 range.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].networkTier 
 enum 
This signifies the networking tier used for configuring this access configuration and can only take the following values: PREMIUM 
, STANDARD 
.
If an AccessConfig is specified without a valid external IP address, an ephemeral IP will be created with this networkTier.
If an AccessConfig with a valid external IP address is specified, it must match that of the networkTier associated with the Address resource owning that IP.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].securityPolicy 
 string 
The resource URL for the security policy associated with this access config.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[] 
 object 
An array of alias IP ranges for this network interface. You can only specify this field for network interfaces in VPC networks.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[].ipCidrRange 
 string 
The IP alias ranges to allocate for this interface. This IP CIDR range must belong to the specified subnetwork and cannot contain IP addresses reserved by system or used by other network interfaces. This range may be a single IP address (such as 10.2.3.4 
), a netmask (such as /24 
) or a CIDR-formatted string (such as 10.1.2.0/24 
).
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[].subnetworkRangeName 
 string 
The name of a subnetwork secondary IP range from which to allocate an IP alias range. If not specified, the primary range of the subnetwork is used.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].fingerprint 
 string ( bytes 
format) 
Fingerprint hash of contents stored in this network interface. This field will be ignored when inserting an Instance 
or adding a NetworkInterface 
. An up-to-date fingerprint must be provided in order to update the NetworkInterface 
. The request will fail with error 400 Bad Request 
if the fingerprint is not provided, or 412 Precondition Failed 
if the fingerprint is out of date.
A base64-encoded string.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].stackType 
 enum 
The stack type for this network interface. To assign only IPv4 addresses, use IPV4_ONLY. To assign both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, use IPV4_IPV6 
. If not specified, IPV4_ONLY 
is used.
This field can be both set at instance creation and update network interface operations.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessType 
 enum 
[Output Only] One of EXTERNAL, INTERNAL to indicate whether the IP can be accessed from the Internet. This field is always inherited from its subnetwork.
Valid only if stackType 
is IPV4_IPV6 
.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].queueCount 
 integer 
The networking queue count that's specified by users for the network interface. Both Rx and Tx queues will be set to this number. It'll be empty if not specified by the users.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].nicType 
 enum 
The type of vNIC to be used on this interface. This may be gVNIC or VirtioNet.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].networkAttachment 
 string 
The URL of the network attachment that this interface should connect to in the following format: projects/{projectNumber}/regions/{region_name}/networkAttachments/{network_attachment_name}.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].parentNicName 
 string 
Name of the parent network interface of a dynamic network interface.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].vlan 
 integer 
VLAN tag of a dynamic network interface, must be an integer in the range from 2 to 255 inclusively.
instanceProperties.networkInterfaces[].igmpQuery 
 enum 
Indicate whether igmp query is enabled on the network interface or not. If enabled, also indicates the version of IGMP supported.
instanceProperties.disks[] 
 object 
An array of disks that are associated with the instances that are created from these properties.
instanceProperties.disks[].kind 
 string 
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk 
for attached disks.
instanceProperties.disks[].type 
 enum 
Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH 
or PERSISTENT 
. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT 
.
instanceProperties.disks[].mode 
 enum 
The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE 
or READ_ONLY 
. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE 
mode.
instanceProperties.disks[].savedState 
 enum 
For LocalSSD disks on VM Instances in STOPPED or SUSPENDED state, this field is set to PRESERVED 
if the LocalSSD data has been saved to a persistent location by customer request. (see the discardLocalSsd option on instances.stop/instances.suspend). Read-only in the api.
instanceProperties.disks[].source 
 string 
Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. When creating a new instance boot disk, one of initializeParams.sourceImage 
or initializeParams.sourceSnapshot 
or disks.source 
is required.
If desired, you can also attach existing non-root persistent disks using this property. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
Note that for InstanceTemplate, specify the disk name for zonal disk, and the URL for regional disk.
Authorization requires one or more of the following IAM 
permissions on the specified resource source 
:
-  compute.disks.use
-  compute.disks.useReadOnly
instanceProperties.disks[].deviceName 
 string 
Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/disk/by-id/google-* 
tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.
If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disk-x 
, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
instanceProperties.disks[].index 
 integer 
[Output Only] A zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. If you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number.
instanceProperties.disks[].boot 
 boolean 
Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams 
 object 
[Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.
This property is mutually exclusive with the source 
property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.diskName 
 string 
Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance. If a disk with the same name already exists in the given region, the existing disk is attached to the new instance and the new disk is not created.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImage 
 string 
The source image to create this disk. When creating a new instance boot disk, one of initializeParams.sourceImage 
or initializeParams.sourceSnapshot 
or disks.source 
is required.
To create a disk with one of the public operating system images 
, specify the image by its family name. For example, specify family/debian-9 
to use the latest Debian 9 image:
 projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-9 
Alternatively, use a specific version of a public operating system image:
 projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-9-stretch-vYYYYMMDD 
To create a disk with a custom image that you created, specify the image name in the following format:
 global/images/my-custom-image 
You can also specify a custom image by its image family, which returns the latest version of the image in that family. Replace the image name with family/family-name 
:
 global/images/family/my-image-family 
If the source image is deleted later, this field will not be set.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource sourceImage 
:
-  compute.images.useReadOnly
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.diskSizeGb 
 string ( int64 
format) 
Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB. The size must be at least 10 GB. If you specify a sourceImage 
, which is required for boot disks, the default size is the size of the sourceImage 
. If you do not specify a sourceImage 
, the default disk size is 500 GB.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.diskType 
 string 
Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard 
, specified using the full URL. For example:
  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ 
 project 
/zones/ zone 
/diskTypes/pd-standard 
For a full list of acceptable values, see Persistent disk types . If you specify this field when creating a VM, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following values are valid:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /zones/ zone /diskTypes/ diskType
-  projects/ project /zones/ zone /diskTypes/ diskType
-  zones/ zone /diskTypes/ diskType
pd-standard 
.instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey 
 object 
The customer-supplied encryption key of the source image. Required if the source image is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.
InstanceTemplate and InstancePropertiesPatch do not store customer-supplied encryption keys , so you cannot create disks for instances in a managed instance group if the source images are encrypted with your own keys.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.rawKey 
 string 
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key 
, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 
to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey 
or the rsaEncryptedKey 
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey 
 string 
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key 
to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey 
or the rsaEncryptedKey 
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="
- The key is wrapped using a RSA public key certificate provided by Google.
- After being wrapped, the key must be encoded in RFC 4648 base64 encoding.
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName 
 string 
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id /locations/ region /keyRings/ key_region /cryptoKeys/ key
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id /locations/ region /keyRings/ key_region /cryptoKeys/ key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.sha256 
 string 
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount 
 string 
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": " name @ projectId .iam.gserviceaccount.com/
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.labels 
 map (key: string, value: string) 
Labels to apply to this disk. These can be later modified by the disks.setLabels 
method. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource labels 
:
-  compute.disks.setLabels
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshot 
 string 
The source snapshot to create this disk. When creating a new instance boot disk, one of initializeParams.sourceSnapshot 
or initializeParams.sourceImage 
or disks.source 
is required.
To create a disk with a snapshot that you created, specify the snapshot name in the following format:
 global/snapshots/my-backup 
If the source snapshot is deleted later, this field will not be set.
Note: You cannot create VMs in bulk using a snapshot as the source. Use an image instead when you create VMs using the bulk insert method .
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource sourceSnapshot 
:
-  compute.snapshots.useReadOnly
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceInstantSnapshot 
 string 
The source instant-snapshot to create this disk. When creating a new instance boot disk, one of initializeParams.sourceSnapshot 
or initializeParams.sourceInstantSnapshot 
 initializeParams.sourceImage 
or disks.source 
is required.
To create a disk with a snapshot that you created, specify the snapshot name in the following format:
 us-central1-a/instantSnapshots/my-backup 
If the source instant-snapshot is deleted later, this field will not be set.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey 
 object 
The customer-supplied encryption key of the source snapshot.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.rawKey 
 string 
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key 
, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 
to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey 
or the rsaEncryptedKey 
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey 
 string 
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key 
to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey 
or the rsaEncryptedKey 
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="
- The key is wrapped using a RSA public key certificate provided by Google.
- After being wrapped, the key must be encoded in RFC 4648 base64 encoding.
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName 
 string 
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id /locations/ region /keyRings/ key_region /cryptoKeys/ key
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id /locations/ region /keyRings/ key_region /cryptoKeys/ key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.sha256 
 string 
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount 
 string 
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": " name @ projectId .iam.gserviceaccount.com/
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.description 
 string 
An optional description. Provide this property when creating the disk.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.replicaZones[] 
 string 
Required for each regional disk associated with the instance. Specify the URLs of the zones where the disk should be replicated to. You must provide exactly two replica zones, and one zone must be the same as the instance zone.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.guestOsFeatures[] 
 object 
A list of features to enable on the guest operating system. Applicable only for bootable images. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
Guest OS features are applied by merging initializeParams.guestOsFeatures 
and disks.guestOsFeatures 
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.guestOsFeatures[].type 
 enum 
The ID of a supported feature. To add multiple values, use commas to separate values. Set to one or more of the following values:
-  VIRTIO_SCSI_MULTIQUEUE
-  WINDOWS
-  MULTI_IP_SUBNET
-  UEFI_COMPATIBLE
-  GVNIC
-  SEV_CAPABLE
-  SUSPEND_RESUME_COMPATIBLE
-  SEV_LIVE_MIGRATABLE_V2
-  SEV_SNP_CAPABLE
-  TDX_CAPABLE
-  IDPF
-  SNP_SVSM_CAPABLE
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.resourcePolicies[] 
 string 
Resource policies applied to this disk for automatic snapshot creations. Specified using the full or partial URL. For instance template, specify only the resource policy name.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.onUpdateAction 
 enum 
Specifies which action to take on instance update with this disk. Default is to use the existing disk.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.provisionedIops 
 string ( int64 
format) 
Indicates how many IOPS to provision for the disk. This sets the number of I/O operations per second that the disk can handle. Values must be between 10,000 and 120,000. For more details, see the Extreme persistent disk documentation .
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.multiWriter 
 boolean 
Indicates whether or not the disk can be read/write attached to more than one instance.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.licenses[] 
 string 
A list of publicly visible licenses. Reserved for Google's use.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.architecture 
 enum 
The architecture of the attached disk. Valid values are arm64 or x86_64.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.resourceManagerTags 
 map (key: string, value: string) 
Resource manager tags to be bound to the disk. Tag keys and values have the same definition as resource manager tags 
. Keys must be in the format tagKeys/{tag_key_id} 
, and values are in the format tagValues/456 
. The field is ignored (both PUT & PATCH) when empty.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.provisionedThroughput 
 string ( int64 
format) 
Indicates how much throughput to provision for the disk. This sets the number of throughput mb per second that the disk can handle. Values must greater than or equal to 1.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.enableConfidentialCompute 
 boolean 
Whether this disk is using confidential compute mode.
instanceProperties.disks[].initializeParams.storagePool 
 string 
The storage pool in which the new disk is created. You can provide this as a partial or full URL to the resource. For example, the following are valid values:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ project /zones/ zone /storagePools/ storagePool
-  projects/ project /zones/ zone /storagePools/ storagePool
-  zones/ zone /storagePools/ storagePool
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource storagePool 
:
-  compute.storagePools.use
instanceProperties.disks[].autoDelete 
 boolean 
Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
instanceProperties.disks[].licenses[] 
 string 
[Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
instanceProperties.disks[].interface 
 enum 
Specifies the disk interface to use for attaching this disk, which is either SCSI 
or NVME 
. For most machine types, the default is SCSI 
. Local SSDs can use either NVME or SCSI. In certain configurations, persistent disks can use NVMe. For more information, see About persistent disks 
.
instanceProperties.disks[].guestOsFeatures[] 
 object 
A list of features to enable on the guest operating system. Applicable only for bootable images. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
instanceProperties.disks[].guestOsFeatures[].type 
 enum 
The ID of a supported feature. To add multiple values, use commas to separate values. Set to one or more of the following values:
-  VIRTIO_SCSI_MULTIQUEUE
-  WINDOWS
-  MULTI_IP_SUBNET
-  UEFI_COMPATIBLE
-  GVNIC
-  SEV_CAPABLE
-  SUSPEND_RESUME_COMPATIBLE
-  SEV_LIVE_MIGRATABLE_V2
-  SEV_SNP_CAPABLE
-  TDX_CAPABLE
-  IDPF
-  SNP_SVSM_CAPABLE
instanceProperties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey 
 object 
Encrypts or decrypts a disk using a customer-supplied encryption key .
If you are creating a new disk, this field encrypts the new disk using an encryption key that you provide. If you are attaching an existing disk that is already encrypted, this field decrypts the disk using the customer-supplied encryption key.
If you encrypt a disk using a customer-supplied key, you must provide the same key again when you attempt to use this resource at a later time. For example, you must provide the key when you create a snapshot or an image from the disk or when you attach the disk to a virtual machine instance.
If you do not provide an encryption key, then the disk will be encrypted using an automatically generated key and you do not need to provide a key to use the disk later.
Note:
Instance templates do not store customer-supplied encryption keys , so you cannot use your own keys to encrypt disks in a managed instance group .
You cannot create VMs that have disks with customer-supplied keys using the bulk insert method .
instanceProperties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.rawKey 
 string 
Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key 
, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 
to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey 
or the rsaEncryptedKey 
. For example:
"rawKey": "SGVsbG8gZnJvbSBHb29nbGUgQ2xvdWQgUGxhdGZvcm0="
instanceProperties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey 
 string 
Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key 
to either encrypt or decrypt this resource. You can provide either the rawKey 
or the rsaEncryptedKey 
. For example:
"rsaEncryptedKey": "ieCx/NcW06PcT7Ep1X6LUTc/hLvUDYyzSZPPVCVPTVEohpeHASqC8uw5TzyO9U+Fka9JFH z0mBibXUInrC/jEk014kCK/NPjYgEMOyssZ4ZINPKxlUh2zn1bV+MCaTICrdmuSBTWlUUiFoD D6PYznLwh8ZNdaheCeZ8ewEXgFQ8V+sDroLaN3Xs3MDTXQEMMoNUXMCZEIpg9Vtp9x2oe=="
- The key is wrapped using a RSA public key certificate provided by Google.
- After being wrapped, the key must be encoded in RFC 4648 base64 encoding.
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
instanceProperties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName 
 string 
The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS. For example:
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id /locations/ region /keyRings/ key_region /cryptoKeys/ key
"kmsKeyName": "projects/ kms_project_id /locations/ region /keyRings/ key_region /cryptoKeys/ key /cryptoKeyVersions/1
instanceProperties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.sha256 
 string 
[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
instanceProperties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount 
 string 
The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used. For example:
"kmsKeyServiceAccount": " name @ projectId .iam.gserviceaccount.com/
instanceProperties.disks[].diskSizeGb 
 string ( int64 
format) 
The size of the disk in GB.
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState 
 object 
[Output Only] shielded vm initial state stored on disk
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk 
 object 
The Platform Key (PK).
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk.content 
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.pk.fileType 
 enum 
The file type of source file.
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[] 
 object 
The Key Exchange Key (KEK).
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[].content 
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.keks[].fileType 
 enum 
The file type of source file.
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[] 
 object 
The Key Database (db).
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[].content 
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbs[].fileType 
 enum 
The file type of source file.
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[] 
 object 
The forbidden key database (dbx).
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[].content 
instanceProperties.disks[].shieldedInstanceInitialState.dbxs[].fileType 
 enum 
The file type of source file.
instanceProperties.disks[].userLicenses[] 
 string 
[Output Only] A list of user provided licenses. It represents a list of URLs to the license resource. Unlike regular licenses, user provided licenses can be modified after the disk is created.
instanceProperties.disks[].forceAttach 
 boolean 
[Input Only] Whether to force attach the regional disk even if it's currently attached to another instance. If you try to force attach a zonal disk to an instance, you will receive an error.
instanceProperties.disks[].locked 
 boolean 
[Output Only] Whether to indicate the attached disk is locked. The locked disk is not allowed to be detached from the instance, or to be used as the source of the snapshot creation, and the image creation. The instance with at least one locked attached disk is not allow to be used as source of machine image creation, instant snapshot creation, and not allowed to be deleted with --keep-disk parameter set to true for locked disks.
instanceProperties.disks[].architecture 
 enum 
[Output Only] The architecture of the attached disk. Valid values are ARM64 or X86_64.
instanceProperties.metadata 
 object 
The metadata key/value pairs to assign to instances that are created from these properties. These pairs can consist of custom metadata or predefined keys. See Project and instance metadata for more information.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource metadata 
:
-  compute.instances.setMetadata
instanceProperties.metadata.kind 
 string 
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata 
for metadata.
instanceProperties.metadata.fingerprint 
 string ( bytes 
format) 
Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata, otherwise the request will fail with error 412 conditionNotMet 
.
To see the latest fingerprint, make a get() 
request to retrieve the resource.
A base64-encoded string.
instanceProperties.metadata.items[] 
 object 
Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
instanceProperties.metadata.items[].key 
 string 
Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+ 
, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
instanceProperties.metadata.items[].value 
 string 
Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 262144 bytes (256 KiB).
instanceProperties.serviceAccounts[] 
 object 
A list of service accounts with specified scopes. Access tokens for these service accounts are available to the instances that are created from these properties. Use metadata queries to obtain the access tokens for these instances.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource serviceAccounts 
:
-  compute.instances.setServiceAccount
instanceProperties.serviceAccounts[].email 
 string 
Email address of the service account.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource email 
:
-  iam.serviceAccounts.actAs
instanceProperties.serviceAccounts[].scopes[] 
 string 
The list of scopes to be made available for this service account.
instanceProperties.scheduling 
 object 
Specifies the scheduling options for the instances that are created from these properties.
instanceProperties.scheduling.maxRunDuration 
 object 
Specifies the max run duration for the given instance. If specified, the instance termination action will be performed at the end of the run duration.
instanceProperties.scheduling.maxRunDuration.seconds 
 string ( int64 
format) 
Span of time at a resolution of a second. Must be from 0 to 315,576,000,000 inclusive. Note: these bounds are computed from: 60 sec/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day * 365.25 days/year * 10000 years
instanceProperties.scheduling.maxRunDuration.nanos 
 integer 
Span of time that's a fraction of a second at nanosecond resolution. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0 seconds 
field and a positive nanos 
field. Must be from 0 to 999,999,999 inclusive.
instanceProperties.scheduling.terminationTime 
 string 
Specifies the timestamp, when the instance will be terminated, in RFC3339 text format. If specified, the instance termination action will be performed at the termination time.
instanceProperties.scheduling.onInstanceStopAction 
 object 
instanceProperties.scheduling.onInstanceStopAction.discardLocalSsd 
 boolean 
If true, the contents of any attached Local SSD disks will be discarded else, the Local SSD data will be preserved when the instance is stopped at the end of the run duration/termination time.
instanceProperties.scheduling.onHostMaintenance 
 enum 
Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. For standard instances, the default behavior is MIGRATE 
. For preemptible instances 
, the default and only possible behavior is TERMINATE 
. For more information, see Set  VM host maintenance policy 
.
instanceProperties.scheduling.automaticRestart 
 boolean 
Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user). You can only set the automatic restart option for standard instances. Preemptible instances cannot be automatically restarted.
By default, this is set to true 
so an instance is automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine.
instanceProperties.scheduling.preemptible 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance is preemptible. This can only be set during instance creation or while the instance is stopped 
and therefore, in a TERMINATED 
state. See Instance Life Cycle 
for more information on the possible instance states.
instanceProperties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[] 
 object 
A set of node affinity and anti-affinity configurations. Refer to Configuring node affinity for more information. Overrides reservationAffinity.
instanceProperties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[].key 
 string 
Corresponds to the label key of Node resource.
instanceProperties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[].operator 
 enum 
Defines the operation of node selection. Valid operators are IN 
for affinity and NOT_IN 
for anti-affinity.
instanceProperties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[].values[] 
 string 
Corresponds to the label values of Node resource.
instanceProperties.scheduling.minNodeCpus 
 integer 
The minimum number of virtual CPUs this instance will consume when running on a sole-tenant node.
instanceProperties.scheduling.locationHint 
 string 
An opaque location hint used to place the instance close to other resources. This field is for use by internal tools that use the public API.
instanceProperties.scheduling.maintenanceFreezeDurationHours 
 integer 
Specifies the number of hours after VM instance creation where the VM won't be scheduled for maintenance.
instanceProperties.scheduling.maintenanceInterval 
 enum 
Specifies the frequency of planned maintenance events. The accepted values are: PERIODIC 
.
instanceProperties.scheduling.availabilityDomain 
 integer 
Specifies the availability domain to place the instance in. The value must be a number between 1 and the number of availability domains specified in the spread placement policy attached to the instance.
instanceProperties.scheduling.provisioningModel 
 enum 
Specifies the provisioning model of the instance.
instanceProperties.scheduling.instanceTerminationAction 
 enum 
Specifies the termination action for the instance.
instanceProperties.scheduling.hostErrorTimeoutSeconds 
 integer 
Specify the time in seconds for host error detection, the value must be within the range of [90, 330] with the increment of 30, if unset, the default behavior of host error recovery will be used.
instanceProperties.scheduling.gracefulShutdown 
 object 
instanceProperties.scheduling.gracefulShutdown.enabled 
 boolean 
Opts-in for graceful shutdown.
instanceProperties.scheduling.gracefulShutdown.maxDuration 
 object 
The time allotted for the instance to gracefully shut down. If the graceful shutdown isn't complete after this time, then the instance transitions to the STOPPING state.
instanceProperties.scheduling.gracefulShutdown.maxDuration.seconds 
 string ( int64 
format) 
Span of time at a resolution of a second. Must be from 0 to 315,576,000,000 inclusive. Note: these bounds are computed from: 60 sec/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day * 365.25 days/year * 10000 years
instanceProperties.scheduling.gracefulShutdown.maxDuration.nanos 
 integer 
Span of time that's a fraction of a second at nanosecond resolution. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0 seconds 
field and a positive nanos 
field. Must be from 0 to 999,999,999 inclusive.
instanceProperties.scheduling.localSsdRecoveryTimeout 
 object 
Specifies the maximum amount of time a Local Ssd Vm should wait while recovery of the Local Ssd state is attempted. Its value should be in between 0 and 168 hours with hour granularity and the default value being 1 hour.
instanceProperties.scheduling.localSsdRecoveryTimeout.seconds 
 string ( int64 
format) 
Span of time at a resolution of a second. Must be from 0 to 315,576,000,000 inclusive. Note: these bounds are computed from: 60 sec/min * 60 min/hr * 24 hr/day * 365.25 days/year * 10000 years
instanceProperties.scheduling.localSsdRecoveryTimeout.nanos 
 integer 
Span of time that's a fraction of a second at nanosecond resolution. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0 seconds 
field and a positive nanos 
field. Must be from 0 to 999,999,999 inclusive.
instanceProperties.scheduling.skipGuestOsShutdown 
 boolean 
Default is false and there will be 120 seconds between GCE ACPI G2 Soft Off and ACPI G3 Mechanical Off for Standard VMs and 30 seconds for Spot VMs.
instanceProperties.labels 
 map (key: string, value: string) 
Labels to apply to instances that are created from these properties.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource labels 
:
-  compute.instances.setLabels
instanceProperties.guestAccelerators[] 
 object 
A list of guest accelerator cards' type and count to use for instances created from these properties.
instanceProperties.guestAccelerators[].acceleratorType 
 string 
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.
instanceProperties.guestAccelerators[].acceleratorCount 
 integer 
The number of the guest accelerator cards exposed to this instance.
instanceProperties.minCpuPlatform 
 string 
Minimum cpu/platform to be used by instances. The instance may be scheduled on the specified or newer cpu/platform. Applicable values are the friendly names of CPU platforms, such as minCpuPlatform: "Intel Haswell" 
or minCpuPlatform: "Intel Sandy Bridge" 
. For more information, read Specifying a Minimum CPU Platform 
.
instanceProperties.shieldedVmConfig 
 object 
Specifies the Shielded VM options for the instances that are created from these properties.
instanceProperties.shieldedVmConfig.enableSecureBoot 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance has Secure Boot enabled.
instanceProperties.shieldedVmConfig.enableVtpm 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance has the vTPM enabled.
instanceProperties.shieldedVmConfig.enableIntegrityMonitoring 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance has integrity monitoring enabled.
instanceProperties.reservationAffinity 
 object 
Specifies the reservations that instances can consume from. Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
instanceProperties.reservationAffinity.consumeReservationType 
 enum 
Specifies the type of reservation from which this instance can consume resources: ANY_RESERVATION 
(default), SPECIFIC_RESERVATION 
, or NO_RESERVATION 
. See Consuming reserved instances 
for examples.
instanceProperties.reservationAffinity.key 
 string 
Corresponds to the label key of a reservation resource. To target a SPECIFIC_RESERVATION 
by name, specify googleapis.com/reservation-name 
as the key and specify the name of your reservation as its value.
instanceProperties.reservationAffinity.values[] 
 string 
Corresponds to the label values of a reservation resource. This can be either a name to a reservation in the same project or "projects/different-project/reservations/some-reservation-name" to target a shared reservation in the same zone but in a different project.
instanceProperties.shieldedInstanceConfig 
 object 
Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
instanceProperties.shieldedInstanceConfig.enableSecureBoot 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance has Secure Boot enabled. Disabled by default .
instanceProperties.shieldedInstanceConfig.enableVtpm 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance has the vTPM enabled. Enabled by default .
instanceProperties.shieldedInstanceConfig.enableIntegrityMonitoring 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance has integrity monitoring enabled. Enabled by default .
instanceProperties.displayDevice 
 object 
Display Device properties to enable support for remote display products like: Teradici, VNC and TeamViewer Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
instanceProperties.displayDevice.enableDisplay 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance has Display enabled.
instanceProperties.resourcePolicies[] 
 string 
Resource policies (names, not URLs) applied to instances created from these properties. Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
Authorization requires the following IAM 
permission on the specified resource resourcePolicies 
:
-  compute.resourcePolicies.use
instanceProperties.confidentialInstanceConfig 
 object 
Specifies the Confidential Instance options. Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
instanceProperties.confidentialInstanceConfig.enableConfidentialCompute 
 boolean 
Defines whether the instance should have confidential compute enabled.
instanceProperties.confidentialInstanceConfig.confidentialInstanceType 
 enum 
Defines the type of technology used by the confidential instance.
instanceProperties.postKeyRevocationActionType 
 enum 
PostKeyRevocationActionType of the instance.
instanceProperties.privateIpv6GoogleAccess 
 enum 
The private IPv6 google access type for VMs. If not specified, use INHERIT_FROM_SUBNETWORK 
as default. Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
instanceProperties.advancedMachineFeatures 
 object 
Controls for advanced machine-related behavior features. Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
instanceProperties.advancedMachineFeatures.enableNestedVirtualization 
 boolean 
Whether to enable nested virtualization or not (default is false).
instanceProperties.advancedMachineFeatures.threadsPerCore 
 integer 
The number of threads per physical core. To disable simultaneous multithreading (SMT) set this to 1. If unset, the maximum number of threads supported per core by the underlying processor is assumed.
instanceProperties.advancedMachineFeatures.visibleCoreCount 
 integer 
The number of physical cores to expose to an instance. Multiply by the number of threads per core to compute the total number of virtual CPUs to expose to the instance. If unset, the number of cores is inferred from the instance's nominal CPU count and the underlying platform's SMT width.
instanceProperties.advancedMachineFeatures.enableUefiNetworking 
 boolean 
Whether to enable UEFI networking for instance creation.
instanceProperties.advancedMachineFeatures.performanceMonitoringUnit 
 enum 
Type of Performance Monitoring Unit requested on instance.
instanceProperties.advancedMachineFeatures.turboMode 
 string 
Turbo frequency mode to use for the instance. Supported modes include: * ALL_CORE_MAX
Using empty string or not setting this field will use the platform-specific default turbo mode.
instanceProperties.networkPerformanceConfig 
 object 
Note that for MachineImage, this is not supported yet.
instanceProperties.networkPerformanceConfig.totalEgressBandwidthTier 
 enum 
instanceProperties.keyRevocationActionType 
 enum 
KeyRevocationActionType of the instance. Supported options are "STOP" and "NONE". The default value is "NONE" if it is not specified.
instanceProperties.partnerMetadata[] 
 map (key: string, value: object) 
Partner Metadata assigned to the instance properties. A map from a subdomain (namespace) to entries map.
instanceProperties.partnerMetadata[].entries 
 map (key: string, value: value (  
 Value 
 
format))
Map of a partner metadata that belong to the same subdomain. It accepts any value including google.protobuf.Struct.
locationPolicy 
 object 
Policy for choosing target zone. For more information, see Create VMs in bulk .
locationPolicy.locations[] 
 map (key: string, value: object) 
Location configurations mapped by location name. Currently only zone names are supported and must be represented as valid internal URLs, such as zones/us-central1-a 
.
locationPolicy.locations[].preference 
 enum 
Preference for a given location. Set to either ALLOW 
or DENY 
.
locationPolicy.locations[].constraints 
 object 
Constraints that the caller requires on the result distribution in this zone.
locationPolicy.locations[].constraints.maxCount 
 integer 
Maximum number of items that are allowed to be placed in this zone. The value must be non-negative.
locationPolicy.targetShape 
 enum 
Strategy for distributing VMs across zones in a region.
Response body
Represents an Operation resource.
Google Compute Engine has three Operation resources:
You can use an operation resource to manage asynchronous API requests. For more information, read Handling API responses .
Operations can be global, regional or zonal.
- For global operations, use the globalOperationsresource.
- For regional operations, use the regionOperationsresource.
- For zonal operations, use the zoneOperationsresource.
For more information, read Global, Regional, and Zonal Resources .
Note that completed Operation resources have a limited retention period.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation | 
|---|
| { "kind" : string , "id" : string , "creationTimestamp" : string , "name" : string , "zone" : string , "clientOperationId" : string , "operationType" : string , "targetLink" : string , "targetId" : string , "status" : enum , "statusMessage" : string , "user" : string , "progress" : integer , "insertTime" : string , "startTime" : string , "endTime" : string , "error" : { "errors" : [ { "code" : string , "location" : string , "message" : string , "errorDetails" : [ { "errorInfo" : { "reason" : string , "domain" : string , "metadatas" : { string : string , ... } } , "quotaInfo" : { "metricName" : string , "limitName" : string , "dimensions" : { string : string , ... } , "limit" : number , "futureLimit" : number , "rolloutStatus" : enum } , "help" : { "links" : [ { "description" : string , "url" : string } ] } , "localizedMessage" : { "locale" : string , "message" : string } } ] } ] } , "warnings" : [ { "code" : enum , "message" : string , "data" : [ { "key" : string , "value" : string } ] } ] , "httpErrorStatusCode" : integer , "httpErrorMessage" : string , "selfLink" : string , "region" : string , "description" : string , "operationGroupId" : string , // Union field | 
kind 
 string 
[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#operation 
for Operation resources.
id 
 string ( uint64 
format) 
[Output Only] The unique identifier for the operation. This identifier is defined by the server.
name 
 string 
[Output Only] Name of the operation.
zone 
 string 
[Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing per-zone operations.
clientOperationId 
 string 
[Output Only] The value of requestId 
if you provided it in the request. Not present otherwise.
operationType 
 string 
[Output Only] The type of operation, such as insert 
, update 
, or delete 
, and so on.
targetLink 
 string 
[Output Only] The URL of the resource that the operation modifies. For operations related to creating a snapshot, this points to the disk that the snapshot was created from.
targetId 
 string ( uint64 
format) 
[Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
status 
 enum 
[Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: PENDING 
, RUNNING 
, or DONE 
.
user 
 string 
[Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com 
or alice_smith_identifier (global/workforcePools/example-com-us-employees) 
.
progress 
 integer 
[Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
startTime 
 string 
[Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
endTime 
 string 
[Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
error 
 object 
[Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
error.errors[] 
 object 
[Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
error.errors[].code 
 string 
[Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
error.errors[].location 
 string 
[Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
error.errors[].message 
 string 
[Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
error.errors[].errorDetails[] 
 object 
[Output Only] An optional list of messages that contain the error details. There is a set of defined message types to use for providing details.The syntax depends on the error code. For example, QuotaExceededInfo will have details when the error code is QUOTA_EXCEEDED.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo 
 object 
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.reason 
 string 
The reason of the error. This is a constant value that identifies the proximate cause of the error. Error reasons are unique within a particular domain of errors. This should be at most 63 characters and match a regular expression of [A-Z][A-Z0-9_]+[A-Z0-9] 
, which represents UPPER_SNAKE_CASE.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.domain 
 string 
The logical grouping to which the "reason" belongs. The error domain is typically the registered service name of the tool or product that generates the error. Example: "pubsub.googleapis.com". If the error is generated by some common infrastructure, the error domain must be a globally unique value that identifies the infrastructure. For Google API infrastructure, the error domain is "googleapis.com".
error.errors[].errorDetails[].errorInfo.metadatas 
 map (key: string, value: string) 
Additional structured details about this error.
Keys must match a regular expression of [a-z][a-zA-Z0-9-_]+ 
but should ideally be lowerCamelCase. Also, they must be limited to 64 characters in length. When identifying the current value of an exceeded limit, the units should be contained in the key, not the value. For example, rather than {"instanceLimit": "100/request"} 
, should be returned as, {"instanceLimitPerRequest": "100"} 
, if the client exceeds the number of instances that can be created in a single (batch) request.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo 
 object 
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.metricName 
 string 
The Compute Engine quota metric name.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limitName 
 string 
The name of the quota limit.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.dimensions 
 map (key: string, value: string) 
The map holding related quota dimensions.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.limit 
 number 
Current effective quota limit. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.futureLimit 
 number 
Future quota limit being rolled out. The limit's unit depends on the quota type or metric.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].quotaInfo.rolloutStatus 
 enum 
Rollout status of the future quota limit.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help 
 object 
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[] 
 object 
URL(s) pointing to additional information on handling the current error.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].description 
 string 
Describes what the link offers.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].help.links[].url 
 string 
The URL of the link.
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage 
 object 
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.locale 
 string 
The locale used following the specification defined at https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/bcp/bcp47.txt . Examples are: "en-US", "fr-CH", "es-MX"
error.errors[].errorDetails[].localizedMessage.message 
 string 
The localized error message in the above locale.
warnings[] 
 object 
[Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
warnings[].code 
 enum 
[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE 
if there are no results in the response.
warnings[].message 
 string 
[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
warnings[].data[] 
 object 
[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value 
format. For example:
"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  } 
warnings[].data[].key 
 string 
[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope 
and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
warnings[].data[].value 
 string 
[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
httpErrorStatusCode 
 integer 
[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a 404 
means the resource was not found.
selfLink 
 string 
[Output Only] Server-defined URL for the resource.
region 
 string 
[Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing regional operations.
description 
 string 
[Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
operationGroupId 
 string 
[Output Only] An ID that represents a group of operations, such as when a group of operations results from a bulkInsert 
API request.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.clientOperationId 
 string 
[Output Only] The client operation id.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[] 
 map (key: string, value: object) 
[Output Only] Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].state 
 enum 
[Output Only] Status of the action, which can be one of the following: PROPAGATING 
, PROPAGATED 
, ABANDONED 
, FAILED 
, or DONE 
.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error 
 object 
[Output Only] If state is ABANDONED 
or FAILED 
, this field is populated.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.code 
 integer 
The status code, which should be an enum value of google.rpc.Code 
.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.message 
 string 
A developer-facing error message, which should be in English. Any user-facing error message should be localized and sent in the google.rpc.Status.details 
field, or localized by the client.
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata.perLocationOperations[].error.details[] 
 object 
A list of messages that carry the error details. There is a common set of message types for APIs to use.
An object containing fields of an arbitrary type. An additional field "@type" 
contains a URI identifying the type. Example: { "id": 1234, "@type": "types.example.com/standard/id" } 
.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[] 
 map (key: string, value: object) 
Status information per location (location name is key). Example key: zones/us-central1-a
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].status 
 enum 
[Output Only] Creation status of instances.bulkInsert operation - information if the flow is rolling forward or rolling back.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].targetVmCount 
 integer 
[Output Only] Count of VMs originally planned to be created.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].createdVmCount 
 integer 
[Output Only] Count of VMs successfully created so far.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].failedToCreateVmCount 
 integer 
[Output Only] Count of VMs that started creating but encountered an error.
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata.perLocationStatus[].deletedVmCount 
 integer 
[Output Only] Count of VMs that got deleted during rollback.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-  https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
-  https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .
IAM Permissions
In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:
-  compute.disks.create
-  compute.instances.create
-  compute.instances.pscInterfaceCreate
To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles .

