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google	Google: google_compute_instance_from_template	docs-google-compute-instance-from-template	Manages a VM instance resource within GCE.

google_compute_instance_from_template

Manages a VM instance resource within GCE. For more information see the official documentation and API.

This resource is specifically to create a compute instance from a given source_instance_template. To create an instance without a template, use the google_compute_instance resource.

Example Usage

resource "google_compute_instance_template" "tpl" {
  name = "template"
  machine_type = "n1-standard-1"

  disk {
    source_image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
    auto_delete = true
    disk_size_gb = 100
    boot = true
  }

  network_interface {
    network = "default"
  }

  metadata = {
    foo = "bar"
  }

  can_ip_forward = true
}

resource "google_compute_instance_from_template" "tpl" {
  name           = "instance-from-template"
  zone           = "us-central1-a"

  source_instance_template = "${google_compute_instance_template.tpl.self_link}"

  // Override fields from instance template
  can_ip_forward = false
  labels = {
    my_key       = "my_value"
  }
}

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.

• source_instance_template - (Required) Name or self link of an instance template to create the instance based on.

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• zone - (Optional) The zone that the machine should be created in. If not set, the provider zone is used.

In addition to these, all arguments from google_compute_instance are supported as a way to override the properties in the template. All exported attributes from google_compute_instance are likewise exported here.

To support removal of Optional/Computed fields in Terraform 0.12 the following fields are marked Attributes as Blocks:

• attached_disk
• guest_accelerator
• service_account
• scratch_disk
• network_interface.alias_ip_range
• network_interface.access_config

Timeouts

This resource provides the following Timeouts configuration options:

• create - Default is 6 minutes.
• update - Default is 6 minutes.
• delete - Default is 6 minutes.