Create a VM with a local SSD

import ( "context" "fmt" "io" compute "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1" computepb "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1/computepb" "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto" ) // createWithLocalSSD creates a new VM instance with Debian 10 operating system and a local SSD attached. func createWithLocalSSD(w io.Writer, projectID, zone, instanceName string) error { // projectID := "your_project_id" // zone := "europe-central2-b" // instanceName := "your_instance_name" ctx := context.Background() instancesClient, err := compute.NewInstancesRESTClient(ctx) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("NewInstancesRESTClient: %w", err) } defer instancesClient.Close() imagesClient, err := compute.NewImagesRESTClient(ctx) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("NewImagesRESTClient: %w", err) } defer imagesClient.Close() // List of public operating system (OS) images: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/os-details. newestDebianReq := &computepb.GetFromFamilyImageRequest{ Project: "debian-cloud", Family: "debian-12", } newestDebian, err := imagesClient.GetFromFamily(ctx, newestDebianReq) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to get image from family: %w", err) } req := &computepb.InsertInstanceRequest{ Project: projectID, Zone: zone, InstanceResource: &computepb.Instance{ Name: proto.String(instanceName), Disks: []*computepb.AttachedDisk{ { InitializeParams: &computepb.AttachedDiskInitializeParams{ DiskSizeGb: proto.Int64(10), SourceImage: newestDebian.SelfLink, DiskType: proto.String(fmt.Sprintf("zones/%s/diskTypes/pd-standard", zone)), }, AutoDelete: proto.Bool(true), Boot: proto.Bool(true), Type: proto.String(computepb.AttachedDisk_PERSISTENT.String()), }, { InitializeParams: &computepb.AttachedDiskInitializeParams{ DiskType: proto.String(fmt.Sprintf("zones/%s/diskTypes/local-ssd", zone)), }, AutoDelete: proto.Bool(true), Type: proto.String(computepb.AttachedDisk_SCRATCH.String()), }, }, MachineType: proto.String(fmt.Sprintf("zones/%s/machineTypes/n1-standard-1", zone)), NetworkInterfaces: []*computepb.NetworkInterface{ { Name: proto.String("global/networks/default"), }, }, }, } op, err := instancesClient.Insert(ctx, req) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to create instance: %w", err) } if err = op.Wait(ctx); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("unable to wait for the operation: %w", err) } fmt.Fprintf(w, "Instance created\n") return nil } 

 import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.AttachedDisk; import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.AttachedDiskInitializeParams; import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.Image; import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.ImagesClient; import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.Instance; import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.InstancesClient; import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.NetworkInterface; import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.Operation; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException; public class CreateWithLocalSsd {  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 want to use.  String projectId = "your-project-id";  // zone: name of the zone to create the instance in. For example: "us-west3-b"  String zone = "zone-name";  // instanceName: name of the new virtual machine (VM) instance.  String instanceName = "instance-name";  createWithLocalSsd(projectId, zone, instanceName);  }  // Create a new VM instance with Debian 11 operating system and SSD local disk.  public static void createWithLocalSsd(String projectId, String zone, String instanceName)  throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {  int diskSizeGb = 10;  boolean boot = true;  boolean autoDelete = true;  String diskType = String.format("zones/%s/diskTypes/pd-standard", zone);  // Get the latest debian image.  Image newestDebian = getImageFromFamily("debian-cloud", "debian-11");  List<AttachedDisk> disks = new ArrayList<>();  // Create the disks to be included in the instance.  disks.add(  createDiskFromImage(diskType, diskSizeGb, boot, newestDebian.getSelfLink(), autoDelete));  disks.add(createLocalSsdDisk(zone));  // Create the instance.  Instance instance = createInstance(projectId, zone, instanceName, disks);  if (instance != null) {  System.out.printf("Instance created with local SSD: %s", instance.getName());  }  }  // Retrieve the newest image that is part of a given family in a project.  // Args:  // projectId: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to get image from.  // family: name of the image family you want to get image from.  private static Image getImageFromFamily(String projectId, String family) throws IOException {  // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created  // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call  // the `imagesClient.close()` method on the client to safely  // clean up any remaining background resources.  try (ImagesClient imagesClient = ImagesClient.create()) {  // List of public operating system (OS) images: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/os-details  return imagesClient.getFromFamily(projectId, family);  }  }  // Create an AttachedDisk object to be used in VM instance creation. Uses an image as the  // source for the new disk.  //  // Args:  // diskType: the type of disk you want to create. This value uses the following format:  // "zones/{zone}/diskTypes/(pd-standard|pd-ssd|pd-balanced|pd-extreme)".  // For example: "zones/us-west3-b/diskTypes/pd-ssd"  //  // diskSizeGb: size of the new disk in gigabytes.  //  // boot: boolean flag indicating whether this disk should be used as a  // boot disk of an instance.  //  // sourceImage: source image to use when creating this disk.  // You must have read access to this disk. This can be one of the publicly available images  // or an image from one of your projects.  // This value uses the following format: "projects/{project_name}/global/images/{image_name}"  //  // autoDelete: boolean flag indicating whether this disk should be deleted  // with the VM that uses it.  private static AttachedDisk createDiskFromImage(String diskType, int diskSizeGb, boolean boot,  String sourceImage, boolean autoDelete) {  AttachedDiskInitializeParams attachedDiskInitializeParams =  AttachedDiskInitializeParams.newBuilder()  .setSourceImage(sourceImage)  .setDiskSizeGb(diskSizeGb)  .setDiskType(diskType)  .build();  AttachedDisk bootDisk = AttachedDisk.newBuilder()  .setInitializeParams(attachedDiskInitializeParams)  // Remember to set auto_delete to True if you want the disk to be deleted when you delete  // your VM instance.  .setAutoDelete(autoDelete)  .setBoot(boot)  .build();  return bootDisk;  }  // Create an AttachedDisk object to be used in VM instance creation. The created disk contains  // no data and requires formatting before it can be used.  // Args:  // zone: The zone in which the local SSD drive will be attached.  private static AttachedDisk createLocalSsdDisk(String zone) {  AttachedDiskInitializeParams attachedDiskInitializeParams =  AttachedDiskInitializeParams.newBuilder()  .setDiskType(String.format("zones/%s/diskTypes/local-ssd", zone))  .build();  AttachedDisk disk = AttachedDisk.newBuilder()  .setType(AttachedDisk.Type.SCRATCH.name())  .setInitializeParams(attachedDiskInitializeParams)  .setAutoDelete(true)  .build();  return disk;  }  // Send an instance creation request to the Compute Engine API and wait for it to complete.  // Args:  // projectId: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.  // zone: name of the zone to create the instance in. For example: "us-west3-b"  // instanceName: name of the new virtual machine (VM) instance.  // disks: a list of compute.v1.AttachedDisk objects describing the disks  // you want to attach to your new instance.  private static Instance createInstance(String projectId, String zone, String instanceName,  List<AttachedDisk> disks)  throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {  // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created  // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call  // the `instancesClient.close()` method on the client to safely  // clean up any remaining background resources.  try (InstancesClient instancesClient = InstancesClient.create()) {  // machineType: machine type of the VM being created. This value uses the  // following format: "zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{type_name}".  // For example: "zones/europe-west3-c/machineTypes/f1-micro"  String typeName = "n1-standard-1";  String machineType = String.format("zones/%s/machineTypes/%s", zone, typeName);  // networkLink: name of the network you want the new instance to use.  // For example: "global/networks/default" represents the network  // named "default", which is created automatically for each project.  String networkLink = "global/networks/default";  // Collect information into the Instance object.  Instance instance = Instance.newBuilder()  .setName(instanceName)  .setMachineType(machineType)  .addNetworkInterfaces(NetworkInterface.newBuilder().setName(networkLink).build())  .addAllDisks(disks)  .build();  Operation response = instancesClient.insertAsync(projectId, zone, instance)  .get(3, TimeUnit.MINUTES);  if (response.hasError()) {  throw new Error("Instance creation failed ! ! " + response);  }  System.out.println("Operation Status: " + response.getStatus());  return instancesClient.get(projectId, zone, instanceName);  }  } }

// TODO(developer): Uncomment and replace these variables before running the sample. // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID'; // const zone = 'europe-central2-b'; // const instanceName = 'YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME'; const compute = require('@google-cloud/compute'); // Create a new VM instance with Debian 10 operating system and SSD local disk. async function createInstanceWithLocalSSD() {  const diskSizeGb = 10;  const boot = true;  const autoDelete = true;  const diskType = `zones/${zone}/diskTypes/pd-standard}`;  const disks = [];  // Get the latest debian image.  // Retrieve the newest image that is part of a given family in a project.  // Args:  // project: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to get image from.  // family: name of the image family you want to get image from.  const imagesClient = new compute.ImagesClient();  const [newestDebian] = await imagesClient.getFromFamily({  project: 'debian-cloud',  family: 'debian-11',  });  // Create the disks to be included in the instance.  disks.push(  createDiskFromImage(  diskType,  diskSizeGb,  boot,  newestDebian.selfLink,  autoDelete  )  );  disks.push(createLocalSsdDisk(zone));  // Create the instance.  const [instance] = await createInstance(  projectId,  zone,  instanceName,  disks  );  if (instance !== null) {  console.log(`Instance created with local SSD: ${instance.name}`);  } } // Create an AttachedDisk object to be used in VM instance creation. Uses an image as the // source for the new disk. // // Args: // diskType: the type of disk you want to create. This value uses the following format: // "zones/{zone}/diskTypes/(pd-standard|pd-ssd|pd-balanced|pd-extreme)". // For example: "zones/us-west3-b/diskTypes/pd-ssd" // // diskSizeGb: size of the new disk in gigabytes. // // boot: boolean flag indicating whether this disk should be used as a // boot disk of an instance. // // sourceImage: source image to use when creating this disk. // You must have read access to this disk. This can be one of the publicly available images // or an image from one of your projects. // This value uses the following format: "projects/{project_name}/global/images/{image_name}" // // autoDelete: boolean flag indicating whether this disk should be deleted // with the VM that uses it. function createDiskFromImage(  diskType,  diskSizeGb,  boot,  sourceImage,  autoDelete ) {  return {  initializeParams: {  sourceImage: sourceImage,  diskSizeGb: diskSizeGb,  },  // Remember to set autoDelete to True if you want the disk to be deleted when you delete  // your VM instance.  autoDelete: autoDelete,  boot: boot,  diskType: diskType,  }; } // Create an AttachedDisk object to be used in VM instance creation. The created disk contains // no data and requires formatting before it can be used. // Args: // zone: The zone in which the local SSD drive will be attached. function createLocalSsdDisk(zone) {  return {  type: 'SCRATCH',  autoDelete: true,  initializeParams: {  diskType: `zones/${zone}/diskTypes/local-ssd`,  },  }; } // Send an instance creation request to the Compute Engine API and wait for it to complete. // Args: // projectId: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use. // zone: name of the zone to create the instance in. For example: "us-west3-b" // instanceName: name of the new virtual machine (VM) instance. // disks: a list of compute.v1.AttachedDisk objects describing the disks // you want to attach to your new instance. async function createInstance(projectId, zone, instanceName, disks) {  // Instantiates a reusable client object.  // (Node.js will automatically clean it up.)  const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();  // machineType: machine type of the VM being created. This value uses the  // following format: "zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{type_name}".  // For example: "zones/europe-west3-c/machineTypes/f1-micro"  const typeName = 'n1-standard-1';  const machineType = `zones/${zone}/machineTypes/${typeName}`;  // networkLink: name of the network you want the new instance to use.  // For example: "global/networks/default" represents the network  // named "default", which is created automatically for each project.  const networkLink = 'global/networks/default';  // Collect information into the Instance object.  const [response] = await instancesClient.insert({  project: projectId,  zone: zone,  instanceResource: {  name: instanceName,  machineType: machineType,  networkInterfaces: [  {  name: networkLink,  },  ],  disks: disks,  },  });  let operation = response.latestResponse;  const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();  // Wait for the create operation to complete.  while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {  [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({  operation: operation.name,  project: projectId,  zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),  });  }  return instancesClient.get({  project: projectId,  zone: zone,  instance: instanceName,  }); } createInstanceWithLocalSSD();

from __future__ import annotations import re import sys from typing import Any import warnings from google.api_core.extended_operation import ExtendedOperation from google.cloud import compute_v1 def get_image_from_family(project: str, family: str) -> compute_v1.Image:  """  Retrieve the newest image that is part of a given family in a project.  Args:  project: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to get image from.  family: name of the image family you want to get image from.  Returns:  An Image object.  """ image_client = compute_v1.ImagesClient() # List of public operating system (OS) images: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/os-details newest_image = image_client.get_from_family(project=project, family=family) return newest_image def disk_from_image( disk_type: str, disk_size_gb: int, boot: bool, source_image: str, auto_delete: bool = True, ) -> compute_v1.AttachedDisk:  """  Create an AttachedDisk object to be used in VM instance creation. Uses an image as the  source for the new disk.  Args:  disk_type: the type of disk you want to create. This value uses the following format:  "zones/{zone}/diskTypes/(pd-standard|pd-ssd|pd-balanced|pd-extreme)".  For example: "zones/us-west3-b/diskTypes/pd-ssd"  disk_size_gb: size of the new disk in gigabytes  boot: boolean flag indicating whether this disk should be used as a boot disk of an instance  source_image: source image to use when creating this disk. You must have read access to this disk. This can be one  of the publicly available images or an image from one of your projects.  This value uses the following format: "projects/{project_name}/global/images/{image_name}"  auto_delete: boolean flag indicating whether this disk should be deleted with the VM that uses it  Returns:  AttachedDisk object configured to be created using the specified image.  """ boot_disk = compute_v1.AttachedDisk() initialize_params = compute_v1.AttachedDiskInitializeParams() initialize_params.source_image = source_image initialize_params.disk_size_gb = disk_size_gb initialize_params.disk_type = disk_type boot_disk.initialize_params = initialize_params # Remember to set auto_delete to True if you want the disk to be deleted when you delete # your VM instance. boot_disk.auto_delete = auto_delete boot_disk.boot = boot return boot_disk def local_ssd_disk(zone: str) -> compute_v1.AttachedDisk():  """  Create an AttachedDisk object to be used in VM instance creation. The created disk contains  no data and requires formatting before it can be used.  Args:  zone: The zone in which the local SSD drive will be attached.  Returns:  AttachedDisk object configured as a local SSD disk.  """ disk = compute_v1.AttachedDisk() disk.type_ = compute_v1.AttachedDisk.Type.SCRATCH.name initialize_params = compute_v1.AttachedDiskInitializeParams() initialize_params.disk_type = f"zones/{zone}/diskTypes/local-ssd" disk.initialize_params = initialize_params disk.auto_delete = True return disk 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_instance( project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str, disks: list[compute_v1.AttachedDisk], machine_type: str = "n1-standard-1", network_link: str = "global/networks/default", subnetwork_link: str = None, internal_ip: str = None, external_access: bool = False, external_ipv4: str = None, accelerators: list[compute_v1.AcceleratorConfig] = None, preemptible: bool = False, spot: bool = False, instance_termination_action: str = "STOP", custom_hostname: str = None, delete_protection: bool = False, ) -> compute_v1.Instance:  """  Send an instance creation request to the Compute Engine API and wait for it to complete.  Args:  project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.  zone: name of the zone to create the instance in. For example: "us-west3-b"  instance_name: name of the new virtual machine (VM) instance.  disks: a list of compute_v1.AttachedDisk objects describing the disks  you want to attach to your new instance.  machine_type: machine type of the VM being created. This value uses the  following format: "zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{type_name}".  For example: "zones/europe-west3-c/machineTypes/f1-micro"  network_link: name of the network you want the new instance to use.  For example: "global/networks/default" represents the network  named "default", which is created automatically for each project.  subnetwork_link: name of the subnetwork you want the new instance to use.  This value uses the following format:  "regions/{region}/subnetworks/{subnetwork_name}"  internal_ip: internal IP address you want to assign to the new instance.  By default, a free address from the pool of available internal IP addresses of  used subnet will be used.  external_access: boolean flag indicating if the instance should have an external IPv4  address assigned.  external_ipv4: external IPv4 address to be assigned to this instance. If you specify  an external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.  This setting requires `external_access` to be set to True to work.  accelerators: a list of AcceleratorConfig objects describing the accelerators that will  be attached to the new instance.  preemptible: boolean value indicating if the new instance should be preemptible  or not. Preemptible VMs have been deprecated and you should now use Spot VMs.  spot: boolean value indicating if the new instance should be a Spot VM or not.  instance_termination_action: What action should be taken once a Spot VM is terminated.  Possible values: "STOP", "DELETE"  custom_hostname: Custom hostname of the new VM instance.  Custom hostnames must conform to RFC 1035 requirements for valid hostnames.  delete_protection: boolean value indicating if the new virtual machine should be  protected against deletion or not.  Returns:  Instance object.  """ instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient() # Use the network interface provided in the network_link argument. network_interface = compute_v1.NetworkInterface() network_interface.network = network_link if subnetwork_link: network_interface.subnetwork = subnetwork_link if internal_ip: network_interface.network_i_p = internal_ip if external_access: access = compute_v1.AccessConfig() access.type_ = compute_v1.AccessConfig.Type.ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.name access.name = "External NAT" access.network_tier = access.NetworkTier.PREMIUM.name if external_ipv4: access.nat_i_p = external_ipv4 network_interface.access_configs = [access] # Collect information into the Instance object. instance = compute_v1.Instance() instance.network_interfaces = [network_interface] instance.name = instance_name instance.disks = disks if re.match(r"^zones/[a-z\d\-]+/machineTypes/[a-z\d\-]+$", machine_type): instance.machine_type = machine_type else: instance.machine_type = f"zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{machine_type}" instance.scheduling = compute_v1.Scheduling() if accelerators: instance.guest_accelerators = accelerators instance.scheduling.on_host_maintenance = ( compute_v1.Scheduling.OnHostMaintenance.TERMINATE.name ) if preemptible: # Set the preemptible setting warnings.warn( "Preemptible VMs are being replaced by Spot VMs.", DeprecationWarning ) instance.scheduling = compute_v1.Scheduling() instance.scheduling.preemptible = True if spot: # Set the Spot VM setting instance.scheduling.provisioning_model = ( compute_v1.Scheduling.ProvisioningModel.SPOT.name ) instance.scheduling.instance_termination_action = instance_termination_action if custom_hostname is not None: # Set the custom hostname for the instance instance.hostname = custom_hostname if delete_protection: # Set the delete protection bit instance.deletion_protection = True # Prepare the request to insert an instance. request = compute_v1.InsertInstanceRequest() request.zone = zone request.project = project_id request.instance_resource = instance # Wait for the create operation to complete. print(f"Creating the {instance_name} instance in {zone}...") operation = instance_client.insert(request=request) wait_for_extended_operation(operation, "instance creation") print(f"Instance {instance_name} created.") return instance_client.get(project=project_id, zone=zone, instance=instance_name) def create_with_ssd( project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str ) -> compute_v1.Instance:  """  Create a new VM instance with Debian 10 operating system and SSD local disk.  Args:  project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.  zone: name of the zone to create the instance in. For example: "us-west3-b"  instance_name: name of the new virtual machine (VM) instance.  Returns:  Instance object.  """ newest_debian = get_image_from_family(project="debian-cloud", family="debian-12") disk_type = f"zones/{zone}/diskTypes/pd-standard" disks = [ disk_from_image(disk_type, 10, True, newest_debian.self_link, True), local_ssd_disk(zone), ] instance = create_instance(project_id, zone, instance_name, disks) return instance 

 # Create a VM with a local SSD for temporary storage use cases resource "google_compute_instance" "default" {  name = "my-vm-instance-with-scratch"  machine_type = "n2-standard-8"  zone = "us-central1-a"  boot_disk {  initialize_params {  image = "debian-cloud/debian-11"  }  }  # Local SSD interface type; NVME for image with optimized NVMe drivers or SCSI  # Local SSD are 375 GiB in size  scratch_disk {  interface = "SCSI"  }  network_interface {  network = "default"  access_config {}  } }