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zone</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Review VM deployment options</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/choose-compute-deployment-option" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/choose-compute-deployment-option" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/choose-compute-deployment-option" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Choose a deployment strategy</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/about-vm-tenancy" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" 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track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/robustsystems" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Design resilient systems</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/networking/network-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/networking/network-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/networking/network-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Networking overview for VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Images and operating systems</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>OS images</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About OS images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-details" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/os-details" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/os-details" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Operating system details</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>OS image lifecycle</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/support-maintenance-policy" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/support-maintenance-policy" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/support-maintenance-policy" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Support policy</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Premium operating systems</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/rhel-faq" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/premium/rhel-faq" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/premium/rhel-faq" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>RHEL FAQ</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/sles-faq" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/premium/sles-faq" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/premium/sles-faq" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>SLES FAQ</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro-faq" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro-faq" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro-faq" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Ubuntu Pro FAQ</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Microsoft Licensing on Google Cloud</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing-faq" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing-faq" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/ms-licensing-faq" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Microsoft licenses FAQ</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Access control</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/access" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Access control overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/access/managing-access-to-resources" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/managing-access-to-resources" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/managing-access-to-resources" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage access to Compute Engine resources</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/access/custom-constraints" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/custom-constraints" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/custom-constraints" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage resources by using custom constraints</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/access/iam" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/iam" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/iam" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>IAM roles and permissions</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/access/service-accounts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/service-accounts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/service-accounts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Service accounts</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/naming-resources" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/naming-resources" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/naming-resources" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Name resources</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Quickstarts</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/create-linux-vm-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/create-linux-vm-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/create-linux-vm-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a Linux VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/create-windows-server-vm-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/create-windows-server-vm-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/create-windows-server-vm-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a Windows Server VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/quickstart-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/quickstart-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/quickstart-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a managed instance group</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create VMs</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and start a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM that uses a user-managed service account</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-from-similar-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-vm-from-similar-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-from-similar-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM similar to an existing VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM with a custom hostname</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/creating-instance-with-custom-machine-type" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/creating-instance-with-custom-machine-type" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/creating-instance-with-custom-machine-type" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM with a custom machine type</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-from-instance-template" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-vm-from-instance-template" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-from-instance-template" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM from an instance template</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM that has attached GPUs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/create-vm-with-gpus" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/create-vm-with-gpus" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/create-vm-with-gpus" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Accelerator-optimized VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-accelerator-optimized" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-accelerator-optimized" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-accelerator-optimized" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create an accelerator-optimized VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/gpudirect" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/gpudirect" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/gpudirect" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create an A3 VM with GPUDirect-TCPX enabled</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-general-purpose" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-general-purpose" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-general-purpose" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create an N1 VM that has attached GPUs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-managing-windows-instances" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-managing-windows-instances" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-managing-windows-instances" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and manage Windows Server VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/creating-sql-server-instances" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/sql-server/creating-sql-server-instances" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/creating-sql-server-instances" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create SQL Server VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-rhel-byos-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-rhel-byos-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-rhel-byos-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM using a RHEL BYOS image</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-hpc-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-hpc-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-hpc-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create an HPC-ready VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create Spot VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Spot VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/spot" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/spot" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/spot" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Spot VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-use-spot" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-use-spot" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-use-spot" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and use Spot VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Preemptible VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-unsupported"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/preemptible" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/preemptible" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/preemptible" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About preemptible VMs</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="unsupported" data-title="No longer supported" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-unsupported"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-use-preemptible" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-use-preemptible" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-use-preemptible" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and use preemptible VMs</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="unsupported" data-title="No longer supported" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/specify-min-cpu-platform" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/specify-min-cpu-platform" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/specify-min-cpu-platform" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Specify a minimum CPU platform for a VM</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create custom images</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/building-custom-os" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/building-custom-os" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/building-custom-os" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Requirements to build custom images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/create-custom" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/create-custom" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/create-custom" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create custom images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/creating-custom-windows-byol-images" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/creating-custom-windows-byol-images" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/creating-custom-windows-byol-images" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create custom Windows BYOL base images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-os-image" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-os-image" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-os-image" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create custom Windows Server images</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and manage instance templates</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-templates" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-templates" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-templates" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About instance templates</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-templates/create-instance-templates" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-templates/create-instance-templates" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-templates/create-instance-templates" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create instance templates</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-templates/deterministic-instance-templates" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-templates/deterministic-instance-templates" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-templates/deterministic-instance-templates" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deterministic instance templates</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-templates/get-list-delete-instance-templates" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-templates/get-list-delete-instance-templates" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-templates/get-list-delete-instance-templates" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Get, list, and delete instance templates</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create multiple VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a managed instance group (MIG)</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/creating-groups-of-managed-instances" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/creating-groups-of-managed-instances" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/creating-groups-of-managed-instances" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Basic scenarios for creating MIGs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-zonal-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-zonal-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-zonal-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG in a single zone</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/distributing-instances-with-regional-instance-groups" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/distributing-instances-with-regional-instance-groups" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/distributing-instances-with-regional-instance-groups" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG in multiple zones in a region</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-multiple-machine-types" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-multiple-machine-types" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-multiple-machine-types" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG with multiple machine types</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-from-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-from-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-from-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG from an existing VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-basic-autoscaling" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-basic-autoscaling" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-basic-autoscaling" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG with autoscaling</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-preemptible-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-preemptible-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-preemptible-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG with preemptible VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-gpu-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-gpu-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-gpu-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG with GPU VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-basic-stateful-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-basic-stateful-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-mig-with-basic-stateful-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a MIG with stateful configuration</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Bulk creation of VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/multiple/about-bulk-creation" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/multiple/about-bulk-creation" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/multiple/about-bulk-creation" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About bulk creation of VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/multiple/create-in-bulk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/multiple/create-in-bulk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/multiple/create-in-bulk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create VMs in bulk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-bulk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-bulk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/create-gpu-vm-bulk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create GPU VMs in bulk</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create sole-tenant VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-nodes" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-nodes" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-nodes" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Sole-tenancy overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/provisioning-sole-tenant-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/provisioning-sole-tenant-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/provisioning-sole-tenant-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Provision a sole-tenant VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenancy-advanced-maintenance-control" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenancy-advanced-maintenance-control" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenancy-advanced-maintenance-control" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Advanced maintenance control for sole-tenant nodes</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-best-practices" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-best-practices" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Sole-tenancy best practices</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenancy-accounting-faq" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenancy-accounting-faq" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenancy-accounting-faq" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Sole-tenancy accounting FAQ</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a virtual workstation</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/virtual-workstation" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About creating virtual workstations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/linux" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/virtual-workstation/linux" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/linux" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a virtual Linux workstation</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/virtual-workstation/windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a virtual Windows workstation</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/linux-gpu" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/virtual-workstation/linux-gpu" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/linux-gpu" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a virtual Linux workstation with an attached GPU</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/windows-gpu" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/virtual-workstation/windows-gpu" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/virtual-workstation/windows-gpu" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a virtual Windows workstation with an attached GPU</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use nested virtualization</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About nested virtualization</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/managing-constraint" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/managing-constraint" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/managing-constraint" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage the nested virtualization constraint</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/enabling" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/enabling" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/enabling" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Enable nested virtualization</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/creating-nested-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/creating-nested-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/creating-nested-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create nested VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/enable-instance-virtual-display" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/enable-instance-virtual-display" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/enable-instance-virtual-display" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Enable virtual displays on a VM</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage VM boot disks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/detach-reattach-boot-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/detach-reattach-boot-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/detach-reattach-boot-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Detach and reattach a boot disk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/create-root-persistent-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/create-root-persistent-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/create-root-persistent-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a customized boot disk</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Migrate VMs</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Choose a migration path</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/bringing-your-own-licenses" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/bringing-your-own-licenses" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/bringing-your-own-licenses" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Bring your own licenses</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Import disks and images</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import/requirements-export-import-images" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import/requirements-export-import-images" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import/requirements-export-import-images" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Prerequisites for importing and exporting VM images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Automatic import</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Import virtual disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Import virtual appliances</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-aws-image" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import/import-aws-image" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import/import-aws-image" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Import images from AWS</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manual import</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-existing-image" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import/import-existing-image" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import/import-existing-image" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manually import boot disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import/configuring-imported-images" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import/configuring-imported-images" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import/configuring-imported-images" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manually configure imported disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/creating-an-image-from-an-iso-file" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/creating-an-image-from-an-iso-file" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/creating-an-image-from-an-iso-file" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a persistent disk image from an ISO file</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Move a VM within Google Cloud</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/moving-instance-across-zones" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/moving-instance-across-zones" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/moving-instance-across-zones" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Move a VM between zones</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/migrating-interfaces-between-networks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/migrating-interfaces-between-networks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/migrating-interfaces-between-networks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Migrate a VM between networks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/copy-vm-between-projects" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/copy-vm-between-projects" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/copy-vm-between-projects" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Copy VMs between projects</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/import/migrate-to-new-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/import/migrate-to-new-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/import/migrate-to-new-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Move an existing VM to a new VM</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect to VMs</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect to a VM</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/ssh" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/ssh" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/ssh" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About SSH connections</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Linux VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/standard-ssh" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/standard-ssh" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/standard-ssh" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect to VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect through internal IP addresses</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-internal-ip" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-internal-ip" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-internal-ip" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connection options for internal-only VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-iap" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-iap" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-iap" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect using IAP</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-bastion-host" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-bastion-host" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-bastion-host" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect using a bastion host</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-vpn" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-vpn" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-using-vpn" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect using Cloud VPN</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/root-ssh" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/root-ssh" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/root-ssh" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect as the root user</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/set-up-service-account-ssh" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/set-up-service-account-ssh" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/set-up-service-account-ssh" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect using service accounts</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/service-account-ssh" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/service-account-ssh" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/service-account-ssh" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure apps to use SSH</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Best practices</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/solutions/connecting-securely" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /solutions/connecting-securely" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/solutions/connecting-securely" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Securely connect to VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Windows VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect to Windows VMs using RDP</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-sac" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-sac" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-sac" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect to Windows VMs using the SAC</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/windows-ssh" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/windows-ssh" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/windows-ssh" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect to Windows VMs using SSH</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/connecting-powershell" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/connecting-powershell" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/connecting-powershell" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Connect to Windows VMs using PowerShell</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage access to VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Linux VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/access-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/access-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/access-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Choose an access management method</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/oslogin" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/oslogin" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About OS Login</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin/set-up-oslogin" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/oslogin/set-up-oslogin" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/oslogin/set-up-oslogin" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up OS Login</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin/security-keys" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/oslogin/security-keys" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/oslogin/security-keys" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Enable security keys with OS Login</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin/manage-oslogin-in-an-org" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/oslogin/manage-oslogin-in-an-org" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/oslogin/manage-oslogin-in-an-org" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage OS Login in an organization</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin/view-audit-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/oslogin/view-audit-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/oslogin/view-audit-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor OS Login audit logs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/permissions-tutorial" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/permissions-tutorial" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/permissions-tutorial" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure granular access within VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Windows VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/generating-credentials" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/generating-credentials" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/generating-credentials" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage accounts and credentials on Windows VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/automate-pw-generation" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/automate-pw-generation" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/automate-pw-generation" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Automate Windows password generation</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manually manage SSH keys</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/create-ssh-keys" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/create-ssh-keys" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/create-ssh-keys" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create SSH keys</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/add-ssh-keys" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/add-ssh-keys" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/add-ssh-keys" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add SSH keys to VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/restrict-ssh-keys" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/restrict-ssh-keys" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/restrict-ssh-keys" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Restrict SSH keys from VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Best practices for securing SSH access</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/network-access" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/network-access" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/network-access" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Control network access</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/login-access" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/login-access" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/login-access" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Control SSH login access</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/credentials" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/credentials" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/credentials" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Protect SSH credentials</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/auditing" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/auditing" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/connect/ssh-best-practices/auditing" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Audit SSH access</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tag-resources" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tag-resources" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tag-resources" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage tags for resources</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Transfer files to or from a VM</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/transfer-files" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Transfer files to Linux VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files-windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/transfer-files-windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files-windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Transfer files to Windows VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/ip-addresses" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/ip-addresses" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/ip-addresses" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>IP addresses</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Internal DNS</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/internal-dns" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/internal-dns" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/internal-dns" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Overview of internal DNS</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-internal-dns" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/networking/using-internal-dns" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/networking/using-internal-dns" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Access VMs using internal DNS names</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/networking/zonal-dns" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/networking/zonal-dns" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/networking/zonal-dns" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use zonal DNS</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-ptr-record" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-ptr-record" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-ptr-record" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a PTR record for a VM</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/verifying-instance-identity" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/verifying-instance-identity" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/verifying-instance-identity" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Verify VM identity</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage storage</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About disks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Choose a storage option</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/hyperdisks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/hyperdisks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/hyperdisks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Hyperdisk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/storage-pools" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/storage-pools" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/storage-pools" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Hyperdisk Storage Pools</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/persistent-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/persistent-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/persistent-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Persistent Disk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/extreme-persistent-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/extreme-persistent-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/extreme-persistent-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Extreme Persistent Disk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/local-ssd" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/local-ssd" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/local-ssd" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Local SSD disks</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure storage pools</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/create-storage-pools" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/create-storage-pools" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/create-storage-pools" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a storage pool</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/manage-storage-pools" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/manage-storage-pools" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/manage-storage-pools" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage storage pools</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure disks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add disks to VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/use-storage-pool-capacity" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/use-storage-pool-capacity" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/use-storage-pool-capacity" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add disks from a storage pool to VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/add-local-ssd" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/add-local-ssd" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/add-local-ssd" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a VM with Local SSD disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/add-hyperdisk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/add-hyperdisk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/add-hyperdisk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a new Hyperdisk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/add-persistent-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/add-persistent-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/add-persistent-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a new Persistent Disk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/sharing-disks-between-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/sharing-disks-between-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/sharing-disks-between-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Share a disk between VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/attach-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/attach-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/attach-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Attach a disk to a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/mount-ram-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/mount-ram-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/mount-ram-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Mount in-memory RAM disks</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Prepare disks for use</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/format-mount-disk-linux" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/format-mount-disk-linux" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/format-mount-disk-linux" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Format and mount a non-boot disk on Linux</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/format-mount-disk-windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/format-mount-disk-windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/format-mount-disk-windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Format and prepare a non-boot disk on Windows</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Access disks attached to a VM</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/set-persistent-device-name-in-linux-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/set-persistent-device-name-in-linux-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/set-persistent-device-name-in-linux-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Best practice: Use persistent device names</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/disk-symlinks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/disk-symlinks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/disk-symlinks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Symbolic links to disks</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Transfer data to disks attached to a VM</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/transfer-files" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Transfer files to Linux VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files-windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/transfer-files-windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/transfer-files-windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Transfer files to Windows VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Encrypt disks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/disk-encryption" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/disk-encryption" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/disk-encryption" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About disk encryption</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/customer-supplied-encryption" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/customer-supplied-encryption" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/customer-supplied-encryption" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Encrypt disks with customer-supplied encryption keys</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/customer-managed-encryption" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/customer-managed-encryption" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/customer-managed-encryption" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Help protect resources by using Cloud KMS keys</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Modify disks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/modify-hyperdisks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/modify-hyperdisks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/modify-hyperdisks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Modify Hyperdisk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/migrate-to-hyperdisk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/migrate-to-hyperdisk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/migrate-to-hyperdisk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Change the disk type</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/resize-persistent-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/resize-persistent-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/resize-persistent-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Increase the size of a Persistent Disk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/modify-persistent-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/modify-persistent-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/modify-persistent-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Modify a Persistent Disk</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Evaluate disk performance</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/performance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/performance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/performance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure disks to meet performance requirements</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Review disk performance</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/review-storage-pool-metrics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/review-storage-pool-metrics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/review-storage-pool-metrics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Review storage pool metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/review-disk-metrics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/review-disk-metrics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/review-disk-metrics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Review disk performance metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/analyze-iops-hyperdisk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/analyze-iops-hyperdisk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/analyze-iops-hyperdisk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Analyze provisioned IOPS and throughput</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Benchmark disk performance</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/benchmark-hyperdisk-performance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/benchmark-hyperdisk-performance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/benchmark-hyperdisk-performance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Benchmark Hyperdisk performance</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-pd-performance-linux" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-pd-performance-linux" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-pd-performance-linux" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Benchmark Persistent Disk performance on a Linux VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-pd-performance-windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-pd-performance-windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-pd-performance-windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Benchmark Persistent Disk performance on a Windows VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-local-ssd-performance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-local-ssd-performance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/benchmarking-local-ssd-performance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Benchmark Local SSD performance</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Make disks highly available</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Persistent Disk Asynchronous Replication</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/about" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/async-pd/about" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/about" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Persistent Disk Asynchronous Replication</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/configure" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/async-pd/configure" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/configure" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure replication</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-replication" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-replication" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-replication" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage replication</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/failover-failback" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/async-pd/failover-failback" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/failover-failback" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Failover and failback disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-async-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-async-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-async-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage asynchronous disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-consistency-groups" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-consistency-groups" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/manage-consistency-groups" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage consistency groups</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/performance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/async-pd/performance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/async-pd/performance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Review performance metrics</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Cross-zonal synchronous disk replication</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/about-regional-persistent-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/about-regional-persistent-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/about-regional-persistent-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About synchronous disk replication</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/high-availability-regional-persistent-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/high-availability-regional-persistent-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/high-availability-regional-persistent-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Build high availability services using synchronous disk replication</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/regional-persistent-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, 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options</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Back up VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/machine-images" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/machine-images" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Machine images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create machine images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/import-machine-from-virtual-appliance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/machine-images/import-machine-from-virtual-appliance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/machine-images/import-machine-from-virtual-appliance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Import machine images from virtual appliances</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Back up disks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Back up a disk in place</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/instant-snapshots" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/instant-snapshots" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/instant-snapshots" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About instant snapshots</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/create-instant-snapshots" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/create-instant-snapshots" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/create-instant-snapshots" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and manage instant snapshots</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/convert-instant-snapshot" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/convert-instant-snapshot" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/convert-instant-snapshot" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Copy an instant snapshot to a different location</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Back up a disk for disaster recovery</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/snapshots" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/snapshots" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/snapshots" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About disk snapshots</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/snapshot-best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/snapshot-best-practices" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/snapshot-best-practices" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Best practices for disk snapshots</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/snapshot-settings" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/snapshot-settings" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/snapshot-settings" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set default storage location using snapshot settings</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/create-snapshots" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/create-snapshots" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/create-snapshots" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create disk snapshots</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/manage-snapshots" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/manage-snapshots" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/manage-snapshots" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage disk snapshots</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create application consistent snapshots</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/creating-linux-application-consistent-pd-snapshots" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/creating-linux-application-consistent-pd-snapshots" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/creating-linux-application-consistent-pd-snapshots" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create Linux application consistent snapshots</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-persistent-disk-snapshot" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-persistent-disk-snapshot" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-persistent-disk-snapshot" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a Windows disk snapshot (VSS snapshots)</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Schedule disk backups</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/about-snapshot-schedules" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/about-snapshot-schedules" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/about-snapshot-schedules" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About snapshot schedules</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/scheduled-snapshots" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/scheduled-snapshots" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/scheduled-snapshots" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create snapshot schedules</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/manage-snapshot-schedules" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/manage-snapshot-schedules" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/manage-snapshot-schedules" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage snapshot schedules</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/create-alert-snapshot-schedule" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/create-alert-snapshot-schedule" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/create-alert-snapshot-schedule" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure alerts for snapshot schedules</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li 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link, pathname: /compute/docs/machine-images/create-instance-from-machine-image" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-instance-from-machine-image" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create VMs from machine images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/restore-snapshot" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/restore-snapshot" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/restore-snapshot" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Restore from a standard snapshot</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/restore-instant-snapshot" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/restore-instant-snapshot" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/restore-instant-snapshot" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Restore from an instant snapshot</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/recover-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/recover-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/recover-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Recover a VM with a corrupted or full disk</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage VMs</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Basic operations and lifecycle</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/instance-life-cycle" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/instance-life-cycle" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/instance-life-cycle" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>VM instance lifecycle</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/stop-start-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/stop-start-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/stop-start-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Stop or restart a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Suspend or resume a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Schedule VM operations</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/schedule-instance-start-stop" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/schedule-instance-start-stop" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/schedule-instance-start-stop" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Schedule a VM to start and stop</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/limit-vm-runtime" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/limit-vm-runtime" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/limit-vm-runtime" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Limit the run time of a VM</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View VM properties</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/detect-compute-engine" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/detect-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/detect-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Detect if a VM is running in Compute Engine</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/get-list" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/get-list" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/get-list" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Get a list of VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-vm-details" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-vm-details" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-vm-details" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Get the details of a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/get-uuid" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/get-uuid" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/get-uuid" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Get the UUID of a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-vm-image" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-vm-image" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-vm-image" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View the source image of a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-references-between-resources" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-references-between-resources" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-references-between-resources" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View referrers to VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-ip-address" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-ip-address" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-ip-address" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Locate IP addresses for a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-visible-cores" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-visible-cores" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-visible-cores" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View the number of visible CPU cores</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Update VM details</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/rename-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/rename-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/rename-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Rename a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/update-instance-properties" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/update-instance-properties" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/update-instance-properties" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Update VM properties</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/changing-machine-type-of-stopped-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/changing-machine-type-of-stopped-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/changing-machine-type-of-stopped-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Edit the machine type of a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/add-remove-gpus" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/add-remove-gpus" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/add-remove-gpus" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add or remove GPUs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/change-service-account" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/change-service-account" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/change-service-account" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Change the attached service account</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Update the physical location of a VM</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/placement-policies-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/placement-policies-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/placement-policies-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About placement policies</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/use-spread-placement-policies" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/use-spread-placement-policies" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/use-spread-placement-policies" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and apply spread placement policies to VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-placement-policies" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-placement-policies" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-placement-policies" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View placement policies</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/manage-placement-policies" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/manage-placement-policies" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/manage-placement-policies" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Remove or delete placement policies</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure IP addresses</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-static-external-ip-address" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-static-external-ip-address" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-static-external-ip-address" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure static external IP addresses</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-static-internal-ip-address" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-static-internal-ip-address" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-static-internal-ip-address" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure static internal IP addresses</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-ipv6-address" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-ipv6-address" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/ip-addresses/configure-ipv6-address" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure IPv6 for instances and instance templates</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Delete VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/deleting-instance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/deleting-instance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/deleting-instance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Delete a VM</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/preventing-accidental-vm-deletion" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/preventing-accidental-vm-deletion" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/preventing-accidental-vm-deletion" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Prevent accidental VM deletion</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/updating-vm-tenancy" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/updating-vm-tenancy" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/updating-vm-tenancy" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Update VM tenancy</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage groups of VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/working-with-managed-instances" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/working-with-managed-instances" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/working-with-managed-instances" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Work with managed VMs in a MIG</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/getting-info-about-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/getting-info-about-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/getting-info-about-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View info about MIGs and managed instances</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/add-remove-vms-in-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/add-remove-vms-in-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/add-remove-vms-in-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add or remove VMs in a MIG</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/limit-vm-runtime-in-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/limit-vm-runtime-in-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/limit-vm-runtime-in-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Limit the run time of VMs in a MIG</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add GPU VMs all at once in a MIG</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/about-resize-requests-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/about-resize-requests-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/about-resize-requests-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About resize requests</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-resize-requests-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/create-resize-requests-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/create-resize-requests-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create resize requests</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/manage-resize-requests-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/manage-resize-requests-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/manage-resize-requests-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View, cancel, or delete resize requests</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable devsite-nav-preview"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure instance flexibility in a MIG</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/about-instance-flexibility" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/about-instance-flexibility" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/about-instance-flexibility" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About instance flexibility</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configure-instance-flexibility" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/configure-instance-flexibility" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configure-instance-flexibility" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add instance flexibility</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/view-instance-flexibility-configuration" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/view-instance-flexibility-configuration" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/view-instance-flexibility-configuration" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View instance flexibility configuration</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/change-or-remove-instance-flexibility-configuration" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/change-or-remove-instance-flexibility-configuration" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/change-or-remove-instance-flexibility-configuration" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Change or remove instance flexibility</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Distribute VMs across zones in a regional MIG</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About regional MIGs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-distribution-shape" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-distribution-shape" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-distribution-shape" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About target distribution shape</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-set-target-distribution-shape" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-set-target-distribution-shape" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-set-target-distribution-shape" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set a target distribution for VMs across zones</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-enable-disable-proactive-redistribution" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-enable-disable-proactive-redistribution" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-enable-disable-proactive-redistribution" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Disable and reenable proactive instance redistribution</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-rebalance-manually" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-rebalance-manually" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-rebalance-manually" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manually rebalance a regional MIG</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-simulate-zonal-outage" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-simulate-zonal-outage" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/regional-mig-simulate-zonal-outage" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Simulate a zone outage for a regional MIG</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Work with suspended and stopped VMs in a MIG</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/suspended-and-stopped-vms-in-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/suspended-and-stopped-vms-in-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/suspended-and-stopped-vms-in-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Overview</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/manually-suspend-or-stop-vms-in-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/manually-suspend-or-stop-vms-in-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/manually-suspend-or-stop-vms-in-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manually suspend or stop VMs in a MIG</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/accelerate-mig-scale-out-with-standby-pools" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/accelerate-mig-scale-out-with-standby-pools" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/accelerate-mig-scale-out-with-standby-pools" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Accelerate scale out with suspended and stopped VMs</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apply new VM configurations in a MIG</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/updating-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/updating-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/updating-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About applying new VM configurations to VMs in a MIG</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/rolling-out-updates-to-managed-instance-groups" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/rolling-out-updates-to-managed-instance-groups" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/rolling-out-updates-to-managed-instance-groups" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Automatically apply VM configuration updates</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/updating-selected-instances-in-a-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/updating-selected-instances-in-a-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/updating-selected-instances-in-a-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Selectively apply VM configuration updates</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/update-on-repair" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/update-on-repair" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/update-on-repair" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apply configuration updates during repairs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/set-mig-aic" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/set-mig-aic" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/set-mig-aic" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Override instance template properties with an all-instances configuration</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/upgrading-images-in-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/upgrading-images-in-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/upgrading-images-in-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Perform one-click OS image upgrades</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Maintain high availability during VM failures</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/about-repair" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/about-repair" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/about-repair" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About repairing VMs for high availability</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Repair a VM when an application fails</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/autohealing-instances-in-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/autohealing-instances-in-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/autohealing-instances-in-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up an application-based health check and autohealing</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/monitoring-managed-instance-health-state-changes" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/monitoring-managed-instance-health-state-changes" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/monitoring-managed-instance-health-state-changes" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor VM health state changes</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/disabling-and-enabling-health-state-change-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/disabling-and-enabling-health-state-change-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/disabling-and-enabling-health-state-change-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Disable and enable health state change logs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/turn-off-vm-repairs-in-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/turn-off-vm-repairs-in-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/turn-off-vm-repairs-in-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Turn off repairs in a MIG</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Support a stateful workload with a MIG</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/stateful-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/stateful-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/stateful-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About stateful MIGs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure stateful MIGs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure a stateful MIG</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-disks-in-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-disks-in-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-disks-in-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure stateful persistent disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-metadata-in-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-metadata-in-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-metadata-in-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure stateful metadata</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-ip-addresses-in-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-ip-addresses-in-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/configuring-stateful-ip-addresses-in-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure stateful IP addresses</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/applying-viewing-removing-stateful-config-in-migs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/applying-viewing-removing-stateful-config-in-migs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/applying-viewing-removing-stateful-config-in-migs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apply, view, and remove stateful configuration</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/how-stateful-migs-work" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/how-stateful-migs-work" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/how-stateful-migs-work" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>How stateful MIGs work</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/preserved-state" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/preserved-state" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/preserved-state" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>How operations affect preserved state</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Group VMs together</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/migrate-workload-to-stateful-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/migrate-workload-to-stateful-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/migrate-workload-to-stateful-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Migrate an existing workload to a stateful managed instance group</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/creating-groups-of-unmanaged-instances" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/creating-groups-of-unmanaged-instances" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/creating-groups-of-unmanaged-instances" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Group unmanaged VMs together</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/delete-mig" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/delete-mig" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/delete-mig" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Delete a MIG</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Host maintenance events</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/host-maintenance-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/host-maintenance-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/host-maintenance-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About host events</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/live-migration-process" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/live-migration-process" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/live-migration-process" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Live migration process</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/setting-vm-host-options" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/setting-vm-host-options" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/setting-vm-host-options" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set the host maintenance policy</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/metadata/getting-live-migration-notice" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/metadata/getting-live-migration-notice" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/metadata/getting-live-migration-notice" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Query metadata server for notices</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/simulating-host-maintenance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/simulating-host-maintenance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/simulating-host-maintenance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Simulate a host maintenance event</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/gpu-host-maintenance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/gpu-host-maintenance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/gpu-host-maintenance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Handle GPU host maintenance events</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/monitor-plan-host-maintenance-event" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/monitor-plan-host-maintenance-event" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/monitor-plan-host-maintenance-event" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor and plan for a host maintenance event</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/trigger-host-maintenance-event" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/trigger-host-maintenance-event" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/trigger-host-maintenance-event" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manually start host maintenance</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage metadata</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/metadata/overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/metadata/overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/metadata/overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About VM metadata</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/metadata/predefined-metadata-keys" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/metadata/predefined-metadata-keys" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/metadata/predefined-metadata-keys" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Predefined metadata keys</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/metadata/setting-custom-metadata" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/metadata/setting-custom-metadata" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/metadata/setting-custom-metadata" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set and remove custom metadata</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/metadata/querying-metadata" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/metadata/querying-metadata" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/metadata/querying-metadata" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View and query VM metadata</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/metadata/manage-guest-attributes" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/metadata/manage-guest-attributes" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/metadata/manage-guest-attributes" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set and query guest attributes</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Securing VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/about-shielded-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/about-shielded-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/about-shielded-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Shielded VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/about-confidential-vm" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/about-confidential-vm" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/about-confidential-vm" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About Confidential VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/protecting-resources-vpc-service-controls" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/protecting-resources-vpc-service-controls" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/protecting-resources-vpc-service-controls" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Protect resources with VPC Service Controls</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage operating systems</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Guest environment</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/guest-environment" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About the guest environment</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/install-guest-environment" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/install-guest-environment" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/install-guest-environment" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install the guest environment</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/vm-manager" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/vm-manager" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/vm-manager" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage operating systems using VM Manager</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage OS images</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/image-management-best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/image-management-best-practices" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/image-management-best-practices" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Image management best practices</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/image-families-best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/image-families-best-practices" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/image-families-best-practices" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Image families best practices</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/access-rhel-knowledgebase" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/premium/access-rhel-knowledgebase" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/premium/access-rhel-knowledgebase" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Access Red Hat Knowledgebase</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/managing-access-custom-images" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/managing-access-custom-images" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/managing-access-custom-images" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage access to custom images</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/restricting-image-access" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/restricting-image-access" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/restricting-image-access" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up trusted image policies</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/export-image" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/export-image" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/export-image" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Export a custom image to Cloud Storage</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/set-version-custom" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/set-version-custom" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/set-version-custom" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set image versions in an image family</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/deprecate-custom" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/deprecate-custom" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/deprecate-custom" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deprecate a custom image</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/images/delete-custom" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/delete-custom" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/delete-custom" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Delete a custom image</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/artifact-registry-os-packages" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/artifact-registry-os-packages" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/artifact-registry-os-packages" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage OS packages</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage licenses</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/licenses/about" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/licenses/about" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About licenses</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/view-append" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/licenses/view-append" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/licenses/view-append" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View and append licenses</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/rhel/appending-els-licenses" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/premium/rhel/appending-els-licenses" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/premium/rhel/appending-els-licenses" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Append RHEL ELS licenses</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro/upgrade-from-ubuntu" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro/upgrade-from-ubuntu" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro/upgrade-from-ubuntu" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Upgrade from Ubuntu to Ubuntu Pro</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use startup scripts</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Startup scripts overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/linux" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/linux" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/linux" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use startup scripts on Linux VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/startup-scripts/windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use startup scripts on Windows VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/shutdownscript" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/shutdownscript" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/shutdownscript" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Run shutdown scripts</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/configure-ntp" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/configure-ntp" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/configure-ntp" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure NTP</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/enabling-virtio-rng" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/enabling-virtio-rng" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/enabling-virtio-rng" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Enable the virtual random number generator (Virtio RNG)</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploy workloads</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up authentication for workloads</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/access/app-authentication-methods" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/app-authentication-methods" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/app-authentication-methods" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Choose a workload authentication method</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/access/authenticate-workloads" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/authenticate-workloads" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/authenticate-workloads" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Authenticate workloads to Google Cloud API using service accounts</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/access/authenticate-workloads-over-mtls" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/access/authenticate-workloads-over-mtls" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/access/authenticate-workloads-over-mtls" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Authenticate workloads to other workloads over mTLS</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Web servers</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/basic-webserver-apache" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/basic-webserver-apache" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/basic-webserver-apache" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploy an Apache server</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/basic-webserver-iis" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/basic-webserver-iis" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/basic-webserver-iis" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploy an IIS server</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/docs/terraform/get-started-with-terraform" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /docs/terraform/get-started-with-terraform" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/docs/terraform/get-started-with-terraform" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploy a Flask server by using Terraform</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Applications</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/getting-started?walkthrough_tutorial_id=compute_quickstart" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: https://console.cloud.google.com/getting-started?walkthrough_tutorial_id=compute_quickstart" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="https://console.cloud.google.com/getting-started?walkthrough_tutorial_id=compute_quickstart" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Interactive: Build a to-do app with MongoDB</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/deploy-aspnet-app" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/deploy-aspnet-app" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/deploy-aspnet-app" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploy an ASP.NET application</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/community/tutorials/joomla-on-compute-engine" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /community/tutorials/joomla-on-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/community/tutorials/joomla-on-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up Joomla</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/community/tutorials/setting-up-lamp" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /community/tutorials/setting-up-lamp" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/community/tutorials/setting-up-lamp" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up LAMP</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/build/docs/deploying-builds/deploy-compute-engine" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /build/docs/deploying-builds/deploy-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/build/docs/deploying-builds/deploy-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Perform blue/green deployments using Cloud Build</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Send email from a VM</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About sending email</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-sendgrid" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-sendgrid" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-sendgrid" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Send email with SendGrid</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-mailgun" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-mailgun" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-mailgun" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Send email with Mailgun</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-mailjet" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-mailjet" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/sending-mail/using-mailjet" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Send email with Mailjet</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Databases</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>MySQL</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/setup-mysql" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/sql-server/setup-mysql" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/setup-mysql" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up MySQL on Compute Engine</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/mysql-remote-access" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/sql-server/mysql-remote-access" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/mysql-remote-access" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up client access with a private IP address</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/cloning-a-mysql-database-on-compute-engine" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/sql-server/cloning-a-mysql-database-on-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/cloning-a-mysql-database-on-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Cloning a MySQL database on Compute Engine</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/deploying-highly-available-mysql-cluster-with-drbd-on-compute-engine" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/sql-server/deploying-highly-available-mysql-cluster-with-drbd-on-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/deploying-highly-available-mysql-cluster-with-drbd-on-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploying a highly available MySQL 5.6 cluster with DRBD on Compute Engine</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>PostgreSQL</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up PostgreSQL on Compute Engine</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres-data-disk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres-data-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres-data-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up a PostgreSQL data disk</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres-hot-standby" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres-hot-standby" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/community/tutorials/setting-up-postgres-hot-standby" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up PostgreSQL with hot standby</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>SQL Server</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/sql-server/best-practices" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/best-practices" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Best practices for SQL Server VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div 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recovery</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Redis</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/redis/deployment-options" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/redis/deployment-options" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/redis/deployment-options" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deployment Options for Redis on Google Cloud </span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div 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and managed instance groups</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/containers/configuring-options-to-run-containers" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/containers/configuring-options-to-run-containers" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/containers/configuring-options-to-run-containers" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure options to run your container</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Microsoft Windows</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Windows workloads</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/windows-best-practices" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/windows/windows-best-practices" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/windows-best-practices" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Best practices for Windows Server VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/setup-active-directory" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: 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class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/ml-inference-t4" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/ml-inference-t4" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/ml-inference-t4" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Run TensorFlow inference workloads with TensorRT5 and NVIDIA T4 GPU</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor logs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/logging/audit-logging" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/logging/audit-logging" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/logging/audit-logging" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View audit logs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/logging/usage-export" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/logging/usage-export" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/logging/usage-export" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View usage reports</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/viewing-compute-operations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/viewing-compute-operations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/viewing-compute-operations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View Compute Engine operations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/logging/migrating-from-activity-logs-to-audit-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/logging/migrating-from-activity-logs-to-audit-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/logging/migrating-from-activity-logs-to-audit-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Migrate from activity logs to audit logs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-deprecated"><a href="/compute/docs/logging/activity-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/logging/activity-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/logging/activity-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View activity logs</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="deprecated" data-title="Deprecated" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor resources</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/determining-server-usage" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/determining-server-usage" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/determining-server-usage" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor VM and sole-tenant node usage</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/observe-monitor-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/observe-monitor-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/observe-monitor-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Observe and monitor VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor GPU performance</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/monitor-gpus" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/monitor-gpus" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/monitor-gpus" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor GPU performance on Linux VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/monitor-gpus-windows" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/monitor-gpus-windows" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/monitor-gpus-windows" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor GPU performance on Windows VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor disks</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/monitor-regional-persistent-disk-replica-state" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/monitor-regional-persistent-disk-replica-state" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/monitor-regional-persistent-disk-replica-state" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor the replica states of regional persistent disk volumes</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-monitor" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-monitor" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-monitor" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Monitor reservations</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/labeling-resources" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/labeling-resources" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/labeling-resources" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Organize resources using labels</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Scale</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Autoscale groups of VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About autoscaling groups of VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and manage autoscalers</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-cpu" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-cpu" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-cpu" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Scale based on CPU utilization</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/predictive-autoscaling" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/predictive-autoscaling" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/predictive-autoscaling" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Scale based on predictions</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-load-balancing" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-load-balancing" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-load-balancing" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Scale based on load balancing serving capacity</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-cloud-monitoring-metrics" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-cloud-monitoring-metrics" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-cloud-monitoring-metrics" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Scale based on Monitoring metrics</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-schedules" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-schedules" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/scaling-schedules" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Scale based on schedules</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/multiple-signals" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/multiple-signals" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/multiple-signals" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use an autoscaling policy with multiple signals</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/managing-autoscalers" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/managing-autoscalers" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/managing-autoscalers" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage autoscalers</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/understanding-autoscaler-decisions" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/understanding-autoscaler-decisions" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/understanding-autoscaler-decisions" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Understand autoscaler decisions</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/autoscaler/viewing-autoscaler-logs" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/autoscaler/viewing-autoscaler-logs" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/autoscaler/viewing-autoscaler-logs" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View autoscaler logs</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/autoscaling-node-groups" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/autoscaling-node-groups" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/autoscaling-node-groups" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Autoscale node groups</span></a></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Reserve VM capacity</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About reservations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Reservations on demand</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-single-project" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-single-project" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-single-project" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a reservation for a single project</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-shared" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-shared" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-shared" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create a shared reservation</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-with-commitments" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-with-commitments" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-with-commitments" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Combine reservations with committed use discounts</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-view" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-view" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-view" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View your reservations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-consume" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-consume" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-consume" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Consume reservations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-modify" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-modify" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-modify" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Modify reservations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-delete" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservations-delete" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservations-delete" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Delete reservations</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable devsite-nav-preview"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Future reservations</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/future-reservations-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/future-reservations-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/future-reservations-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About future reservations requests</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-single-project-future-reservations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-single-project-future-reservations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-single-project-future-reservations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create single-project future reservation requests</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-shared-future-reservations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/create-shared-future-reservations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/create-shared-future-reservations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create shared future reservation requests</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/modify-future-reservations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/modify-future-reservations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/modify-future-reservations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Modify future reservation requests</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/delete-future-reservations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/delete-future-reservations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/delete-future-reservations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Cancel or delete future reservation requests</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-future-reservations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-future-reservations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-future-reservations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View future reservation requests</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Load balancing</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/load-balancing-and-autoscaling" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/load-balancing-and-autoscaling" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/load-balancing-and-autoscaling" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About load balancing and scaling</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/adding-an-instance-group-to-a-load-balancer" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/adding-an-instance-group-to-a-load-balancer" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/adding-an-instance-group-to-a-load-balancer" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Add an instance group to a load balancer</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/load-balancing/docs/https/setting-up-https" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /load-balancing/docs/https/setting-up-https" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/load-balancing/docs/https/setting-up-https" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Request routing to a multi-region external HTTPS load balancer</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/http-load-balancing-iis" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/http-load-balancing-iis" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/http-load-balancing-iis" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Cross-region load balancing for Microsoft IIS backends</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/load-balancing/docs/internal/setting-up-internal" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /load-balancing/docs/internal/setting-up-internal" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/load-balancing/docs/internal/setting-up-internal" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set up Internal TCP/UDP Load Balancing</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Build reliable and scalable applications</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/high-availability-autohealing" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/high-availability-autohealing" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/high-availability-autohealing" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use autohealing for highly available applications</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/high-availability-load-balancing" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/high-availability-load-balancing" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/high-availability-load-balancing" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use load balancing for highly available applications</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/high-scalability-autoscaling" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/high-scalability-autoscaling" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/high-scalability-autoscaling" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use autoscaling for highly scalable applications</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/tutorials/globally-autoscaling-a-web-service-on-compute-engine" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/tutorials/globally-autoscaling-a-web-service-on-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/tutorials/globally-autoscaling-a-web-service-on-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Globally autoscale a web service on Compute Engine</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/architecture/scalable-and-resilient-apps" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /architecture/scalable-and-resilient-apps" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/architecture/scalable-and-resilient-apps" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Patterns for scalable and resilient applications</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/architecture/patterns-for-floating-ip-addresses-in-compute-engine" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /architecture/patterns-for-floating-ip-addresses-in-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/architecture/patterns-for-floating-ip-addresses-in-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Patterns for using floating IP addresses on Compute Engine</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-heading"><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Optimize</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Resource utilization</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Use recommendations to manage resources</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/apply-machine-type-recommendations-for-instances" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: 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class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/view-and-understand-mig-insights" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instance-groups/view-and-understand-mig-insights" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/view-and-understand-mig-insights" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View and understand MIG insights</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage idle VM recommendations</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/idle-vm-recommendations-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/idle-vm-recommendations-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/idle-vm-recommendations-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Idle VM recommendations overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/viewing-and-applying-idle-vm-recommendations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/viewing-and-applying-idle-vm-recommendations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/viewing-and-applying-idle-vm-recommendations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View and apply idle VM recommendations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-preview"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/configuring-idle-vm-recommendations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/configuring-idle-vm-recommendations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/configuring-idle-vm-recommendations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure idle VM recommendations</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable devsite-nav-preview"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage reservation recommendations</span><span class="devsite-nav-icon material-icons" data-icon="preview" data-title="Preview" aria-hidden="true"></span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/reservation-recommendations-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/reservation-recommendations-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/reservation-recommendations-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Reservation recommendations overview</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-and-apply-idle-reservation-recommendations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-and-apply-idle-reservation-recommendations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-and-apply-idle-reservation-recommendations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View and apply idle reservation recommendations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/view-and-apply-underutilized-reservation-recommendations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/view-and-apply-underutilized-reservation-recommendations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/view-and-apply-underutilized-reservation-recommendations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>View and apply underutilized reservation recommendations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/configure-idle-reservation-recommendations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/configure-idle-reservation-recommendations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/configure-idle-reservation-recommendations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure idle reservation recommendations</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/configure-underutilized-reservation-recommendations" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/configure-underutilized-reservation-recommendations" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/configure-underutilized-reservation-recommendations" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Configure underutilized reservation recommendations</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/overcommitting-cpus-sole-tenant-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/overcommitting-cpus-sole-tenant-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/overcommitting-cpus-sole-tenant-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Overcommit CPUs on sole-tenant VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manual live migration</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/about-manual-live-migration" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/about-manual-live-migration" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/about-manual-live-migration" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About manual live migration</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/manually-live-migrate" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/manually-live-migrate" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/manually-live-migrate" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manually live migrate VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/nodes/share-node-groups" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/nodes/share-node-groups" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/nodes/share-node-groups" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Share sole-tenant node groups</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/dynamic-resource-management" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/dynamic-resource-management" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/dynamic-resource-management" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Next generation dynamic resource management</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Cost savings</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Get discounts for committed usage</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/committed-use-discounts-overview" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/committed-use-discounts-overview" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/committed-use-discounts-overview" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About commitments and committed use discounts (CUDs)</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/signing-up-committed-use-discounts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/signing-up-committed-use-discounts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/signing-up-committed-use-discounts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Resource-based CUDs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage resource-based commitments</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/renew-commitments-automatically" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/renew-commitments-automatically" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/renew-commitments-automatically" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Renew commitments automatically</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/committed-use-discounts/extend-commitment-term" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/committed-use-discounts/extend-commitment-term" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/committed-use-discounts/extend-commitment-term" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Extend the term length of commitments</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/merge-and-split-commitments" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/merge-and-split-commitments" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/merge-and-split-commitments" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Merge and split commitments</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/upgrade-commitment-term" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/upgrade-commitment-term" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/upgrade-commitment-term" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Upgrade the term of commitments</span></a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/sustained-use-discounts" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/sustained-use-discounts" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/sustained-use-discounts" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Get discounts for sustained usage</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Disk performance</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/optimize-hyperdisk" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/optimize-hyperdisk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/optimize-hyperdisk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Optimize Hyperdisk performance</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/optimizing-pd-performance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/optimizing-pd-performance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/optimizing-pd-performance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Optimize Persistent Disk performance</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/optimizing-local-ssd-performance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/optimizing-local-ssd-performance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/optimizing-local-ssd-performance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Optimize Local SSD performance</span></a></li></ul></div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Workload performance</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/set-threads-per-core" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/set-threads-per-core" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/set-threads-per-core" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Set the number of threads per core</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/customize-visible-cores" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/customize-visible-cores" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/customize-visible-cores" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Customize the number of visible CPU cores</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item 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track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/enable-pmu-in-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Enable the PMU in VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/manage-pmu-in-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/manage-pmu-in-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/manage-pmu-in-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage the PMU in VMs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Accelerated workloads with GPUs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>GPUs on Compute Engine</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/about-gpus" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/about-gpus" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/about-gpus" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About GPUs</span></a></li></ul></div></li><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install drivers</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/install-drivers-gpu" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/install-drivers-gpu" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/install-drivers-gpu" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install GPU drivers</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/install-grid-drivers" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/gpus/install-grid-drivers" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/gpus/install-grid-drivers" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Install drivers for NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstations (vWS)</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/gpus/grid-drivers-table" class="devsite-nav-title 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tooltip>Troubleshoot VMs</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item devsite-nav-expandable"><div class="devsite-expandable-nav"> <a class="devsite-nav-toggle" aria-hidden="true"></a><div class="devsite-nav-title devsite-nav-title-no-path" tabindex="0" role="button"> <span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot VM operations</span> </div><ul class="devsite-nav-section"><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-vm-creation" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-vm-creation" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-vm-creation" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot VM creation</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-resource-availability" 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track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/fstab-errors" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot fstab errors</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/kernel-panic" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/troubleshooting/kernel-panic" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/kernel-panic" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot kernel panic</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/collecting-diagnostic-information" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/troubleshooting/collecting-diagnostic-information" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" 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href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-arm-vms" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-arm-vms" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-arm-vms" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot Arm VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-gpus" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-gpus" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-gpus" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot GPU VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-nested-vms" 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class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-sole-tenancy" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-sole-tenancy" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot sole-tenant nodes</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-performance" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-performance" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-performance" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Troubleshoot VM performance issues</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-sudoers-file" 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your organization</a>: Allow user accounts outside of your organization to use SSH to connect to your instances.</li> <li><a href="#manage-oslogin-api">Manage the OS Login API</a>: Allow or deny users access to use the OS Login API. Also enable or disable features of the OS Login API.</li> <li><a href="#audit-events">Audit OS Login events</a>: Track OS Login-related events and activities such as adding, deleting, or updating an SSH key, or deleting POSIX information.</li> <li><a href="#modify-users">Modify user accounts using the Directory API</a>: Update user properties, such as username and POSIX account information, by using the Directory API.</li> <li><a href="#linux-groups">Use Linux groups with OS Login (Deprecated)</a>: Manage user permissions within VMs by using Linux groups with OS Login.</li> <li>Use OS Login with <a href="/iam/docs/workforce-identity-federation">workforce identity federation</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>): Connect to VMs that have OS Login enabled when your organization uses an external identity provider (IdP).</li> </ul> <h2 id="byb" data-text="Before you begin" tabindex="-1">Before you begin</h2> <ul> <li> If you haven't already, then set up authentication. <a href="/compute/docs/authentication">Authentication</a> is the process by which your identity is verified for access to Google Cloud services and APIs. To run code or samples from a local development environment, you can authenticate to Compute Engine by selecting one of the following options:<br/> <p>Select the tab for how you plan to use the samples on this page:</p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs" data-ds-scope="code-sample"> <section> <h3 id="console" data-text="Console" tabindex="-1">Console</h3> <p> When you use the Google Cloud console to access Google Cloud services and APIs, you don't need to set up authentication. </p> </section> <section> <h3 id="gcloud" data-text="gcloud" tabindex="-1">gcloud</h3> <ol><li> <p> <a href="/sdk/docs/install" track-type="commonIncludes" track-name="sdkLink" target="_blank">Install</a> the Google Cloud CLI, then <a href="/sdk/docs/initializing" track-type="commonIncludes" track-name="sdkLink" target="_blank">initialize</a> it by running the following command: </p> <pre class="prettyprint lang-sh" translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud init</pre> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> If you installed the gcloud CLI previously, make sure you have the latest version by running <code translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud components update</code>. </aside> </li><li><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute#set_default_zone_and_region_in_your_local_client"> Set a default region and zone</a>.</li></ol> </section> <section> <h3 id="rest" data-text="REST" tabindex="-1">REST</h3> <p> To use the REST API samples on this page in a local development environment, you use the credentials you provide to the gcloud CLI. </p> <ol> <p> <a href="/sdk/docs/install" track-type="commonIncludes" track-name="sdkLink" target="_blank">Install</a> the Google Cloud CLI, then <a href="/sdk/docs/initializing" track-type="commonIncludes" track-name="sdkLink" target="_blank">initialize</a> it by running the following command: </p> <pre class="prettyprint lang-sh" translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud init</pre> </ol> <p> For more information, see <a href="/docs/authentication/rest">Authenticate for using REST</a> in the Google Cloud authentication documentation. </p> </section> </div> </li> </ul> <h2 id="set-org-policy" data-text="OS Login organization policy" tabindex="-1">OS Login organization policy</h2> <p>You can set up an OS Login constraint in your organization to ensure that all new projects, and the VM instances created in these new projects, have OS Login enabled.</p> <p>When this constraint is set up, the following conditions are applied:</p> <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">enable-oslogin=true</code> is included in the project metadata for all new projects.</li> <li>Requests that set <code translate="no" dir="ltr">enable-oslogin</code> to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">false</code> in instance or project metadata are rejected, for new and existing VMs and projects.</li> </ul> <h3 id="limitations" data-text="Limitations" tabindex="-1">Limitations</h3> OS Login is not supported in the following products, features, and VMs: <ul> <li>Cloud Data Fusion versions 6.1.4 and earlier</li> <li>Cloud Composer 1</li> <li>Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) public clusters that run versions earlier than 1.23.5</li> <li>GKE private clusters that run node pool versions earlier than 1.20.5</li> <li><a href="/dataproc-serverless/docs/overview">Dataproc Serverless</a></li> <li>Windows Server and SQL Server VMs</li> <li>Fedora CoreOS VMs. To manage instance access to VMs created using these images, use the <a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/producing-ign/" class="external">Fedora CoreOS ignition system</a></li> </ul> <h4 id="workarounds_forand" data-text="Workarounds for Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Composer, and GKE" tabindex="-1">Workarounds for Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Composer, and GKE</h4> <p>To use OS Login in organizations that use Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Composer, and GKE, you can enable OS Login constraint at the organization level and then selectively disable the constraint on projects or folders for the affected projects.</p> <p>For more information about editing organization policies, see <a href="/resource-manager/docs/organization-policy/creating-managing-policies#creating_and_editing_policies">creating and editing policies</a>.</p> <h3 id="enable_the_organization_policy" data-text="Enable the organization policy" tabindex="-1">Enable the organization policy</h3> <section class="expandable"> <a class="exw-control expand-control" track-metadata-position="body" track-metadata-end-goal="viewPermissionsHowToGuides" track-type="task" track-name="iamPermissionsExpandable"></a> <h4 class="showalways" id="permissions-required-for-this-task" data-text="Permissions required for this task" tabindex="-1">Permissions required for this task</h4> <p>To perform this task, you must have the following <a href="/iam/docs/overview#permissions">permissions</a>: <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">resourcemanager.organizationAdmin role</code>. For more information see, <a href="/resource-manager/docs/access-control-org">Access control for organizations using IAM</a>.</li> <li>To learn more about managing policies at the organization level, see <a href="/resource-manager/docs/organization-policy/using-constraints#add-org-policy-admin">Add an organization policy administrator</a>.</li> </ul> </section> <p>To enable the OS Login policy, you can set the OS Login constraint on specific projects and folders by using the Google Cloud CLI. You can also set the OS Login constraint on the entire organization by using either the Google Cloud console or the Google Cloud CLI.</p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs" data-ds-scope="code-sample"> <section><h3 id="console" data-text=" Console " tabindex="-1"> Console </h3><p>To set the OS Login <a href="/resource-manager/docs/organization-policy/creating-managing-policies#boolean_constraints">organization policy</a> from the console, complete the following steps:</p> <ol> <li>In the Google Cloud console, go to the <strong>Organization policies</strong> page. <p><a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/orgpolicies/" target="console" track-type="tasks" track-name="consoleLink" track-metadata-position="body" track-metadata-end-goal="listpolicy" class="button button-primary">Go to the Organization policies page</a></p></li> <li>In the policies list, click <strong>Require OS Login</strong> to view the OS Login constraints.</li> <li>Click <strong>Edit</strong> to edit your existing OS Login constraints.</li> <li>On the <strong>Edit</strong> page, select <strong>Customize</strong>.</li> <li>To enable enforcement of this constraint, select <strong>On</strong>.</li> <li>Click <strong>Save</strong> to apply the constraint settings.</li> </ol></section> <section><h3 id="gcloud" data-text=" gcloud " tabindex="-1"> gcloud </h3><p>To set the OS Login organization policy, use the <a href="/sdk/gcloud/reference/beta/resource-manager/org-policies/enable-enforce"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud beta resource-manager org-policies enable-enforce</code></a> command.</p> <ol> <li><p>Find your organization ID.</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud organizations list</pre></li> <li><p>Set the constraint in your organization. Replace <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">organization-id</var></code> with your your <a href="/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-organization#retrieving_your_organization_id">organization ID</a>.</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> gcloud beta resource-manager org-policies enable-enforce compute.requireOsLogin \ --organization=<var translate="no">organization-id</var> </pre></li> </ol> <p>You can also apply the OS Login organization policy to a folder or a project with the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">--folder</code> or the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">--project</code> flags, and the folder ID and project ID, respectively.</p> <p>For folders, run the following command:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> gcloud beta resource-manager org-policies enable-enforce compute.requireOsLogin \ --folder=<var translate="no">folder-id</var> </pre> <p>For projects, run the following command:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> gcloud beta resource-manager org-policies enable-enforce compute.requireOsLogin \ --project=<var translate="no">project-id</var> </pre> <p>Replace the following:</p> <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">folder-id</var></code>: your <a href="/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-folders">folder ID</a>.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">project-id</var></code>: your <a href="/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#identifying_projects">project ID</a>.</li> </ul></section> </div> <h2 id="external-user" data-text="Grant instance access to users outside of your organization" tabindex="-1">Grant instance access to users outside of your organization</h2> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong><span> If your project is part of an <a href="/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-organization">organization</a>, you can grant instance access to users who are outside of your organization by using <code translate="no" dir="ltr">roles/compute.osLoginExternalUser</code> or by using a <a href="/compute/docs/access/iam#compute.osLoginExternalUser">custom role with the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">compute.oslogin.updateExternalUser</code> permission</a>.</span></aside> <p>By default, users outside of your organization can't set SSH keys for instances in your organization or be granted access to instances in your organization. In some situations, you might need to grant instance access to users who are part of a different organization or who have a consumer Google <code translate="no" dir="ltr">gmail.com</code> account.</p> <p>The <a href="/compute/docs/access/iam#compute.osLoginExternalUser"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">roles/compute.osLoginExternalUser</code></a> IAM role lets external Google Accounts interact with the other OS Login roles by allowing them to configure POSIX account information.</p> <p>To grant <code translate="no" dir="ltr">roles/compute.osLoginExternalUser</code> and other necessary OS Login instance access roles to users outside of your organization, complete the following steps:</p> <ol> <li>In the Google Cloud console, go to the <strong>IAM & Admin</strong> page. <p><a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector/iam-admin/iam" target="console" track-type="tasks" track-name="consoleLink" track-metadata-position="body" track-metadata-end-goal="setOrganizationRoles" class="button button-primary">Go to IAM & Admin</a></p></li> <li>Click the <strong>Select a project</strong> drop-down menu. In the <strong>Select a resource</strong> dialog that appears, select your organization by doing the following: <ol> <li>Click the organization drop-down menu to view all of your organizations.</li> <li>Select your organization from the drop-down.</li> </ol></li> <li>Click <strong>Grant access</strong> to add a new role to a user.</li> <li>In the <strong>New principals</strong> field, add the email address for the user for whom you want to configure instance access.</li> <li>From the <strong>Role</strong> drop-down menu, select the <strong>Compute OS Login External User</strong> role.</li> <li>Click <strong>Save</strong>.</li> <li>If you have not already done so, <a href="/compute/docs/instances/managing-instance-access#configure_users">grant the other OS Login instance access roles</a> to the user at the project or organization level.</li> </ol> <p>The user can now <a href="/compute/docs/connect/standard-ssh">connect to instances</a> in your project that have OS Login enabled.</p> <h2 id="manage-oslogin-api" data-text="Manage the OS Login API" tabindex="-1">Manage the OS Login API</h2> <p>At an organization level, you can restrict access to the OS Login API by setting Google Workspace admin controls. To configure Google Workspace admin controls or view configuration options, see <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/9197205">Control who uses Google Cloud in your organization</a>. As a Google Workspace admin, you can also turn on or off certain features of the OS Login API. This includes the following options:</p> <ul> <li>Choose whether to include the domain suffix in usernames generated by OS Login API. For example, in the domain <code translate="no" dir="ltr">example.com</code>, the user <code translate="no" dir="ltr">user@example.com</code> will have the username <code translate="no" dir="ltr">user</code> if the setting to include domain suffix is not checked.</li> <li>Decide if members of your organization can manage SSH keys using the OS Login API.</li> <li>Restrict or permit VM access to users outside of your organization.</li> </ul> <p>For more information about turning on or off OS Login API settings, see <a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/9197205">Choose settings for Google Cloud Platform</a>.</p> <h2 id="audit-events" data-text="Audit OS Login events" tabindex="-1">Audit OS Login events</h2> <p>As a Google Workspace Admin, you can use the Google Workspace Admin SDK to audit actions performed with the OS Login API. By reviewing these events, you can track when a user adds, deletes, or updates an SSH key, or deletes POSIX account information.</p> <p>You can retrieve OS Login API audit activity events, from the Google Workspace Admin SDK, by calling <code translate="no" dir="ltr">Activities.list()</code> with <code translate="no" dir="ltr">applicationName=gcp</code>. For more information, see <a href="https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/reports/v1/appendix/activity/gcp#CLOUD_OSLOGIN">Google Cloud activity events</a> in the Google Workspace Admin SDK Reports API documentation.</p> <h2 id="modify-users" data-text="Modify user accounts using the Directory API" tabindex="-1">Modify user accounts using the Directory API</h2> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong><span> You can't use the Directory API to modify Google consumer accounts, service accounts, or accounts for users outside your Google Workspace organization.</span></aside> <p>OS Login uses either your <a href="/identity">Cloud Identity</a> or <a href="https://support.google.com/a/topic/14586?hl=en&ref_topic=2425090">Google Workspace</a> user settings when connecting to an instance. If you are an organization admin, you can use the Directory API to complete the following tasks for your Google Workspace or Cloud Identity user accounts:</p> <ul> <li>Modify instance login settings.</li> <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/guides/manage-users#make_admin">Make a user an administrator</a></li> <li>Modify user properties such as account name and email</li> <li>Add and remove SSH keys for a user</li> <li>Modify POSIX account information</li> <li>Change the username that the users connect to on the instance.</li> </ul> <p>The following examples show how to modify or remove user accounts using the Directory API. For more information about the account properties that you can edit, see the <a href="https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/reference/">Directory API reference</a>.</p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs" data-ds-scope="code-sample"> <section><h3 class="two-line-tab" id="modify-account-properties" data-text=" Modify account properties " tabindex="-1"> Modify account properties </h3><p>To modify a user's POSIX account information or manage the user's SSH keys, issue a <code translate="no" dir="ltr">PUT</code> request to the <a href="https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/reference/users/update"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">directory.users.update</code> method</a> and specify one or more properties to change on the user account.</p> <p>If you modify a user's <code translate="no" dir="ltr">posixAccounts</code> properties, you must specify the current or new <code translate="no" dir="ltr">username</code>, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">uid</code>, and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">gid</code> values in the request.</p> <p>If you modify the user's <code translate="no" dir="ltr">sshPublicKeys</code> properties, you must specify the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">key</code> value in the request.</p> <aside class="caution"><strong>Caution:</strong><span> Do not update the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">systemId</code> property. OS Login ignores POSIX account information where the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">systemId</code> is not blank.</span></aside> <p>The following is an example of a <code translate="no" dir="ltr">PUT</code> request:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> PUT https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/users/<var translate="no">USER_KEY</var> { "posixAccounts": [ { "username": "<var translate="no">USERNAME</var>", "uid": "<var translate="no">UID</var>", "gid": "<var translate="no">GID</var>", "homeDirectory": "<var translate="no">USER_HOME_PATH</var>", "shell": "<var translate="no">SHELL_PATH</var>" } ], "sshPublicKeys": [ { "key": "<var translate="no">KEY_VALUE</var>", "expirationTimeUsec": <var translate="no">EXPIRATION_TIME</var> } ], } </pre> <p>Replace the following:</p> <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">USER_KEY</var></code>: the user's primary email address, alias email address, or unique user ID.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">USERNAME</var></code>: the username that Compute Engine adds to the VM for the user. This value must be unique within your organization and must not end in a tilde ("~") or contain a period (".").</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">UID</var></code>: the user ID on the VM for this user. This property must be a value between <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1001</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">60000</code>, or a value between <code translate="no" dir="ltr">65535</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">2147483647</code>. To access a container-optimized OS, the <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">UID</var></code> must have a value between <code translate="no" dir="ltr">65536</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">214748646</code>. The <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">UID</var></code> must be unique within your organization.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">GID</var></code>: the group ID on the VM that the user belongs to.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">USER_HOME_PATH</var></code>: (Optional) the home directory on the VM for the user. For example, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/home/example_username</code>.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">SHELL_PATH</var></code>: (Optional) the path to the default shell for the user after they connect to the instance. For example, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/bin/bash</code> or <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/bin/sh</code>.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">KEY_VALUE</var></code>: the public SSH key value.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">EXPIRATION_TIME</var></code>: (Optional) the key's expiration time in microseconds since epoch (1 second = 10<sup>6</sup> microseconds).</li> </ul></section> <section><h3 class="two-line-tab" id="remove-account-properties" data-text=" Remove account properties " tabindex="-1"> Remove account properties </h3><p>To clear the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">posixAccounts</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">sshPublicKeys</code> data for a user, issue a <code translate="no" dir="ltr">PUT</code> request to the <a href="https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/reference/users/update"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">directory.users.update</code> method</a>, setting the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">posixAccounts</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">sshPublicKeys</code> fields to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">null</code>:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> PUT https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/users/<var translate="no">USER_KEY</var> { "posixAccounts": null, "sshPublicKeys": null } </pre> <p>Replace <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">USER_KEY</var></code> with the user's primary email address, alias email address, or unique user ID.</p></section> </div> <h2 id="linux-groups" data-text="Use Linux groups with OS Login (Deprecated)" tabindex="-1">Use Linux groups with OS Login (Deprecated)</h2> <aside class="caution"><b>Caution:</b> OS Login POSIX groups support is <a href="/compute/docs/deprecations">deprecated</a>. As of September 26, 2024, you can no longer use OS Login to link POSIX groups with supplementary Linux groups in your organization's VMs. We recommend that you <a href="#delete-posix-config">delete OS Login POSIX group configurations</a>.</aside> <p>Organization admins can use the <a href="/identity/docs/groups">Cloud Identity Groups API</a> to configure supplementary Linux groups for OS Login users by creating and managing POSIX groups. OS Login links POSIX groups with supplementary Linux groups in your organization's VMs so that you can manage the permissions users have in your VMs.</p> <h3 id="manage_user_membership_in_linux_groups" data-text="Manage user membership in Linux groups" tabindex="-1">Manage user membership in Linux groups</h3> <p>To create a POSIX group, see <a href="/identity/docs/how-to/create-posix-groups">Creating and updating POSIX groups</a>.</p> <p>To add users to a group, see <a href="https://support.google.com/cloudidentity/answer/9400087?&ref_topic=7558943">Add or invite users to a group</a>.</p> <p>Membership updates take effect within 10 minutes. Group changes are reflected in all newly created VMs. POSIX group updates may take up to six hours to propagate to all running VMs. Users may have to log out or use the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">newgrp</code> command to observe group changes.</p> <h4 id="delete-posix-config" data-text="Delete POSIX groups configurations" tabindex="-1">Delete POSIX groups configurations</h4> <p>OS Login POSIX group support is deprecated. We recommend that you delete OS Login POSIX groups configurations.</p> <p>You must be an <a href="/resource-manager/docs/access-control-org#resourcemanager.organizationAdmin">organization administrator</a> to delete OS Login POSIX group configurations.</p> <aside class="caution"><strong>Caution:</strong><span> Removing OS Login POSIX groups configurations might disrupt users' ability to access resources on Linux VMs. If you use POSIX groups to manage access on your Linux VMs, ensure that you transition to an alternative method of access management before you delete OS Login POSIX group configurations.</span></aside> <ol> <li>If you don't know your organization resource ID, <a href="/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-organization#retrieving_your_organization_id">get your organization resource ID</a>.</li> <li><a href="/identity/docs/how-to/retrieve-list-posix-groups#listing_posix_groups">List all POSIX groups</a> in your organization. Note the email address of each group.</li> <li>For each POSIX group in your organization, do the following: <ol> <li><a href="/identity/docs/how-to/retrieve-list-posix-groups#retrieving_a_posix_group_by_email">Retrieve the group information</a>. Note the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">posixGroups.gid</code>.</li> <li><a href="/identity/docs/how-to/create-posix-groups#deleting_a_posix_group">Delete the POSIX group</a>.</li> </ol></li> <li>Optionally verify that all groups have been deleted by <a href="/identity/docs/how-to/retrieve-list-posix-groups#listing_posix_groups">listing all POSIX groups</a> in your organization. If all groups have been successfully deleted, the response is empty.</li> </ol> <h3 id="groups-quota" data-text="Rate limits for Linux groups with OS Login" tabindex="-1">Rate limits for Linux groups with OS Login</h3> <p>Linux groups with OS Login use <code translate="no" dir="ltr">oslogin.googleapis.com/metadata_server_groups_requests</code> quota. By default, the quota limit is <strong>60 requests/minute</strong>, per project for a particular region.</p> <p>If you need a higher rate limit, you can <a href="/docs/quotas/view-manage#requesting_higher_quota">request additional quota</a> from the Quotas page in the Google Cloud console.</p> <p><a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/quotas?service=oslogin.googleapis.com" target="console" track-type="tasks" track-name="consoleLink" track-metadata-position="body" track-metadata-end-goal="viewQuota" class="button button-primary">Go to Quotas</a> </p> <h2 id="use_workforce_identity_federation_with_os_login" data-text="Use workforce identity federation with OS Login" tabindex="-1">Use workforce identity federation with OS Login</h2> <aside class="beta"> <p> <strong> Preview </strong> </p> <p> This feature is subject to the "Pre-GA Offerings Terms" in the General Service Terms section of the <a href="/terms/service-terms#1" track-type="commonIncludes">Service Specific Terms</a>. Pre-GA features are available "as is" and might have limited support. For more information, see the <a href="/products#product-launch-stages" track-type="commonIncludes">launch stage descriptions</a>. </p> </aside> <p>Organizations that use <a href="/iam/docs/workforce-identity-federation">workforce identity federation</a> can use OS Login to manage access to their VMs. When workforce identity federation is enabled for an organization, OS Login uses certificate-based authentication instead of key-based authentication to verify user identities.</p> <h3 id="before_you_begin" data-text="Before you begin" tabindex="-1">Before you begin</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/sdk/gcloud/reference/iam/workforce-pools/create">Create a workforce identity pool</a>.</li> <li><a href="/iam/docs/workforce-identity-federation#attribute-mappings">Set up <code translate="no" dir="ltr">google.posix_username</code> attribute mappings</a>.</li> <li><p>Configure your VM to use OS Login with workforce identity federation by doing the following:</p> <ol> <li><p>Confirm that the VM has OpenSSH 7.4 or later installed by running the following command on the VM:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> ssh -V </pre></li> <li><p><a href="/compute/docs/images/install-guest-environment#update-guest">Update the guest environment</a>.</p></li> </ol></li> </ul> <h3 id="limitations_2" data-text="Limitations" tabindex="-1">Limitations</h3> <ul> <li><p>The VM you're connecting to must have OpenSSH version 7.4 or later to use workforce identity federation with OS Login.</p> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong><span> VMs built from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 images don't have OpenSSH 7.4 and can't use workforce identity federation with OS Login.</span></aside></li> <li><p>Users in organizations that use workforce identity federation can't access VM's <a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/viewing-serial-port-output">serial ports</a>.</p></li> </ul> <h3 id="connect_to_vms_that_use_os_login_and_workforce_identity_federation" data-text="Connect to VMs that use OS Login and workforce identity federation" tabindex="-1">Connect to VMs that use OS Login and workforce identity federation</h3> <p>Connect to VMs that use OS Login with workforce identity federation using the Google Cloud console, the gcloud CLI, or other SSH clients.</p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs" data-ds-scope="code-sample"> <section><h3 id="console_1" data-text=" Console " tabindex="-1"> Console </h3><p>When you connect to VMs that use OS Login with workforce identity federation using <a href="/compute/docs/connect/standard-ssh#console">SSH-in-browser</a>, Compute Engine configures the SSH certificate on your behalf when you attempt to connect.</p> <p>To connect to VMs, do the following:</p> <p> <ol> <li> In the Google Cloud console, go to the <strong>VM instances</strong> page. <p><a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances" target="console" track-type="commonIncludes" track-name="consoleLink" track-metadata-end-goal="sshIntoVM" class="button button-primary">Go to VM instances</a></p> </li> <li> In the list of virtual machine instances, click <strong>SSH</strong> in the row of the instance that you want to connect to. <p><img src="/static/docs/images/establish-ssh-connection-1.png" alt="SSH button next to instance name." class="screenshot"></p> </li> </ol></p></section> <section><h3 id="gcloud_1" data-text=" gcloud " tabindex="-1"> gcloud </h3><p>When you connect to VMs that use OS Login with workforce identity federation using the <a href="/compute/docs/connect/standard-ssh#gcloud">gcloud CLI</a>, Compute Engine configures the SSH certificate on your behalf when you attempt to connect.</p> <p>  <p>Connect to a VM using SSH by running the <a href="/sdk/gcloud/reference/beta/compute/ssh"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud beta compute ssh</code> command</a>:</p> <ol> <li> <p>In the Google Cloud console, activate Cloud Shell.</p> <p><a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/?cloudshell=true" target="console" track-type="commonIncludes" track-name="consoleLink" track-metadata-end-goal="launchCloudShell" class="button button-primary">Activate Cloud Shell</a></p> <p> At the bottom of the Google Cloud console, a <a href="/shell/docs/how-cloud-shell-works">Cloud Shell</a> session starts and displays a command-line prompt. Cloud Shell is a shell environment with the Google Cloud CLI already installed and with values already set for your current project. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize. </p> </li> <li><p>Run the following command:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud beta compute ssh --project=<var translate="no">PROJECT_ID</var> --zone=<var translate="no">ZONE</var> <var translate="no">VM_NAME</var></pre> <p>Replace the following:</p> <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">PROJECT_ID</var></code>: the ID of the project that contains the VM</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">ZONE</var></code>: the name of the zone that the VM is located in</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">VM_NAME</var></code>: the name of the VM</li> </ul> <p>If you have <a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute#default-properties">set default properties</a> for the Google Cloud CLI, you can omit the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">--project</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">--zone</code> flags from this command. For example:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr">gcloud compute ssh <var translate="no">VM_NAME</var></pre> </li> </ol> <aside class="note"><b>Note:</b> When you connect to VMs using the gcloud CLI, Compute Engine creates a persistent SSH key for you. For more information about SSH keys, see <a href="/compute/docs/instances/ssh">SSH connections to Linux VMs</a>.</aside></p></section> <section><h3 id="iap-desktop" data-text=" IAP Desktop " tabindex="-1"> IAP Desktop </h3><p>When you connect to VMs that use OS Login with workforce identity federation using <a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/iap-desktop/">IAP Desktop</a>, Compute Engine configures the SSH certificate on your behalf when you attempt to connect.</p> <p>  <p>To connect to a VM using IAP Desktop, do the following:</p> <ol> <li> <p> <a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/iap-desktop/">Install IAP Desktop</a> on your workstation if you haven't already. </p> </li> <li> <p> Open IAP Desktop. The <strong>Add projects</strong> window opens. </p> </li> <li> <p> When prompted, <a href="https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/iap-desktop/install/#connect-to-google-cloud"> sign in with workforce identity federation</a>. </p> </li> <li> <p> In the <strong>Add projects</strong> window, enter the project ID or name of the project that contains the VMs you want to connect to. </p> </li> <li> <p> In the <strong>Project Explorer</strong> window, right-click the name of the VM again and select <strong>Connect</strong> to connect to the VM. </p> </li> </ol></p></section> <section><h3 id="ssh-client" data-text=" SSH client " tabindex="-1"> SSH client </h3><p>To connect to a VM that uses OS Login with workforce identity federation using an SSH client, do the following:</p> <ol> <li><a href="/compute/docs/connect/create-ssh-keys">Create an SSH key</a> if you don't already have one.</li> <li><p>Sign your public SSH key using the <a href="/compute/docs/oslogin/rest/v1beta/users.projects.locations/signSshPublicKey"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">users.projects.locations.signSshPublicKey</code> method</a>:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> POST https://oslogin.googleapis.com/v1beta/users/<var translate="no">USER</var>/projects/<var translate="no">PROJECT_ID</var>/locations/<var translate="no">LOCATION</var>:signSshPublicKey { "ssh_public_key": "<var translate="no">PUBLIC_KEY</var>" } </pre> <p>Replace the following:</p> <ul> <li><p><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">USER</var></code>: a single identity in a workforce pool, in the following format: <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> principal:%2F%2Fiam.googleapis.com%2Flocations%2Fglobal%2FworkforcePools%2<var translate="no">POOL_ID</var>%2Fsubject%2F<var translate="no">SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE</var> </pre></p> <p>Replace the following:</p> <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">POOL_ID</var></code>: the workforce pool the user belongs to.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">SUBJECT_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE</var></code>: the value of the user's <a href="/iam/docs/workforce-identity-federation#attribute-mappings"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">google.posix_username</code> attribute mapping</a>.</li> </ul></li> <li><p><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">PROJECT_ID</var></code>: the project ID of the project that contains the VM you want to connect to.</p></li> <li><p><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">LOCATION</var></code>: the zone where the VM you want to connect to is located.</p> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong><span> VMs within the same region can use the same certificate. To connect to VMs in different regions, you must create a separate certificate for each region.</span></aside></li> <li><p><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">PUBLIC_KEY</var></code>: the contents of your SSH public key file.</p></li> </ul></li> <li><p>Copy the SSH certificate from the output of the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">user.signSshPublicKey</code> method and save the contents in a new file.</p></li> <li><p>Set permissions on the SSH certificate file, by running the following command:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> sudo chmod 600 <var translate="no">FILE_NAME</var> </pre> <p>Replace <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">FILE_NAME</var></code> with the name of the file.</p></li> <li><p>Connect to the VM using the following command:</p> <pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr"> ssh -i <var translate="no">PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY</var> -o CertificateFile=<var translate="no">PATH_TO_SSH_CERTIFICATE</var> <var translate="no">USERNAME</var>@<var translate="no">EXTERNAL_IP</var> </pre> <p>Replace the following:</p> <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY</var></code>: the path to your private SSH key file.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">PATH_TO_SSH_CERTIFICATE</var></code>: the path to your SSH certificate file.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">USERNAME</var></code>: the value of the user's <a href="/iam/docs/workforce-identity-federation#attribute-mappings"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">google.posix_username</code> attribute mapping</a>.</li> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><var translate="no">EXTERNAL_IP</var></code>: the external IP address of the VM.</li> </ul></li> </ol></section> </div> <h2 id="whats_next" data-text="What's next" tabindex="-1">What's next</h2> <ul> <li>Learn how to <a href="/compute/docs/instances/managing-instance-access">set up OS Login</a>.</li> <li>Learn how to <a href="/compute/docs/oslogin/setup-two-factor-authentication">set up OS Login with 2-step verification</a>.</li> <li>Read an overview of the <a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login feature</a>.</li> <li><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin/troubleshoot-os-login">Troubleshoot</a> OS Login.</li> </ul> <devsite-hats-survey class="nocontent" hats-id="4a78eE2Yw0j6coqRkdD0UcJAGSiv" listnr-id="81820"></devsite-hats-survey> </div> <devsite-thumb-rating position="footer"> </devsite-thumb-rating> <devsite-feedback position="footer" project-name="Compute Engine Documentation" product-id="81820" bucket="documentation" context="" version="t-devsite-webserver-20241114-r00-rc02.464922260396498922" data-label="Send Feedback Button" track-type="feedback" track-name="sendFeedbackLink" track-metadata-position="footer" class="nocontent" project-feedback-url="https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=187134&template=0" project-icon="https://www.gstatic.com/devrel-devsite/prod/v870e399c64f7c43c99a3043db4b3a74327bb93d0914e84a0c3dba90bbfd67625/cloud/images/favicons/onecloud/super_cloud.png" > <button> Send feedback </button> </devsite-feedback> <div class="devsite-floating-action-buttons"> </div> </article> <devsite-content-footer class="nocontent"> <p>Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License</a>, and code samples are licensed under the <a href="https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache 2.0 License</a>. 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