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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" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/instances/about-vm-tenancy" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/about-vm-tenancy" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>About VM tenancy</span></a></li><li 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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, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/regional-persistent-disk" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/regional-persistent-disk" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Create and manage synchronously replicated disks</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/repd-failover" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/repd-failover" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/repd-failover" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Manage failures for synchronous disk replication</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/design-considerations-for-resilient-workloads-with-regional-persistent-disks" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/design-considerations-for-resilient-workloads-with-regional-persistent-disks" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/design-considerations-for-resilient-workloads-with-regional-persistent-disks" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Design considerations for resilient workloads with replicated disks</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>Back up and restore</span> </div></li> <li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/disks/data-protection" class="devsite-nav-title gc-analytics-event" data-category="Site-Wide Custom Events" data-label="Book nav link, pathname: /compute/docs/disks/data-protection" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/disks/data-protection" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Data protection 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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/compute/docs/instances/windows/deploying-microsoft-sharepoint-server-on-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/deploying-microsoft-sharepoint-server-on-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploy Microsoft SharePoint Server on Compute Engine</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/deploying-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-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/windows/deploying-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-on-compute-engine" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/windows/deploying-microsoft-exchange-server-2016-on-compute-engine" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 on Compute Engine</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item 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</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: /compute/docs/instances/apply-machine-type-recommendations-for-instances" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instances/apply-machine-type-recommendations-for-instances" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apply machine type recommendations to VMs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a href="/compute/docs/instance-groups/apply-machine-type-recommendations-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/apply-machine-type-recommendations-managed-instance-groups" track-type="bookNav" track-name="click" track-metadata-eventdetail="/compute/docs/instance-groups/apply-machine-type-recommendations-managed-instance-groups" ><span class="devsite-nav-text" tooltip>Apply machine type recommendations to MIGs</span></a></li><li class="devsite-nav-item"><a 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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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These differences are also covered for each OS.</p> <p>For information about how support and maintenance is provided for these OS images on Compute Engine, based on support package, license type, and image lifecycle stage, see <a href="/compute/docs/images/support-maintenance-policy">Support and maintenance policy for OS images</a>.</p><h2 id="centos" data-text="CentOS" tabindex="-1">CentOS</h2> <head> </head> <aside class="caution"><strong>Caution:</strong><span> CentOS operating systems have reached their end of development and support. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/eol/centos-eol-guidance">CentOS EOS guidance</a>.</span></aside> <p> <p><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-linux/" class="external">CentOS Linux</a> is a free operating system that is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Google Cloud builds and supports the CentOS images available for Compute Engine. There is no license fee for using CentOS with Compute Engine. </p> <p><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/" class="external">CentOS Stream</a> is a distribution that is continuously delivered and tracks just ahead of RHEL development. CentOS Stream is positioned as a midstream development platform between Fedora Linux and RHEL. </p> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-centos"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using the <a href="https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/automatic.html" class="external"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf-automatic</code></a> tool. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf-automatic</code> tool does not upgrade VMs between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>The upgrade tool is configured to only apply updates marked by the vendor as security updates.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-centos"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p>The CentOS Stream images that are provided by Compute Engine, have the following differences in configuration from standard CentOS Stream images:</p> <p><strong>Account configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bootloader configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>To force faster boot times, the boot timeout in the grub configuration is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">0</code>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>IPv6 is enabled.</li> <li>The SSH server configuration is set up as follows:<ul> <li> Password authentication is disabled.</li> <li> To prevent SSH disconnections, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">ServerAliveInterval</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">ClientAliveInterval</code> are set to 7 minutes.</li> <li> Root login is disabled.</li> </ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules</code> is disabled.</li> <li>To prevent MAC addresses from persisting, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</code> is removed.</li> <li>By default, all traffic is allowed through the guest firewall because the <a href="/vpc/docs/firewalls">VPC firewall rules</a> overrides the guest firewall rules. The guest firewall rules remains enabled and can be configured through normal CentOS methods.</li> <li>VMs based on Google-provided Linux images get their interface MTU from the attached VPC MTU. VMs based on custom images or older Linux images may have their MTU's hardcoded. In these cases, you have to change the setting yourself if you want to connect the interface to a network with an MTU other than <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1460</code>. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Package system and repository configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Google Cloud repositories are enabled to install packages for the Compute Engine <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a> and the <a href="/sdk/docs">Google Cloud CLI</a>. <ul> </ul> <li>Repositories are set to use the CentOS default mirror network.<ul> </ul> <li>Automatic updates are configured as follows:<ul> <li>For CentOS Stream, automatic updates are enabled by using <code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf automatic</code>.</li> <li>For all versions, the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">update_cmd</code> property is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">security</code>.However, by default CentOS does not offer security tagged repositories.</li> </ul></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Storage configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>By default, images are 20 GB. This is the recommended minimum size.</li> <li>The partition table is <code translate="no" dir="ltr">GPT</code>, and there is an <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EFI</code> partition to support booting on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UEFI</code>.</li> <li>The floppy module is disabled because there is no floppy disk controller on Compute Engine .</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">centos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">centos-stream-9</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">centos-stream-9-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 31, 2027</td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/eol/centos-eol-guidance">May 2024</a></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/eol/centos-eol-guidance">Dec 2021</a></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/eol/centos-eol-guidance">June 30, 2024</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> If a multiple NIC VM is created using this OS image, the VM might lose network connectivity after rebooting. This happens if one of these NICs uses a non-VirtIO interface. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/known-issues#rhel-access-loss-after-reboot">known issues</a>. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> This OS image doesn't support Secure Boot on ARM64. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 9<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>#</sup> Only available with certain machine series.<br /> <sup>**</sup> This OS image has predictable network interface names disabled. Newer image families may have a different network interface naming scheme. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/">CentOS Stream 9</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/centos-cloud/global/licenses/centos-stream-9</code></td> <tr> <td>CentOS Stream 8</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <tr> <td>CentOS 8</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <tr> <td>CentOS 7</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="container-optimized_os_cos" data-text="Container-Optimized OS (COS)" tabindex="-1">Container-Optimized OS (COS)</h2> <head> </head> <p> Container-Optimized OS from Google is an operating system image for your Compute Engine instances that is optimized for running Docker containers. Google Cloud builds and supports the Container-Optimized OS images available for Compute Engine. There is no license fee for using Container-Optimized OS with Compute Engine. </p> <p> For more information about Container-Optimized OS, see the Container-Optimized OS <a href="/container-optimized-os/docs/concepts/features-and-benefits">overview</a> or <a href="/container-optimized-os/docs/release-notes">release notes</a>. </p> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-cos"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_1" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using <a href="/container-optimized-os/docs/concepts/auto-update">Automatic updates</a>. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li>These automatic updates from the operating system vendor do not upgrade instances between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-cos"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_1" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>VMs based on Google-provided Linux images get their interface MTU from the attached VPC MTU. VMs based on custom images or older Linux images may have their MTU's hardcoded. In these cases, you have to change the setting yourself if you want to connect the interface to a network with an MTU other than <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1460</code>. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-117-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-arm64-117-lts</code></td> <td>All except G2</td> <td>GA</td> <td>September 2026</td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-113-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-arm64-113-lts</code></td> <td>All except G2</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2026</td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-109-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-arm64-109-lts</code></td> <td>All except G2, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>September 2025</td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-105-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">cos-arm64-105-lts</code></td> <td>All except G2, X4, C3-metal</td> <td>GA</td> <td>March 2025</td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>September 2024</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>#</sup> Only available with certain machine series.<br /> </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <aside class="note"> <b>Note:</b> <a href="/compute/docs/gpus/monitor-gpus">Monitoring of GPU metrics</a> is not available for GPUs running on VMs that use Container-Optimized OS. </aside> <p>For G2 VMs, the current default driver for Container-Optimized OS, don't support L4 GPUs running on G2 machine types. You might be able to install a supported version, see <a href="/compute/docs/accelerator-optimized-machines#g2_standard_limitations">G2 limitations</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>COS 117 LTS</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/cos-cloud/global/licenses/cos </code></td> <tr> <td>COS 113 LTS</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/cos-cloud/global/licenses/cos </code></td> <tr> <td>COS 109 LTS</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/cos-cloud/global/licenses/cos</code> </td> <tr> <td>COS 105 LTS</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/cos-cloud/global/licenses/cos</code> </td> <tr> <td>COS 101 LTS</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/cos-cloud/global/licenses/cos</code> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="debian" data-text="Debian" tabindex="-1">Debian</h2> <head> </head> <p> Debian is a free operating system offered by the <a href="https://www.debian.org/" class="external">Debian community</a>. Google Cloud builds and supports the Debian images available for Compute Engine. There is no license fee for using Debian with Compute Engine.</p> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-debian"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_2" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using the Debian <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades" class="external"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">UnattendedUpgrades</code></a> tool. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UnattendedUpgrades</code> tool does not upgrade VMs between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UnattendedUpgrades</code> tool is configured to only automatically apply updates obtained from the Debian security repository.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-debian"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_2" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p>The Debian image build configuration is available in an <a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-image-tools/tree/master/daisy_workflows/image_build/debian" class="external">open source GitHub repository</a>. </p> <ul> <li>Debian build tools come from the Debian Cloud team <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/cloud-team/debian-cloud-images" class="external">image project</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Debian images are always built with the latest Debian packages which reflect the most recent Debian point release.</p> <p>The Debian images that are provided by Compute Engine, have the following differences in configuration from standard Debian images:</p> <p><strong>Account configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bootloader configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>To force faster boot times, the boot timeout in the grub configuration is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">0</code>.</li> <li>To allow SCSI block multi-queue usage, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">scsi_mod.use_blk_mq</code> is enabled.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>IPv6 is enabled.</li> <li>The SSH server configuration is set up as follows:<ul> <li> Password authentication is disabled.</li> <li>Root login is disabled.</li> </ul> <li>To prevent MAC addresses from persisting, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</code> is removed.</li> <li>VMs based on Google-provided Linux images get their interface MTU from the attached VPC MTU. VMs based on custom images or older Linux images may have their MTU's hardcoded. In these cases, you have to change the setting yourself if you want to connect the interface to a network with an MTU other than <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1460</code>. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Package system and repository configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Google Cloud repositories are enabled to install packages for the Compute Engine <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a> and the <a href="/sdk/docs">Google Cloud CLI</a>. The guest environment packages and the Google Cloud CLI packages are installed and enabled by default.</li> <li>The APT sources are set to use the Debian CDN.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><a href="https://wiki.debian.org/UnattendedUpgrades" class="external">Unattended-upgrades</a></code> package is installed and configured to download and install Debian security updates daily. This can be configured or disabled by changing the values in <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic</code>.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-initramfs-growroot</code> package is removed and replaced with the Google supported <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-diskexpand" class="external">gce-disk-expand</a></code> package.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">linux-image-cloud-amd64</code> kernel is installed instead of the generic Debian kernel.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">haveged</code> package is installed to provide entropy.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Storage configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Images are 10 GB by default.</li> <li>The partition table is <code translate="no" dir="ltr">GPT</code>, and there is an <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EFI</code> partition to support booting on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UEFI</code>. There is also an MBR boot block to support BIOS.</li> <li>The floppy module is disabled because there is no floppy disk controller on Compute Engine.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">debian-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">debian-12</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">debian-12-arm64</code></td> <td>All except X4, C3-metal</td> <td>GA</td> <td>TBD</td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">debian-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">debian-11</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except X4, C3-metal</td> <td><ul><li>X86: GA</li><li>Arm: EOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul><li>X86: August 31, 2026</li><li>Arm: August 15, 2024</li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><a href="https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20240615">June 30, 2024</a></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>June 2022</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> This OS image supports NVMe but does not include all optimizations for NVMe. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> You can <a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#manual-gvnic-setup">update the gVNIC driver</a> to the latest version to enable network egress bandwidths of 200 Gbps. For more information, see the <a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration#limitations">Requirements and limitations</a> section of "Configure per VM Tier_1 networking performance".<br /> <sup>†</sup> Fully supported with VirtIO, but requires an updated driver to use with gVNIC. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames</a>.<br /> <sup>#</sup> Only available with certain machine series. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Debian 12</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/debian-cloud/global/licenses/debian-12-bookworm </code></td> <tr> <td>Debian 11</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/debian-cloud/global/licenses/debian-11-bullseye</code> </td> <tr> <td>Debian 10</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/debian-cloud/global/licenses/debian-10-buster</code> </td> <tr> <td>Debian 9</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/debian-cloud/global/licenses/debian-9-stretch</code> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="fedora_coreos" data-text="Fedora CoreOS" tabindex="-1">Fedora CoreOS</h2> <head> </head> <p>Fedora CoreOS is a distribution that provides features that are needed to run modern infrastructure stacks. Fedora CoreOS uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. Google Cloud provides Fedora CoreOS images built and supported by Fedora. There is no license fee for using Fedora CoreOS with Compute Engine. </p> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-coreos"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_3" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using the FedoraCoreOS <a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/auto-updates/" class="external">automatic update</a> tool. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li>These automatic updates from the operating system vendor do not upgrade instances between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-coreos"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_3" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>VMs based on Google-provided Linux images get their interface MTU from the attached VPC MTU. VMs based on custom images or older Linux images may have their MTU's hardcoded. In these cases, you have to change the setting yourself if you want to connect the interface to a network with an MTU other than <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1460</code>. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-stable</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-stable-arm64</code></td> <td>All except C3-metal, A3, A2, G2, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Rolling</td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-testing</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-testing-arm64</code></td> <td>All except C3-metal, A3, A2, G2, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Rolling</td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-next</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">fedora-coreos-next-arm64</code></td> <td>All except C3-metal, A3, A2, G2, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Rolling</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>This OS image doesn't support Secure Boot on ARM64.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Stable</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/fedora-coreos-cloud/global/licenses/fedora-coreos-stable </code></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Testing</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/fedora-coreos-cloud/global/licenses/fedora-coreos-testing</code></td> <tr> <td>Fedora CoreOS Next</td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/fedora-coreos-cloud/global/licenses/fedora-coreos-next</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="red_hat_enterprise_linux_rhel" data-text="Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)" tabindex="-1">Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)</h2> <head> </head> <p> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/products/enterprise-linux/" class="external">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a> (RHEL) is an open-source Linux operating system that provides both server and desktop operating systems. Google Cloud builds and supports the RHEL OS images available for Compute Engine. </p> <p> RHEL images are <a href="/compute/disks-image-pricing#premiumimages">premium resources</a> that incur additional fees to use. If you want to use an existing RHEL subscription, you can use the <a href="https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/cloud-access" class="external">Red Hat Cloud Access</a> feature. </p> <p>The Red Hat Knowledgebase provides you with access to articles, solutions, product documentation, and community discussions. The Red Hat Knowledgebase is available as a single-sign-on (SSO) option through the Google Cloud console. See <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/access-rhel-knowledgebase">Access Red Hat Knowledgebase</a>. </p> <p> To view a list of frequently asked questions when running RHEL on Compute Engine, see <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/rhel-faq">Red Hat Enterprise Linux FAQ</a>. </p> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong><span> For compliance with Red Hat licensing requirements, Google reports to Red Hat your billing entity name, region, country, SKU and total hours of usage.</span></aside> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-rhel"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_4" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using the RHEL <code translate="no" dir="ltr">yum-cron</code> (RHEL 7) or <code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf automatic</code> (RHEL 8+) tool. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li>These automatic updates from the operating system vendor do not upgrade instances between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>Starting with RHEL 7, the operating system is also configured to only apply updates marked by the vendor as security updates.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-rhel"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_4" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p>The RHEL image build configuration is available in an <a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-image-tools/tree/master/daisy_workflows/image_build/enterprise_linux" class="external">open source GitHub repository</a>.</p> <p>RHEL images are always built with the latest RHEL packages, which reflect the most recent point release. Currently, you cannot pin a VM to a point release.</p> <p>RHEL for SAP images are tagged to the specific point release they are built for as supported by Red Hat.</p> <p>The RHEL images that are provided by Compute Engine, have the following differences in configuration from standard RHEL images:</p> <p><strong>Account configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bootloader configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>To force faster boot times, the boot timeout in the grub configuration is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">0</code>.</li> <li>The I/O scheduler is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">noop</code>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>IPv6 is enabled.</li> <li>The SSH server configuration is set up as follows:<ul> <li> Password authentication is disabled.</li> <li> To prevent SSH disconnections, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">ServerAliveInterval</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">ClientAliveInterval</code> are set to 7 minutes.</li> <li> Root login is disabled.</li> </ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules</code> is disabled.</li> <li>To prevent MAC addresses from persisting, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</code> is removed.</li> <li>By default, all traffic is allowed through the guest firewall because the <a href="/vpc/docs/firewalls">VPC firewall rules</a> overrides the guest firewall rules. The guest firewall rules remains enabled and can be configured through normal RHEL methods.</li> <li>VMs based on Google-provided Linux images get their interface MTU from the attached VPC MTU. VMs based on custom images or older Linux images may have their MTU's hardcoded. In these cases, you have to change the setting yourself if you want to connect the interface to a network with an MTU other than <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1460</code>. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Package and repository configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Google Cloud repositories are enabled to install packages for the Compute Engine <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a> and the <a href="/sdk/docs">Google Cloud CLI</a>.</li> <li>RHEL for SAP yum vars are set to peg the client to the supported RHEL for SAP point release.</li> <li>RHEL content comes from the Compute Engine Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI) servers. If you're unable to get updates from the Red Hat Update Infrastructure (RHUI) servers, the RHUI client package might need to be updated. To update to the latest RHUI client package, run the following command: <div></div><devsite-code><pre class="devsite-click-to-copy" translate="no" dir="ltr" is-upgraded> dnf -y -q update 'google-rhui-client*' </pre></devsite-code> </li> <li>The Google <code translate="no" dir="ltr">RHUI</code> client package, which contains the configuration needed to access RHEL content, is installed.</li> <li>The Red Hat <code translate="no" dir="ltr">subscription-manager</code> package is removed because it is not used for pay as you go images.</li> <li>Automatic updates are enabled as follows:<ul> <li>For RHEL 8+, by using <code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf automatic</code>.</li> <li>For all versions, the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">update_cmd</code> property is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">security</code>. </ul></li> </ul> <p><strong>Storage configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>By default, images are 20 GB. This is the recommended minimum size.</li> <li>The partition table is <code translate="no" dir="ltr">GPT</code>, and there is an <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EFI</code> partition to support booting on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UEFI</code>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-9</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-9-arm64</code></td> <td>All except X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2032</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-8</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2029</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS<sup>*</sup></br>ELS<sup>†</sup></td> <td><a href="/compute/docs/eol/rhel-eol">June 2024</a> (ELS ends June 2028)</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS<sup>*</sup></td> <td><a href="/compute/docs/eol/rhel-eol">November 2020</a> (ELS ends June 30, 2024)</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-9-4-sap-ha</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, X4, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2028</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-9-2-sap-ha</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, X4, C3-metal, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2027</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-9-0-sap-ha</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, X4, C3-metal, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2026</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-8-10-sap-ha</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, X4, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2029</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-8-8-sap-ha</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, X4, C3-metal, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2027</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-8-6-sap-ha</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, X4, C3-metal, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2026</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-sap-cloud</code></code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rhel-8-4-sap-ha</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, X4, C3-metal, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2025</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS<sup>*</sup></td> <td>April 2024</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS<sup>*</sup></br>ELS<sup>†</sup></td> <td><a href="/compute/docs/eol/rhel-eol">June 2024</a> (ELS ends June 2028)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup><b>EOS</b>: End of support.</p> <p><sup>†</sup><b>ELS</b>: To use this OS image, you must have a subscription or an Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) Add-On. You can append the ELS Add-On to your RHEL 6 VMs as described in <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/rhel/appending-els-licenses">Append RHEL ELS licenses</a>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>#</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>#</sup></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>#</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>#</sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>This OS image supports NVMe but does not include all optimizations for NVMe.</p> <p><sup>#</sup>If a multiple NIC VM is created using this OS image, the VM might lose network connectivity after rebooting. This happens if one of these NICs uses a non-VirtIO interface. See <a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/known-issues#rhel-access-loss-after-reboot">known issues</a>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>This OS image doesn't support Secure Boot on ARM64.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>RHEL 9<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 8<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 7<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 6<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 9.2 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 9.0 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 8.10 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 8.8 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 8.6 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 8.4 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 8.2 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>RHEL 7.9 for SAP<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>You can <a hre="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#manual-gvnic-setup">update the gVNIC driver</a> to the latest version to enable network egress bandwidths of 200 Gbps. For more information, see the <a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration#limitations">Requirements and limitations</a> section of "Configure per VM Tier_1 networking performance".</p> <p><sup>†</sup>Fully supported with VirtIO, but requires an updated driver to use with gVNIC. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames</a>.</p> <p><sup>#</sup>Only available with certain machine series.</p> <p><sup>**</sup>This OS image has predictable network interface names disabled. Newer image families may have a different network interface naming scheme.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/">RHEL 9</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-server</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/">RHEL 8</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-server</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/">RHEL 7</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>ELS<sup>†</sup></li><br /><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-7-server</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-7-els</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-7-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6">RHEL 6</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>ELS<sup>†</sup></li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-6-server</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-6-els</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-6-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.4 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.2 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 9.0 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-9-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.10 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.8 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.6 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.4 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Update_Services_for_SAP_Solutions">RHEL 8.2 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-8-sap-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://access.redhat.com/articles/3751271">RHEL 7.9 for SAP</a></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rhel-sap-cloud/global/licenses/rhel-7-sap</code></li><li>N/A</li></ul></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>†</sup><b>ELS</b>: To use this OS image, you must have a subscription or an Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS) Add-On. You can append the ELS Add-On to your RHEL 6 VMs as described in <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/rhel/appending-els-licenses">Append RHEL ELS licenses</a>.</p> </div> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="rocky_linux" data-text="Rocky Linux" tabindex="-1">Rocky Linux</h2> <head> </head> <p> <p><a href="https://rockylinux.org/" class="external">Rocky Linux</a> is a free, open, community enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Google Cloud builds and supports the Rocky Linux images available for Compute Engine. There is no license fee for using Rocky Linux with Compute Engine.</p> <p>The following two versions of Rocky Linux operating systems are available on Compute Engine:</p> <ul> <li>A fully open source version</li> <li>A version optimized for Google Cloud: this version has the suffix <code translate="no" dir="ltr">-optimized-gcp</code> and is pre-configured to use the latest version of the Google virtual network interface (gVNIC). </li> </ul> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-rocky-linux"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_5" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using the <a href="https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/automatic.html" class="external"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf-automatic</code></a> tool. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf-automatic</code> does not upgrade VMs between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>The upgrade tool is configured to only apply updates marked by the vendor as security updates.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-rocky-linux"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_5" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p>The Rocky Linux images that are provided by Compute Engine, have the following differences in configuration from standard Rocky Linux images:</p> <p><strong>Account configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bootloader configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>To force faster boot times, the boot timeout in the grub configuration is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">0</code>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>IPv6 is enabled.</li> <li>The SSH server configuration is set up as follows:<ul> <li> Password authentication is disabled.</li> <li> To prevent SSH disconnections, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">ServerAliveInterval</code>and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">ClientAliveInterval</code> are set to 7 minutes.</li> <li> Root login is disabled.</li> </ul> <li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules</code> is disabled.</li> <li>To prevent MAC addresses from persisting, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</code> is removed.</li> <li>By default, all traffic is allowed through the guest firewall because the <a href="/vpc/docs/firewalls">VPC firewall rules</a> overrides the guest firewall rules. The guest firewall rules remains enabled and can be configured through normal Rocky Linux methods.</li> <li>VMs based on Google-provided Linux images get their interface MTU from the attached VPC MTU. VMs based on custom images or older Linux images may have their MTU's hardcoded. In these cases, you have to change the setting yourself if you want to connect the interface to a network with an MTU other than <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1460</code>. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Package system and repository configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Google Cloud repositories are enabled to install packages for the Compute Engine <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a> and the <a href="/sdk/docs">Google Cloud CLI</a>. <ul> </ul> <li>Repositories are set to use the Rocky Linux default mirror network.<ul> <li>The PowerTools repository is enabled.</li> </ul> <li>Automatic updates are configured as follows:<ul> <li>Automatic updates are enabled by using <code translate="no" dir="ltr">dnf automatic</code>.</li> <li>For all versions, the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">update_cmd</code> property is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">security</code>. However, by default Rocky Linux does not offer security tagged repositories.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Storage configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>By default, images are 20 GB.</li> <li>The partition table is <code translate="no" dir="ltr">GPT</code>, and there is an <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EFI</code> partition to support booting on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UEFI</code>.</li> <li>The floppy module is disabled because there is no floppy disk controller on Compute Engine .</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-9-optimized-gcp</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-9-optimized-gcp-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2032</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-9</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-9-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2032</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-8-optimized-gcp</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-8-optimized-gcp-arm64</code></td> <td>All except X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2029</a></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">rocky-linux-8</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>May 2029</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Rocky Linux 9<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Rocky Linux 8<sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>#</sup> Only available with certain machine series.<br /> <sup>**</sup> This OS image has predictable network interface names disabled. Newer image families may have a different network interface naming scheme. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 9 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rocky-linux-cloud/global/licenses/rocky-linux-9-optimized-gcp </code></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 9</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rocky-linux-cloud/global/licenses/rocky-linux-9</code> </td> <tr> <td><a href="https://sig-cloud.rocky.page/">Rocky Linux 8 optimized for Google Cloud</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rocky-linux-cloud/global/licenses/rocky-linux-8-optimized-gcp</code> </td> <tr> <td><a href="https://docs.rockylinux.org/release_notes">Rocky Linux 8</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/rocky-linux-cloud/global/licenses/rocky-linux-8</code> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="sql_server_on_linux" data-text="SQL Server on Linux" tabindex="-1">SQL Server on Linux</h2> <head> </head> <p> Microsoft SQL Server can be used on Linux-based VMs or images with an on-demand license. Google does not provide pre-configured images for SQL Server on Linux. </p> <p>Microsoft SQL Server images are not supported for VMs created on the <a href="/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#c4a_machines">C4A machine series</a> and the <a href="/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#t2a_machines">T2A machine series</a>. </p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <p> To use on-demand / pay-as-you-go (PAYG) licenses for Microsoft SQL Server on a Linux VM or image, see <a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/adding-sql-server-license-to-linux">Add a SQL Server license to an existing Linux server</a>. </p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/view-append">License</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Enterprise on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2022-enterprise-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2022-standard-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Web on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2022-web-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2019-enterprise-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2019-standard-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Web on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2019-web-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Enterprise on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2017-enterprise-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2017-standard-on-linux</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Web on Linux</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/linux-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2017-web-on-linux</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div> <h2 id="sql_server_on_windows" data-text="SQL Server on Windows" tabindex="-1">SQL Server on Windows</h2> <head> </head> <p>Microsoft SQL Server images are similar to the standard Windows Server operating system images, but they include Microsoft SQL Server preinstalled.</p> <p>Microsoft SQL Server images are not supported for VMs created on the <a href="/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#c4a_machines">C4A machine series</a> and the <a href="/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#t2a_machines">T2A machine series</a>. Using a Microsoft SQL Server Windows image with a bare metal instance isn't supported.</p> <devsite-expandable id="automatic-updates-sql-server"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_6" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-server-update-services/get-started/windows-server-update-services-wsus" class="external"> "Auto download and schedule the install"</a> for Microsoft updates. To configure Windows Server automatic updates, see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings#configure-automatic-updates" class="external"> Configure Automatic Updates</a>. </p> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-differences-sql-server"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_6" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <ul> <li>Microsoft SQL Server images have the same <a href="/compute/docs/images/os-details#windows_server">Notable differences as standard Windows Server images</a>.</li> <li>Windows images provided by Google have a hardcoded MTU. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>. </li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <p> To use Microsoft SQL Server on a Windows VM with an on-demand / pay-as-you-go (PAYG) license, see <a href="/compute/docs/instances/sql-server/adding-sql-server-license">Add a SQL Server license to an existing Windows server</a>. </p> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>Image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-sql-cloud</code></td> <td> <code translate="no" dir="ltr"> sql-web-2022-win-2022<br> sql-web-2022-win-2019<br> sql-std-2022-win-2022<br> sql-std-2022-win-2019<br> sql-ent-2022-win-2022<br> sql-ent-2022-win-2019 </code> </td> <td>GA</td> <td>Jan 11, 2033</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-sql-cloud</code></td> <td> <code translate="no" dir="ltr"> sql-web-2019-win-2022<br> sql-web-2019-win-2019<br> sql-std-2019-win-2022<br> sql-std-2019-win-2019<br> sql-ent-2019-win-2022<br> sql-ent-2019-win-2019 </code> </td> <td>GA</td> <td>Jan 8, 2030</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-sql-cloud</code></td> <td> <code translate="no" dir="ltr"> sql-web-2017-win-2022<br> sql-web-2017-win-2019<br> sql-web-2017-win-2016<br> sql-std-2017-win-2022<br> sql-std-2017-win-2019<br> sql-std-2017-win-2016<br> sql-exp-2017-win-2019<br> sql-exp-2017-win-2016<br> sql-ent-2017-win-2022<br> sql-ent-2017-win-2019<br> sql-ent-2017-win-2016 </code> </td> <td>GA</td> <td>Oct 12, 2027</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-sql-cloud</code></td> <td> <code translate="no" dir="ltr"> sql-web-2016-win-2019<br> sql-web-2016-win-2016<br> sql-std-2016-win-2019<br> sql-std-2016-win-2016<br> sql-ent-2016-win-2019<br> sql-ent-2016-win-2016 </code> </td> <td>GA</td> <td>Jul 14, 2026</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2014</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Jul 9, 2024</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 class="two-line-tab" id="sql-edition-support" data-text="SQL Server edition support" tabindex="-1">SQL Server edition support</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Editions</th> <th style="text-align:center">Enterprise</th> <th style="text-align:center">Standard</th> <th style="text-align:center">Web</th> <th style="text-align:center">Express</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2014</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 class="two-line-tab" id="windows-server-version-support" data-text="Windows Server version support" tabindex="-1">Windows Server version support</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th>Windows 2016</th> <th>Windows 2019</th> <th>Windows 2022</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Enterprise</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Web</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Web</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Enterprise</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Web</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Enterprise</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web</td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/view-append">License</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Enterprise</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2022-enterprise</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2022-standard</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Web</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2022-web</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2019-enterprise</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2019-standard</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Web</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2019-web</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Enterprise</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2017-enterprise</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2017-standard</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Web</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2017-web</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2017-express</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Enterprise</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2016-enterprise</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2016-standard</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Web</td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2016-web</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2014-enterprise</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Standard</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2014-standard</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Web</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2014-web</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2012-enterprise</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2012-standard</code></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Web</td> <td>EOS</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-sql-cloud/global/licenses/sql-server-2012-web</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div> <h2 id="suse_linux_enterprise_server_sles" data-text="SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)" tabindex="-1">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)</h2> <head> </head> <p> <a href="https://www.suse.com/products/server" class="external">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)</a>, a versatile server operating system for deploying highly available enterprise-class IT services in mixed IT environments with improved performance and reduced risk. </p> <p> SUSE builds and supports the SUSE images available for Compute Engine. SUSE images are <a href="/compute/disks-image-pricing#premiumimages">premium resources</a> that incur additional fees to use. </p> <p> To view a list of frequently asked questions when running SLES on Compute Engine, see <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/sles-faq">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server FAQ</a>. </p> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong><span> For compliance with SUSE licensing requirements, Google reports to SUSE your billing entity name, region, country, SKU, and total hours of usage. </span></aside> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-sles"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_7" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> This operating system is not configured to install updates by default. For more information about configuring automatic updates for SLES, see <a href="https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP5/html/SLES-all/cha-onlineupdate-you.html" class="external">SUSE documentation</a>. </p> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-sles"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_7" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p>SLES and SLES for SAP images are built and maintained by SUSE. SLES images are built with the latest SLES packages reflected in their release.</p> <p>The SUSE images that are provided by Compute Engine, have the following differences in configuration from standard SUSE images:</p> <p><strong>Account configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>IPv6 is enabled.</li> <li>The SSH server configuration is set to disable password authentication.</li> <li>SLES does not use predictive network interface naming. In the grub kernel command-line arguments, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">net.ifnames=0</code> is set. Therefore, network interfaces use the traditional ethN naming, with the default interface always being <code translate="no" dir="ltr">eth0</code>.</li> <li>VMs based on Google-provided Linux images get their interface MTU from the attached VPC MTU. VMs based on custom images or older Linux images may have their MTU's hardcoded. In these cases, you have to change the setting yourself if you want to connect the interface to a network with an MTU other than <code translate="no" dir="ltr">1460</code>. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Package system and repository configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a> for Compute Engine packages are installed from the packages that are <a href="https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/Cloud:Tools" class="external">supplied by SUSE</a>.</li> <li>SLES instances register with a SUSE run SMT service for Compute Engine and are configured to use SUSE regional mirrors in Compute Engine.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Storage configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Images are 10 GB by default.</li> <li>The partition table is <code translate="no" dir="ltr">GPT</code>, and there is an <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EFI</code> partition to support booting on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UEFI</code>. There is also an MBR boot block to support BIOS.</li> <li>The floppy module is disabled because there is no floppy disk controller on Compute Engine.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-15</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-15-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>TBD</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-byos-cloud</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All</td> <td>BYOS w/ LTSS</td> <td>Dec 2027</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-byos-cloud</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All</td> <td>BYOS w/ LTSS</td> <td>Dec 2026</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-byos-cloud</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C3-metal, C4A, X4</td> <td>BYOS w/ LTSS</td> <td>Dec 2025</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-byos-cloud</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C3-metal, C4A, X4</td> <td>BYOS w/ LTSS</td> <td>Dec 2024</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Jan 2024</td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-12</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C3-metal, C4A, G2, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Oct 2027</td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>June 2023</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-15-sp6-sap</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>TBD</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-15-sp5-sap</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Dec 2027</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-15-sp4-sap</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Dec 2026</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-15-sp3-sap</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, C3-metal, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Dec 2025</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-15-sp2-sap</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, C3-metal, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Dec 2024</td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Jan 2024</td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">suse-sap-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">sles-12-sp5-sap</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, C3-metal, G2, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Oct 2027</td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>June 2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup><b>BYOS with LTSS</b>: Support for this operating system is only offered through the <a href="https://www.suse.com/products/long-term-service-pack-support/">Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS)</a> that is available when using BYOS licenses from SUSE.</p> <p><sup>†</sup><b>ESPOS</b>: <a href="https://www.suse.com/c/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-applications-support-update/">Extended Service Pack Overlay Support</a> images are set to deprecated 6 months before their EOS date. Deprecated images are still available for use.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>This OS image doesn't support Secure Boot on ARM64.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>This OS image doesn't support custom hostnames. For more information see <a href="/compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm#supported-oses">Custom Hostnames</a>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>You can <a hre="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#manual-gvnic-setup">update the gVNIC driver</a> to the latest version to enable network egress bandwidths of 200 Gbps. For more information, see the <a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration#limitations">Requirements and limitations</a> section of "Configure per VM Tier_1 networking performance".</p> <p><sup>†</sup>Fully supported with VirtIO, but requires an updated driver to use with gVNIC. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames</a>.</p> <p><sup>#</sup>Only available with certain machine series.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <p><aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> V100 GPUs aren't supported on SLES.</aside></p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a><sup>*</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch<sup>*</sup> is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup><b>Patch compliance reporting</b>: For all SUSE Enterprise Linux Server (SLES) operating systems, including SLES for SAP and openSuse, you can run <a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management/create-patch-job">patch jobs</a> and create <a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management/schedule-patch-jobs">patch deployments</a>. However, patch compliance reporting is not supported and these VMs are displayed in the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">No data</code> category on the <b>Patch</b> dashboard.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-cloud/global/licenses/sles-12</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-12-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>EOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>N/A</li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP6 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-sap-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP5 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-sap-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP4 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-sap-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP3 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-sap-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP2 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-sap-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 15 SP1 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-sap-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-15-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP5 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-sap-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-12</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/suse-byos-cloud/global/licenses/sles-sap-12-byos</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>SLES 12 SP4 for SAP</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>EOS</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>N/A</li></ul></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup><b>BYOS with LTSS</b>: Support for this operating system is only offered through the <a href="https://www.suse.com/products/long-term-service-pack-support/">Long Term Service Pack Support (LTSS)</a> that is available when using BYOS licenses from SUSE.</p> </div> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="ubuntu_lts" data-text="Ubuntu LTS" tabindex="-1">Ubuntu LTS</h2> <head> </head> <p> Ubuntu is a free operating system developed and supported by <a href="https://www.canonical.com/" class="external">Canonical</a>.</p> <p> Ubuntu <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS" class="external">Long Term Support</a> (LTS) images receive bug fixes and security updates for five years after their release date. LTS images can run on your instances for several years without having to upgrade to a newer release. </p> <p> Ubuntu <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Minimal" class="external">Minimal</a> images are supported the same as Ubuntu LTS images. </p> <p> Regular (non LTS) Ubuntu images are supported for 9 months from their release date. To continue to use a regular Ubuntu image, you will have to upgrade to the next regular Ubuntu release or LTS release after the support cycle ends to receive fixes and updates. Compute Engine recommends using Ubuntu LTS images unless you require features or software packages that are not yet included in an LTS release. If your instances run Ubuntu releases that are no longer supported, <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Upgrades#Server_.2F_Command_line_Upgrade" class="external">upgrade to a supported Ubuntu release</a>. </p> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-ubuntu"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_8" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using the Ubuntu <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates" class="external"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">AutomaticSecurityUpdates</code></a> tool. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">AutomaticSecurityUpdates</code> tool does not upgrade VMs between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">AutomaticSecurityUpdates</code> tool is configured to only automatically apply updates obtained from the Ubuntu security repository.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-ubuntu"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_8" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p>Ubuntu images are built and maintained by Canonical. Ubuntu images are always built with the latest Ubuntu packages which reflect the most recent Ubuntu point release.</p> <p>The Ubuntu images that are provided by Compute Engine, have the following differences in configuration from standard Ubuntu images:</p> <p><strong>Account configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bootloader configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ubuntu uses <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code> to do some boot time initialization. The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud.cfg</code> file is configured for Compute Engine and enables only the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code> modules that are used.</li> <li>To force faster boot times, the boot timeout in the grub configuration is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">0</code>.</li> <li>To allow SCSI block multi-queue usage, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">scsi_mod.use_blk_mq</code> is enabled.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>IPv6 is enabled.</li> <li>The SSH server configuration is set to disable password authentication.</li> <li>To prevent MAC addresses from persisting, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</code> is removed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Package system and repository configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a> for Compute Engine packages are installed from the <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages" class="external">Ubuntu supplied packages</a>.</li> <li>For Ubuntu 18.04+, the <a href="https://snapcraft.io/google-cloud-sdk" class="external">Google Cloud CLI</a> is installed and maintained as a snap package.</li> <li>The APT sources are set to use the Ubuntu Compute Engine mirrors via <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code>.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates" class="external">Unattended-upgrades</a></code> package is installed and configured to download and install Debian security updates daily. This can be configured or disabled by changing the values in <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic</code>.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">linux-image-gcp</code> kernel is used instead of the generic Ubuntu kernel. The Google Cloud kernel reflects the latest rolling <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack" class="external">HWE kernel </a>for Ubuntu LTS.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Storage configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Images are 10 GB by default.</li> <li>The partition table is <code translate="no" dir="ltr">GPT</code>, and there is an <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EFI</code> partition to support booting on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UEFI</code>. There is also an MBR boot block to support BIOS.</li> <li>The floppy module is disabled because there is no floppy disk controller on Compute Engine.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <p>For information about non LTS Ubuntu releases, see the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases">Ubuntu release wiki</a>.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-2404-lts-amd64</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-2404-lts-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>June 2029 (ESM April 2034)</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-2204-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-2204-lts-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2027 (ESM April 2032)</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-2004-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-2004-lts-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2025 (ESM April 2030)</td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>All except C3-metal, C4A, X4</td> <td>Ubuntu ESM<sup>*</sup> / Ubuntu Pro<sup>†</sup></td> <td><a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/eol/ubuntu-eol">May 2023</a> (ESM April 2028)</td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, M3, H3, C3-metal, Z3, X4</td> <td>Ubuntu ESM<sup>*</sup> / Ubuntu Pro<sup>†</sup></td> <td><a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/eol/ubuntu-eol">April 2021</a> (ESM April 2026)</td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>April 2024</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> <strong>Ubuntu ESM</strong>: You can apply your existing <a href="https://ubuntu.com/esm">ESM subscription</a> to the Google provided OS image. The image that is provided by Google Cloud contains enhancements that might not be included if you bring your own OS image.<br /> <sup>†</sup> <strong>Ubuntu Pro</strong>: To continue using Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS images, <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro/upgrade-from-ubuntu">upgrade from Ubuntu to Ubuntu Pro</a>. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> This OS image doesn't support custom hostnames. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm#supported-oses">Custom Hostnames</a>. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> You can <a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#manual-gvnic-setup">update the gVNIC driver</a> to the latest version to enable network egress bandwidths of 200 Gbps. For more information, see the <a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration#limitations">Requirements and limitations</a> section of "Configure per VM Tier_1 networking performance".<br /> <sup>†</sup> Fully supported with VirtIO, but requires an updated driver to use with gVNIC. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames</a>.<br /> <sup>#</sup> Only available with certain machine series. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-2404-lts</code></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-2204-lts</code></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td>Free</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-2004-lts</code></td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 18.04 LTS</td> <td>Ubuntu ESM<sup>*</sup> / Ubuntu Pro<sup>†</sup></td> <td>EOS</td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</td> <td>Ubuntu ESM<sup>*</sup> / Ubuntu Pro<sup>†</sup></td> <td>EOS</td> <tr> <td>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</td> <td>Ubuntu ESM<sup>*</sup></td> <td>EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> <strong>Ubuntu ESM</strong>: You can apply your existing <a href="https://ubuntu.com/esm">ESM subscription</a> to the Google provided OS image. The image that is provided by Google Cloud contains enhancements that might not be included if you bring your own OS image.<br /> <sup>†</sup> <strong>Ubuntu Pro</strong>: To continue using Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 LTS images, you must <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro/upgrade-from-ubuntu">upgrade from Ubuntu to Ubuntu Pro</a>. </p> </div> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="ubuntu_pro" data-text="Ubuntu Pro" tabindex="-1">Ubuntu Pro</h2> <head> </head> <p> Ubuntu Pro is a premium operating system developed and supported by <a href="https://www.canonical.com/" class="external">Canonical</a>.</p> <p> <p> <a href="https://ubuntu.com/gcp/pro" class="external">Ubuntu Pro</a> images running on Compute Engine receive bug fixes and security updates for 10 years after their release date, along with access to <a href="https://ubuntu.com/esm" class="external">Ubuntu ESM</a>. For Ubuntu 16.04, security updates and ESM are available for 8 years. </p> <p> Ubuntu Pro images are premium resources that incur additional fees to use. For information about Ubuntu Pro license cost, see the <a href="/compute/disks-image-pricing#ubuntu_pro_pricing">Ubuntu Pro</a> pricing page. An Ubuntu Pro image running on Compute Engine has an on-demand license and does not require an additional Ubuntu Pro subscription. </p> <p> To view a list of frequently asked questions when running Ubuntu Pro on Compute Engine, see <a href="/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro-faq">Ubuntu Pro FAQ</a>. </p> <aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong><span> For compliance with Canonical licensing requirements, Google reports to Canonical your billing entity name, region, country, SKU, and total hours of usage. </span></aside> <devsite-expandable id="auto-update-ubuntu-pro"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_9" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to install security updates by using the Ubuntu <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates" class="external"><code translate="no" dir="ltr">AutomaticSecurityUpdates</code></a> tool. The updates have the following behaviors: </p> <ul> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">AutomaticSecurityUpdates</code> tool does not upgrade VMs between major versions of the operating system.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">AutomaticSecurityUpdates</code> tool is configured to only automatically apply updates obtained from the Ubuntu security repository.</li> <li>Some updates require reboots to take effect. These reboots do not happen automatically.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-difference-ubuntu-pro"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_9" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p>Ubuntu Pro images are built and maintained by Canonical. Ubuntu Pro images are always built with the latest Ubuntu packages which reflect the most recent Ubuntu point release.</p> <p>The Ubuntu Pro images that are provided by Compute Engine, have the following differences in configuration from standard Ubuntu images:</p> <p><strong>Account configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bootloader configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Ubuntu uses <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code> to do some boot time initialization. The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud.cfg</code> file is configured for Compute Engine and enables only the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code> modules that are used.</li> <li>To force faster boot times, the boot timeout in the grub configuration is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">0</code>.</li> <li>To allow SCSI block multi-queue usage, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">scsi_mod.use_blk_mq</code> is enabled.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Network configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>IPv6 is enabled.</li> <li>The SSH server configuration is set to disable password authentication.</li> <li>To prevent MAC addresses from persisting, <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules</code> is removed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Package system and repository configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a> for Compute Engine packages are installed from the <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gce-compute-image-packages" class="external">Ubuntu supplied packages</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="https://snapcraft.io/google-cloud-sdk" class="external">Google Cloud CLI</a> is installed and maintained as a snap package.</li> <li>The APT sources are set to use the Ubuntu Compute Engine mirrors via <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code>.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr"><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticSecurityUpdates" class="external">Unattended-upgrades</a></code> package is installed and configured to download and install Debian security updates daily. This can be configured or disabled by changing the values in <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades</code> and <code translate="no" dir="ltr">/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic</code>.</li> <li>The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">linux-image-gcp</code> kernel is used instead of the generic Ubuntu kernel. The Google Cloud kernel reflects the latest rolling <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack" class="external">HWE kernel </a>for Ubuntu LTS.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Storage configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>Images are 10 GB by default.</li> <li>The partition table is <code translate="no" dir="ltr">GPT</code>, and there is an <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EFI</code> partition to support booting on <code translate="no" dir="ltr">UEFI</code>. There is also an MBR boot block to support BIOS.</li> <li>Ubuntu uses <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code> to do some boot time initialization. The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud.cfg</code> file is configured for Compute Engine and enables only the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">cloud-init</code> modules that are used.</li> <li>There are no local users configured with passwords.</li> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> <li>The floppy module is disabled because there is no floppy disk controller on Compute Engine.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Time configuration</strong></p> <ul> <li>The NTP server is set to use the Compute Engine metadata server.</li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <p>For information about upgrading from Ubuntu LTS to Ubuntu Pro, see <a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/premium/ubuntu-pro/upgrade-from-ubuntu">Upgrade from Ubuntu to Ubuntu Pro</a>.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>x86 image family</th> <th>Arm image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-pro-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-2404-lts-amd64</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-2404-lts-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2034</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-pro-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-2204-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-2204-lts-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2032</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-pro-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-2004-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-2004-lts-arm64</code></td> <td>All</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2030</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-pro-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-1804-lts</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-1804-lts-arm64</code></td> <td>All except C4A, X4, C3-metal</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2028</td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-os-pro-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">ubuntu-pro-1604-lts</code></td> <td>N/A</td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, X4, C3-metal</td> <td>GA</td> <td>April 2026</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>This OS image supports NVMe but doesn't support the hot-plugging of NVMe drives. Hot-plugging is the process of adding or removing a device while the system is running.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM SEV-SNP</a> (<a href="/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>)</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM SEV-SNP is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> This OS image doesn't support custom hostnames. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm#supported-oses">Custom Hostnames</a>. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup> You can <a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#manual-gvnic-setup">update the gVNIC driver</a> to the latest version to enable network egress bandwidths of 200 Gbps. For more information, see the <a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration#limitations">Requirements and limitations</a> section of "Configure per VM Tier_1 networking performance".<br /> <sup>†</sup> Fully supported with VirtIO, but requires an updated driver to use with gVNIC. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames</a>.<br /> <sup>#</sup> Only available with certain machine series. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-images/create-machine-images#create-image-from-appliance">Import machine image</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import machine image is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NobleNumbat/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS</a></td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-pro-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-pro-2404-lts</code></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JammyJellyfish/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS</a></td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-pro-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-pro-2204-lts</code></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS</a></td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-pro-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-pro-2004-lts</code></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS</a></td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-pro-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-pro-1804-lts</code></td> <tr> <td><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes">Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS</a></td> <td>On-demand</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/ubuntu-os-pro-cloud/global/licenses/ubuntu-pro-1604-lts</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="windows_client" data-text="Windows client" tabindex="-1">Windows client</h2> <head> </head> <p> Google doesn't provide Windows client images. You must bring your own Windows client images. </p> <p>Windows client images can't be used with bare metal instances. Also, Windows client images aren't supported for <a href="/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#c4a_machines">C4A machine series</a> and <a href="/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#t2a_machines">T2A machine series</a> VMs.</p> <devsite-expandable id="automatic-updates-windows-client"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_10" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> The Windows client update settings determine how versions of Windows client use Windows Updates. To configure Windows automatic updates, see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings#configure-automatic-updates" class="external"> Configure Automatic Updates</a>. </p> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="storage-notes-windows-client"> <h6 class="showalways" id="storage" data-text="Storage" tabindex="-1">Storage</h6> <p> Google doesn't test the <a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-persistent-disk-snapshot#create-snapshot">VSS agent</a> on any client images. </p> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a><sup>*</sup></th> <th>EOS date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64<sup>**</sup></td> <td>GA</td> <td>Nov 2026</td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64<sup>**</sup></td> <td>GA</td> <td>Oct 2025</td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64<sup>**</sup></td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Oct 2024</td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Oct 2025</td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Oct 2025</td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>June 2024</td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>June 2024</td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Jan 2023</td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Jan 2023</td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td>EOS<sup>†</sup></td> <td>Jan 2020</td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td>EOS<sup>†</sup></td> <td>Jan 2020</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup><b>Lifecycle stage</b>: Google Cloud Support typically coincides with Extended Support End Date. For information about the end of support (EOS) date for each of the operating systems in the table below, see the <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hub/4095338/microsoft-lifecycle-policy">Microsoft Lifecycle Policy</a>.</p> <p><sup>†</sup><b>Windows 7 EOS</b>: For information about Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 7, see <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4497181/lifecycle-faq-extended-security-updates">Microsoft's Extended Security Updates Lifecycle FAQ</a>.</p> <p><sup>**</sup><b>Windows 11</b>: vTPM and Secure Boot must be enabled. Due to CPU requirements, N1 and M1 <a href="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-nodes#node_types">sole-tenant node types</a> are not recommended.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM support</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>**</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>**</sup><b>Windows 11</b>: vTPM and Secure Boot must be enabled. Due to CPU requirements, N1 and M1 <a href="/compute/docs/nodes/sole-tenant-nodes#node_types">sole-tenant node types</a> are not recommended.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>‡</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>‡</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>‡</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>‡</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>‡</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup><b>Guest environment</b>: For this OS, the guest environment can be manually installed. To install the guest environment, see <a href="/compute/docs/images/install-guest-environment#installation_methods">Install the guest environment</a>.</p> <p><sup>†</sup><b>gcloud CLI</b>: For this OS, the gcloud CLI can be manually installed. To install the gcloud CLI, see <a href="/sdk/docs/install#windows">Install the gcloud CLI</a>.</p> <p><sup>‡</sup><b>Suspend and resume</b>: For this OS, some power policy configurations are incompatible with suspend and resume. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-suspend-resume#you_can_not_suspend_a_windows_vm_when_the_display_timeout_is_set_or_the_sleep_button_is_disabled"> troubleshooting VM suspension</a>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>The gVNIC driver available in this OS image provides up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth. To get up to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth, you must use an updated version of the gVNIC driver. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#windows-os-upgrade">Update to the latest gVNIC driver for Windows</a>.</p> <p><sup>†</sup> To use Jumbo Frames with gVNIC on Windows, you can use an updated version of the gVNIC driver. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#windows-os-upgrade">Update to the latest gVNIC driver for Windows</a>.</p> <p><sup>#</sup>Only available with <a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration#limitations">supported machine series</a>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <p><aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> <code translate="no" dir="ltr">a2-megagpu-16g</code> machine types are not supported on Windows. When using A100 GPUs with Windows operating systems, choose a different A2 machine type.</aside></p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>For this Windows client version, NVIDIA V100 GPUs are not supported.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows 11 23h2 x64</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-11-x64-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 22h2 x64</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-11-x64-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 11 21h2 x64</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-11-x64-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x64</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-10-x64-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 22h2 x86</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-10-x86-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x64</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-10-x64-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 10 21h2 x86</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-10-x86-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x64</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-8-x64-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 8.1 x86</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-8-x86-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x64</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-7-x64-byol</code></td> <tr> <td>Windows 7 x86</td> <td>BYOL</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-7-x86-byol</code></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> </div></p></p> <h2 id="windows_server" data-text="Windows Server" tabindex="-1">Windows Server</h2> <head> </head> <p> Windows Server images are <a href="/compute/disks-image-pricing#premiumimages">premium resources</a> that incur additional fees to use. Google Cloud builds and supports the Windows Server images available for Compute Engine.</p> <p> Except for Windows Server 2012, 2008, and 2003, the Windows Server images in Compute Engine have an on-demand license and do not require a separate Windows license. </p> <p> To bring your own Windows license (BYOL), you must either import an existing image, or you must <a href="/compute/docs/images/creating-custom-windows-byol-images">build a custom image</a>. </p> <devsite-expandable id="automatic-updates-windows-server"> <h6 class="showalways" id="automatic-updates_11" data-text="Automatic updates" tabindex="-1">Automatic updates</h6> <p> By default, this operating system is configured to "Auto download and schedule the install" for Microsoft updates. To configure Windows Server automatic updates, see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-wu-settings#configure-automatic-updates"> Configure Automatic Updates</a>. </p> </devsite-expandable> <devsite-expandable id="notable-differences-windows-server"> <h6 class="showalways" id="image-configuration_10" data-text="Image configuration" tabindex="-1">Image configuration</h6> <p> Windows Server images are built with the latest updates, but have the following differences in configuration from standard Windows Server images: </p> <p> <strong>Account configuration</strong> </p> <ul> <li> The Administrator account is disabled. </li> <li> User passwords must be at least eight characters long. </li> <li> The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy</code> property is enabled to grant access to administrative file shares. </li> </ul> <p> <strong>Activation configuration</strong> </p> <ul> <li> Windows Server images can't activate without a network connection to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">kms.windows.googlecloud.com</code>, and stop functioning if they don't authenticate within 30 days. Make sure to [allow access in your VPC network](/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-managing-windows-instances#kms-server). </li> <li> A KMS client key is installed and the KMS client is set to activate by using the Compute Engine KMS servers. </li> </ul> <p> <strong>Bootloader configuration</strong> </p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/desktop/unattend/microsoft-windows-embedded-unifiedwritefilter-bootstatuspolicy"> BootStatusPolicy</a> is set to <code translate="no" dir="ltr">IgnoreAllFailures</code>. </li> <li> Emergency Management Services (EMS) redirection is enabled on the COM2 port. For more information, see <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/bootcfg-ems">bootcfg ems</a>. </li> </ul> <p> <strong>Network configuration</strong> </p> <ul> <li> The Compute Engine metadata server is added to the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">hosts</code> file, which is typically in the <code translate="no" dir="ltr">%WinDir%\System32\drivers\etc</code> directory. </li> <li> The Windows firewall is open to allow communication with the Compute Engine metadata server. </li> <li> TCP KeepAliveTime is set to 5 minutes. </li> <li> Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) is disabled. </li> <li> The NetKVM adapter is set to use DHCP. </li> <li> Remote Desktop (RDP) is enabled and the associated Windows firewall ports opened. </li> <li> WinRM over HTTPS is configured using a self signed certificate and the associated Windows firewall ports are open. </li> <li>Windows images provided by Google have a hardcoded MTU. For more information about network and interface MTU, see the <a href="/vpc/docs/mtu">maximum transmission unit overview</a>. </li> </ul> <p> <strong>Package system and Windows Update</strong> </p> <ul> <li> Windows Server images update automatically according to the default update schedule for Windows Server. </li> <li> To install packages for the <a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">guest environment</a>, Google Cloud repositories are enabled. </li> <li> To manage Compute Engine component packages for Windows, <a href="https://github.com/google/googet">GooGet</a> is installed, which you can configure to update packages automatically. </li> <li> The <a href="/sdk/docs">Google Cloud CLI</a> is installed with its own Python 2.7 environment. Google Cloud CLI works with project service accounts, instance scopes, and works in PowerShell and the standard command-line environment. </li> <li> To boot Windows on Compute Engine, <a href="https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-windows-drivers">Compute Engine drivers</a> are installed. </li> <li> PowerShell v5 and v7 are installed. </li> </ul> <p> <strong>Power configuration</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Power settings are changed to never turn off the monitor.</li> </ul> <p> <strong>Storage configuration</strong> </p> <ul> <li> The partition table is GPT, and there is an EFI partition to support booting on UEFI. </li> <li> The paging file is set to a static size of 1 GB. </li> <li> The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">EnableQueryAccessAlignment</code> property is enabled for the VioSCSI driver. </li> </ul> <p> <strong>Time configuration</strong> </p> <ul> <li> The <code translate="no" dir="ltr">RealTimeIsUniversal</code> registry key is set. The BIOS is a UTC clock, and is not set to the local time. </li> <li> The time zone is set to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). </li> <li> NTP is set to sync to the Compute Engine metadata server. </li> </ul> </devsite-expandable> <p><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <div class="ds-selector-tabs"> <section> <h3 id="general-info" data-text="General information" tabindex="-1">General information</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>Image project</th> <th>Image family</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/machine-resource#recommendations_for_machine_types">Machine series</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/os-image-lifecycle#lifecycle-stages">Lifecycle stage</a><sup>*</sup></th> <th>EOS and image deprecation date</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-2022</code><br><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-2022-core</code></td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, C3-metal, Z3, A3, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Oct 14, 2031</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-2019</code><br><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-2019-core</code></td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, C3-metal, Z3, A3, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Jan 9, 2029</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-cloud</code></td> <td><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-2016</code><br><code translate="no" dir="ltr">windows-2016-core</code></td> <td>All except T2A, C4A, C3-metal, Z3, A3, G2, X4</td> <td>GA</td> <td>Jan 12, 2027</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Only C2, C2D, E2, M1, M2, N1, N2, N2D</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Oct 10, 2023</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Only C2, C2D, E2, M1, M2, N1, N2, N2D</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>Oct 10, 2023</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Only C2, C2D, E2, M1, M2, N1, N2, N2D</td> <td>EOS<sup>‡</sup></td> <td>Jan 14, 2020</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Only C2, C2D, E2, M1, M2, N1, N2, N2D</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>N/A</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>N/A</td> <td>Only C2, C2D, E2, M1, M2, N1, N2, N2D</td> <td>EOS</td> <td>N/A</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup><b>Lifecycle stage</b>: Google Cloud Support typically coincides with Extended Support End Date. For information about the end of support (EOS) date for each of the operating systems in the previous table, see the <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/hub/4095338/microsoft-lifecycle-policy" class="external">Microsoft Lifecycle Policy</a>.</p> <p><sup>‡</sup><b>Windows 2008 R2</b>: For information about Extended Security Updates (ESU), see <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4497181/lifecycle-faq-extended-security-updates" class="external">Microsoft's Extended Security Updates Lifecycle FAQ</a>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="networking" data-text="Interfaces" tabindex="-1">Interfaces</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th>SCSI</th> <th>NVMe</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/windows/creating-windows-persistent-disk-snapshot#create-snapshot">VSS agent</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/create-vm-with-gvnic">Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-idpf">IDPF</a></th> <th><a href="/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces">Multiple network interfaces</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="SCSI is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="NVMe is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="VSS agent is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Google Virtual NIC (gVNIC) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="IDPF is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Multiple network interfaces is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="security-features" data-text="Security features" tabindex="-1">Security features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/security/shielded-cloud/shielded-vm">Shielded VM</a></th> <th><a href="/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/confidential-vm-overview">Confidential VM support</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Shielded VM is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Confidential VM support is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="user-space-features" data-text="User space features" tabindex="-1">User space features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/images/guest-environment">Guest environment installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gcloud-compute">gcloud CLI installed</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/oslogin">OS Login supported</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/suspend-resume-instance">Suspend and resume supported</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Guest environment installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="gcloud CLI installed is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Login supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Suspend and resume supported is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>For this OS, some power policy configurations are incompatible with suspend and resume. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-suspend-resume#you_can_not_suspend_a_windows_vm_when_the_display_timeout_is_set_or_the_sleep_button_is_disabled"> troubleshooting VM suspension</a>.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="network-features" data-text="Networking features" tabindex="-1">Networking features</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration">Tier_1 networking</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#summary-table">200 Gbps network bandwidth</a><sup>#</sup></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/network-bandwidth#jumbo-mtu">Jumbo frames/MTU</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>†</sup></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Tier_1 networking is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="200 Gbps network bandwidth is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Jumbo frames/MTU is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> <td style="text-align:center">EOS</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>The gVNIC driver available in this OS image provides up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth. To get up to 200 Gbps of network bandwidth, you must use an updated version of the gVNIC driver. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#windows-os-upgrade">Update to the latest gVNIC driver for Windows</a>.</p> <p><sup>†</sup> To use Jumbo Frames with gVNIC on Windows, you can use an updated version of the gVNIC driver. For more information, see <a href="/compute/docs/networking/using-gvnic#windows-os-upgrade">Update to the latest gVNIC driver for Windows</a>.</p> <p><sup>#</sup>Only available with <a href="/compute/docs/networking/configure-vm-with-high-bandwidth-configuration#limitations">supported machine series</a>. </p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="gpu-support" data-text="GPU support" tabindex="-1">GPU support</h3> <p>N1+GPU denotes support for NVIDIA T4, V100, P100, or P4 GPUs running on a general-purpose N1 machine family.</p> <p><aside class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> <code translate="no" dir="ltr">a2-megagpu-16g</code> machine types are not supported on Windows. When using A100 GPUs with Windows operating systems, choose a different A2 machine type.</aside></p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#nvidia_gpus_for_compute_workloads">N1+GPU</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#h100-gpus">A3 (H100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#a100-gpus">A2 (A100)</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/gpus#l4-gpus">G2 (L4)</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="N1+GPU is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A3 (H100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="A2 (A100) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="G2 (L4) is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>For this Windows client version, NVIDIA V100 GPUs are not supported.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="vm-manager" data-text="VM Manager" tabindex="-1">VM Manager</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os#check-install">OS Config agent preinstalled</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/instances/os-inventory-management">OS inventory</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-configuration-management">OS policies</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/os-patch-management">Patch</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/manage-os/vulnerability-reports">Vulnerability reports</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS Config agent preinstalled is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS inventory is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="OS policies is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Patch is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Vulnerability reports is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <section> <h3 id="import" data-text="Import" tabindex="-1">Import</h3> <p>For operating system support information on migrating VMs using Migrate to Virtual Machines, see <a href="/migrate/compute-engine/docs/latest/reference/supported-os-versions">supported operating systems</a>. </p> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks">Import disk</a></th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/import/import-ovf-files">Import virtual appliance</a></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is supported"><span class="compare-yes"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import disk is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> <td style="text-align:center" aria-label="Import virtual appliance is not supported"><span class="compare-no"></span><sup>*</sup></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="font-size: 10pt"> <p><sup>*</sup>Self-import is available.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h3 id="license-strings" data-text="License" tabindex="-1">License</h3> <table class="blue"> <thead> <tr> <th>OS version</th> <th><a href="/compute/docs/licenses/about#license_types_and_pricing">License type</a></th> <th>License URL</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2022</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOL</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2022-dc</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2022-byol</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2019</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOL</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2019-dc</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2019-byol</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2016</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOL</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2016-dc</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2016-byol</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012 R2</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOL</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2012-r2-dc</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2012-r2-byol</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2012</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>BYOL</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2012-byol</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 required)</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand (Default)</li><li>BYOL</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2008-r2-dc</code></li><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2008-r2-byol</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2008</td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li>On-demand</li></ul></td> <td><ul style="list-style: none;"><li><code translate="no" dir="ltr">https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/windows-cloud/global/licenses/windows-server-2008-dc</code></li></ul></td> <tr> <td>Windows Server 2003 (R2 optional, SP2 required)</td> <td><ul style="list-style: 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