GCP Compute Engine
Deploy and manage Compute Engine instances.
Create Instance
bash
gcloud compute instances create web-server \ --machine-type=e2-medium \ --zone=us-central1-a \ --image-family=debian-11 \ --image-project=debian-cloud \ --boot-disk-size=20GB \ --tags=http-server # Create from instance template gcloud compute instance-templates create web-template \ --machine-type=e2-medium \ --image-family=debian-11 \ --image-project=debian-cloud gcloud compute instance-groups managed create web-group \ --template=web-template \ --size=3 \ --zone=us-central1-a
Best Practices
- •Use managed instance groups
- •Implement preemptible VMs for cost savings
- •Use custom images for consistency
- •Enable shielded VMs