Method: instanceTemplates.insert

Creates an instance template in the specified project using the data that is included in the request. If you are creating a new template to update an existing instance group, your new instance template must use the same network or, if applicable, the same subnetwork as the original template.

HTTP request

POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/{project}/global/instanceTemplates

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.

Query parameters

Parameters
requestId

string

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed.

For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.

The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "properties": {
    "description": string,
    "tags": {
      "items": [
        string
      ],
      "fingerprint": string
    },
    "machineType": string,
    "canIpForward": boolean,
    "networkInterfaces": [
      {
        "network": string,
        "subnetwork": string,
        "networkIP": string,
        "ipv6Address": string,
        "name": string,
        "accessConfigs": [
          {
            "type": enum,
            "name": string,
            "natIP": string,
            "setPublicPtr": boolean,
            "publicPtrDomainName": string,
            "networkTier": enum,
            "kind": string
          }
        ],
        "aliasIpRanges": [
          {
            "ipCidrRange": string,
            "subnetworkRangeName": string
          }
        ],
        "fingerprint": string,
        "kind": string
      }
    ],
    "disks": [
      {
        "type": enum,
        "mode": enum,
        "source": string,
        "deviceName": string,
        "index": integer,
        "boot": boolean,
        "initializeParams": {
          "diskName": string,
          "sourceImage": string,
          "diskSizeGb": string,
          "diskType": string,
          "sourceImageEncryptionKey": {
            "sha256": string,
            "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string,

            
            "rawKey": string,
            "rsaEncryptedKey": string,
            "kmsKeyName": string
            
          },
          "labels": {
            "key": string,
            "value": string
          },
          "sourceSnapshot": string,
          "sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey": {
            "sha256": string,
            "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string,

            
            "rawKey": string,
            "rsaEncryptedKey": string,
            "kmsKeyName": string
            
          },
          "description": string,
          "guestOsFeatures": [
            {
              "type": enum
            }
          ],
          "resourcePolicies": [
            string
          ],
          "onUpdateAction": enum
        },
        "autoDelete": boolean,
        "licenses": [
          string
        ],
        "interface": enum,
        "guestOsFeatures": [
          {
            "type": enum
          }
        ],
        "diskEncryptionKey": {
          "rawKey": string,
          "rsaEncryptedKey": string,
          "kmsKeyName": string,
          "sha256": string,
          "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string
        },
        "diskSizeGb": string,
        "kind": string
      }
    ],
    "metadata": {
      "fingerprint": string,
      "items": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "value": string
        }
      ],
      "kind": string
    },
    "serviceAccounts": [
      {
        "email": string,
        "scopes": [
          string
        ]
      }
    ],
    "scheduling": {
      "onHostMaintenance": enum,
      "automaticRestart": boolean,
      "preemptible": boolean,
      "nodeAffinities": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "operator": enum,
          "values": [
            string
          ]
        }
      ],
      "minNodeCpus": integer
    },
    "labels": {
      object
    },
    "guestAccelerators": [
      {
        "acceleratorType": string,
        "acceleratorCount": integer
      }
    ],
    "minCpuPlatform": string,
    "shieldedVmConfig": {
      "enableSecureBoot": boolean,
      "enableVtpm": boolean,
      "enableIntegrityMonitoring": boolean
    },
    "reservationAffinity": {
      "consumeReservationType": enum,
      "key": string,
      "values": [
        string
      ]
    },
    "shieldedInstanceConfig": {
      "enableSecureBoot": boolean,
      "enableVtpm": boolean,
      "enableIntegrityMonitoring": boolean
    },
    "displayDevice": {
      "enableDisplay": boolean
    },
    "resourcePolicies": [
      string
    ]
  },
  "selfLink": string,
  "sourceInstance": string,
  "sourceInstanceParams": {
    "diskConfigs": [
      {
        "deviceName": string,
        "instantiateFrom": enum,
        "autoDelete": boolean,
        "customImage": string
      }
    ]
  },
  "kind": string
}
Fields
id

string (fixed64 format)

[Output Only] A unique identifier for this instance template. The server defines this identifier.
creationTimestamp

string

[Output Only] The creation timestamp for this instance template in RFC3339 text format.
name

string

[REQUIRED] Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression [a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])? which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
description

string

An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
properties

object

The instance properties for this instance template.
properties.description

string

An optional text description for the instances that are created from this instance template.
properties.tags

object

A list of tags to apply to the instances that are created from this template. The tags identify valid sources or targets for network firewalls. The setTags method can modify this list of tags. Each tag within the list must comply with RFC1035.
properties.tags.items[]

string

An array of tags. Each tag must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
properties.tags.fingerprint

string (bytes format)

Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the tags' contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update tags. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change tags.

To see the latest fingerprint, make get() request to the instance.

A base64-encoded string.
properties.machineType

string

[REQUIRED] The machine type to use for instances that are created from this template.
properties.canIpForward

boolean

Enables instances created based on this template to send packets with source IP addresses other than their own and receive packets with destination IP addresses other than their own. If these instances will be used as an IP gateway or it will be set as the next-hop in a Route resource, specify true. If unsure, leave this set to false. See the Enable IP forwarding documentation for more information.
properties.networkInterfaces[]

object

An array of network access configurations for this interface.
properties.networkInterfaces[].network

string

URL of the network resource for this instance. When creating an instance, if neither the network nor the subnetwork is specified, the default network global/networks/default is used; if the network is not specified but the subnetwork is specified, the network is inferred.

If you specify this property, you can specify the network as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:

Authorization requires the following Google IAM permission on the specified resource network:

  • compute.networks.get
properties.networkInterfaces[].subnetwork

string

The URL of the Subnetwork resource for this instance. If the network resource is in legacy mode, do not specify this field. If the network is in auto subnet mode, specifying the subnetwork is optional. If the network is in custom subnet mode, specifying the subnetwork is required. If you specify this field, you can specify the subnetwork as a full or partial URL. For example, the following are all valid URLs:

Authorization requires the following Google IAM permission on the specified resource subnetwork:

  • compute.subnetworks.get
properties.networkInterfaces[].networkIP

string

An IPv4 internal IP address to assign to the instance for this network interface. If not specified by the user, an unused internal IP is assigned by the system.
properties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6Address

string

[Output Only] An IPv6 internal network address for this network interface.
properties.networkInterfaces[].name

string

[Output Only] The name of the network interface, which is generated by the server. For network devices, these are eth0, eth1, etc.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[]

object

An array of configurations for this interface. Currently, only one access config, ONE_TO_ONE_NAT, is supported. If there are no accessConfigs specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].type

enum

The type of configuration. The default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].name

string

The name of this access configuration. The default and recommended name is External NAT, but you can use any arbitrary string, such as My external IP or Network Access.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].natIP

string

An external IP address associated with this instance. Specify an unused static external IP address available to the project or leave this field undefined to use an IP from a shared ephemeral IP address pool. If you specify a static external IP address, it must live in the same region as the zone of the instance.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].setPublicPtr

boolean

Specifies whether a public DNS 'PTR' record should be created to map the external IP address of the instance to a DNS domain name.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].publicPtrDomainName

string

The DNS domain name for the public PTR record. You can set this field only if the setPublicPtr field is enabled.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].networkTier

enum

This signifies the networking tier used for configuring this access configuration and can only take the following values: PREMIUM, STANDARD.

If an AccessConfig is specified without a valid external IP address, an ephemeral IP will be created with this networkTier.

If an AccessConfig with a valid external IP address is specified, it must match that of the networkTier associated with the Address resource owning that IP.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#accessConfig for access configs.
properties.networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[]

object

An array of alias IP ranges for this network interface. You can only specify this field for network interfaces in VPC networks.
properties.networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[].ipCidrRange

string

The IP alias ranges to allocate for this interface. This IP CIDR range must belong to the specified subnetwork and cannot contain IP addresses reserved by system or used by other network interfaces. This range may be a single IP address (such as 10.2.3.4), a netmask (such as /24) or a CIDR-formatted string (such as 10.1.2.0/24).
properties.networkInterfaces[].aliasIpRanges[].subnetworkRangeName

string

The name of a subnetwork secondary IP range from which to allocate an IP alias range. If not specified, the primary range of the subnetwork is used.
properties.networkInterfaces[].fingerprint

string (bytes format)

Fingerprint hash of contents stored in this network interface. This field will be ignored when inserting an Instance or adding a NetworkInterface. An up-to-date fingerprint must be provided in order to update the NetworkInterface, otherwise the request will fail with error 412 conditionNotMet.

A base64-encoded string.
properties.networkInterfaces[].kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#networkInterface for network interfaces.
properties.disks[]

object

An array of disks that are associated with the instances that are created from this template.
properties.disks[].type

enum

Specifies the type of the disk, either SCRATCH or PERSISTENT. If not specified, the default is PERSISTENT.
properties.disks[].mode

enum

The mode in which to attach this disk, either READ_WRITE or READ_ONLY. If not specified, the default is to attach the disk in READ_WRITE mode.
properties.disks[].source

string

Specifies a valid partial or full URL to an existing Persistent Disk resource. When creating a new instance, one of initializeParams.sourceImage or initializeParams.sourceSnapshot or disks.source is required except for local SSD.

If desired, you can also attach existing non-root persistent disks using this property. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.

Note that for InstanceTemplate, specify the disk name, not the URL for the disk.
properties.disks[].deviceName

string

Specifies a unique device name of your choice that is reflected into the /dev/disk/by-id/google-* tree of a Linux operating system running within the instance. This name can be used to reference the device for mounting, resizing, and so on, from within the instance.

If not specified, the server chooses a default device name to apply to this disk, in the form persistent-disk-x, where x is a number assigned by Google Compute Engine. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.
properties.disks[].index

integer

[Output Only] A zero-based index to this disk, where 0 is reserved for the boot disk. If you have many disks attached to an instance, each disk would have a unique index number.
properties.disks[].boot

boolean

Indicates that this is a boot disk. The virtual machine will use the first partition of the disk for its root filesystem.
properties.disks[].initializeParams

object

[Input Only] Specifies the parameters for a new disk that will be created alongside the new instance. Use initialization parameters to create boot disks or local SSDs attached to the new instance.

This property is mutually exclusive with the source property; you can only define one or the other, but not both.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.diskName

string

Specifies the disk name. If not specified, the default is to use the name of the instance. If the disk with the instance name exists already in the given zone/region, a new name will be automatically generated.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImage

string

The source image to create this disk. When creating a new instance, one of initializeParams.sourceImage or initializeParams.sourceSnapshot or disks.source is required except for local SSD.

To create a disk with one of the public operating system images, specify the image by its family name. For example, specify family/debian-9 to use the latest Debian 9 image:

projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-9

Alternatively, use a specific version of a public operating system image:

projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-9-stretch-vYYYYMMDD

To create a disk with a custom image that you created, specify the image name in the following format:

global/images/my-custom-image

You can also specify a custom image by its image family, which returns the latest version of the image in that family. Replace the image name with family/family-name:

global/images/family/my-image-family

If the source image is deleted later, this field will not be set.

Authorization requires the following Google IAM permission on the specified resource sourceImage:

  • compute.images.get
properties.disks[].initializeParams.diskSizeGb

string (int64 format)

Specifies the size of the disk in base-2 GB. The size must be at least 10 GB. If you specify a sourceImage, which is required for boot disks, the default size is the size of the sourceImage. If you do not specify a sourceImage, the default disk size is 500 GB.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.diskType

string

Specifies the disk type to use to create the instance. If not specified, the default is pd-standard, specified using the full URL. For example:

https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/diskTypes/pd-standard

Other values include pd-ssd and local-ssd. If you define this field, you can provide either the full or partial URL. For example, the following are valid values:

Note that for InstanceTemplate, this is the name of the disk type, not URL.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey

object

The customer-supplied encryption key of the source image. Required if the source image is protected by a customer-supplied encryption key.

Instance templates do not store customer-supplied encryption keys, so you cannot create disks for instances in a managed instance group if the source images are encrypted with your own keys.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey

string

Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.

The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:

  1. The key is wrapped using a RSA public key certificate provided by Google.
  2. After being wrapped, the key must be encoded in RFC 4648 base64 encoding.
Gets the RSA public key certificate provided by Google at: 
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.sha256

string

[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceImageEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.labels

map (key: string, value: string)

Labels to apply to this disk. These can be later modified by the disks.setLabels method. This field is only applicable for persistent disks.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshot

string

The source snapshot to create this disk. When creating a new instance, one of initializeParams.sourceSnapshot or initializeParams.sourceImage or disks.source is required except for local SSD.

To create a disk with a snapshot that you created, specify the snapshot name in the following format:

global/snapshots/my-backup

If the source snapshot is deleted later, this field will not be set.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey

object

The customer-supplied encryption key of the source snapshot.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey

string

Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.

The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:

  1. The key is wrapped using a RSA public key certificate provided by Google.
  2. After being wrapped, the key must be encoded in RFC 4648 base64 encoding.
Gets the RSA public key certificate provided by Google at: 
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.sha256

string

[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.description

string

An optional description. Provide this property when creating the disk.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.guestOsFeatures[]

object

A list of features to enable on the guest operating system. Applicable only for bootable images. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.

Guest OS features are applied by merging initializeParams.guestOsFeatures and disks.guestOsFeatures
properties.disks[].initializeParams.guestOsFeatures[].type

enum

The ID of a supported feature. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.resourcePolicies[]

string

Resource policies applied to this disk for automatic snapshot creations. Specified using the full or partial URL. For instance template, specify only the resource policy name.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.onUpdateAction

enum

Specifies which action to take on instance update with this disk. Default is to use the existing disk.
properties.disks[].autoDelete

boolean

Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
properties.disks[].licenses[]

string

[Output Only] Any valid publicly visible licenses.
properties.disks[].interface

enum

Specifies the disk interface to use for attaching this disk, which is either SCSI or NVME. The default is SCSI. Persistent disks must always use SCSI and the request will fail if you attempt to attach a persistent disk in any other format than SCSI. Local SSDs can use either NVME or SCSI. For performance characteristics of SCSI over NVMe, see Local SSD performance.
properties.disks[].guestOsFeatures[]

object

A list of features to enable on the guest operating system. Applicable only for bootable images. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
properties.disks[].guestOsFeatures[].type

enum

The ID of a supported feature. Read Enabling guest operating system features to see a list of available options.
properties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey

object

Encrypts or decrypts a disk using a customer-supplied encryption key.

If you are creating a new disk, this field encrypts the new disk using an encryption key that you provide. If you are attaching an existing disk that is already encrypted, this field decrypts the disk using the customer-supplied encryption key.

If you encrypt a disk using a customer-supplied key, you must provide the same key again when you attempt to use this resource at a later time. For example, you must provide the key when you create a snapshot or an image from the disk or when you attach the disk to a virtual machine instance.

If you do not provide an encryption key, then the disk will be encrypted using an automatically generated key and you do not need to provide a key to use the disk later.

Instance templates do not store customer-supplied encryption keys, so you cannot use your own keys to encrypt disks in a managed instance group.
properties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.rawKey

string

Specifies a 256-bit customer-supplied encryption key, encoded in RFC 4648 base64 to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.
properties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.rsaEncryptedKey

string

Specifies an RFC 4648 base64 encoded, RSA-wrapped 2048-bit customer-supplied encryption key to either encrypt or decrypt this resource.

The key must meet the following requirements before you can provide it to Compute Engine:

  1. The key is wrapped using a RSA public key certificate provided by Google.
  2. After being wrapped, the key must be encoded in RFC 4648 base64 encoding.
Gets the RSA public key certificate provided by Google at: 
https://cloud-certs.storage.googleapis.com/google-cloud-csek-ingress.pem
properties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyName

string

The name of the encryption key that is stored in Google Cloud KMS.
properties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.sha256

string

[Output only] The RFC 4648 base64 encoded SHA-256 hash of the customer-supplied encryption key that protects this resource.
properties.disks[].diskEncryptionKey.kmsKeyServiceAccount

string

The service account being used for the encryption request for the given KMS key. If absent, the Compute Engine default service account is used.
properties.disks[].diskSizeGb

string (int64 format)

The size of the disk in GB.
properties.disks[].kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#attachedDisk for attached disks.
properties.metadata

object

The metadata key/value pairs to assign to instances that are created from this template. These pairs can consist of custom metadata or predefined keys. See Project and instance metadata for more information.
properties.metadata.fingerprint

string (bytes format)

Specifies a fingerprint for this request, which is essentially a hash of the metadata's contents and used for optimistic locking. The fingerprint is initially generated by Compute Engine and changes after every request to modify or update metadata. You must always provide an up-to-date fingerprint hash in order to update or change metadata, otherwise the request will fail with error 412 conditionNotMet.

To see the latest fingerprint, make a get() request to retrieve the resource.

A base64-encoded string.
properties.metadata.items[]

object

Array of key/value pairs. The total size of all keys and values must be less than 512 KB.
properties.metadata.items[].key

string

Key for the metadata entry. Keys must conform to the following regexp: [a-zA-Z0-9-_]+, and be less than 128 bytes in length. This is reflected as part of a URL in the metadata server. Additionally, to avoid ambiguity, keys must not conflict with any other metadata keys for the project.
properties.metadata.items[].value

string

Value for the metadata entry. These are free-form strings, and only have meaning as interpreted by the image running in the instance. The only restriction placed on values is that their size must be less than or equal to 262144 bytes (256 KiB).
properties.metadata.kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#metadata for metadata.
properties.serviceAccounts[]

object

A list of service accounts with specified scopes. Access tokens for these service accounts are available to the instances that are created from this template. Use metadata queries to obtain the access tokens for these instances.
properties.serviceAccounts[].email

string

Email address of the service account.
properties.serviceAccounts[].scopes[]

string

The list of scopes to be made available for this service account.
properties.scheduling

object

Specifies the scheduling options for the instances that are created from this template.
properties.scheduling.onHostMaintenance

enum

Defines the maintenance behavior for this instance. For standard instances, the default behavior is MIGRATE. For preemptible instances, the default and only possible behavior is TERMINATE. For more information, see Setting Instance Scheduling Options.
properties.scheduling.automaticRestart

boolean

Specifies whether the instance should be automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine (not terminated by a user). You can only set the automatic restart option for standard instances. Preemptible instances cannot be automatically restarted.

By default, this is set to true so an instance is automatically restarted if it is terminated by Compute Engine.
properties.scheduling.preemptible

boolean

Defines whether the instance is preemptible. This can only be set during instance creation, it cannot be set or changed after the instance has been created.
properties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[]

object

A set of node affinity and anti-affinity configurations. Refer to Configuring node affinity for more information. Overrides reservationAffinity.
properties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[].key

string

Corresponds to the label key of Node resource.
properties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[].operator

enum

Defines the operation of node selection. Valid operators are IN for affinity and NOT_IN for anti-affinity.
properties.scheduling.nodeAffinities[].values[]

string

Corresponds to the label values of Node resource.
properties.scheduling.minNodeCpus

integer

The minimum number of virtual CPUs this instance will consume when running on a sole-tenant node.
properties.labels

map (key: string, value: string)

Labels to apply to instances that are created from this template.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.
properties.guestAccelerators[]

object

A list of guest accelerator cards' type and count to use for instances created from the instance template.
properties.guestAccelerators[].acceleratorType

string

Full or partial URL of the accelerator type resource to attach to this instance. For example: projects/my-project/zones/us-central1-c/acceleratorTypes/nvidia-tesla-p100 If you are creating an instance template, specify only the accelerator name. See GPUs on Compute Engine for a full list of accelerator types.
properties.guestAccelerators[].acceleratorCount

integer

The number of the guest accelerator cards exposed to this instance.
properties.minCpuPlatform

string

Minimum cpu/platform to be used by this instance. The instance may be scheduled on the specified or newer cpu/platform. Applicable values are the friendly names of CPU platforms, such as minCpuPlatform: "Intel Haswell" or minCpuPlatform: "Intel Sandy Bridge". For more information, read Specifying a Minimum CPU Platform.
properties.shieldedVmConfig

object

Specifies the Shielded VM options for the instances that are created from this template.
properties.shieldedVmConfig.enableSecureBoot

boolean

Defines whether the instance has Secure Boot enabled.
properties.shieldedVmConfig.enableVtpm

boolean

Defines whether the instance has the vTPM enabled.
properties.shieldedVmConfig.enableIntegrityMonitoring

boolean

Defines whether the instance has integrity monitoring enabled.
properties.reservationAffinity

object

Specifies the reservations that this instance can consume from.
properties.reservationAffinity.consumeReservationType

enum

Specifies the type of reservation from which this instance can consume resources: ANY_RESERVATION (default), SPECIFIC_RESERVATION, or NO_RESERVATION. See Consuming reserved instances for examples.
properties.reservationAffinity.key

string

Corresponds to the label key of a reservation resource. To target a SPECIFIC_RESERVATION by name, specify googleapis.com/reservation-name as the key and specify the name of your reservation as its value.
properties.reservationAffinity.values[]

string

Corresponds to the label values of a reservation resource.
properties.shieldedInstanceConfig

object
properties.shieldedInstanceConfig.enableSecureBoot

boolean

Defines whether the instance has Secure Boot enabled.
properties.shieldedInstanceConfig.enableVtpm

boolean

Defines whether the instance has the vTPM enabled.
properties.shieldedInstanceConfig.enableIntegrityMonitoring

boolean

Defines whether the instance has integrity monitoring enabled.
properties.displayDevice

object

Display Device properties to enable support for remote display products like: Teradici, VNC and TeamViewer
properties.displayDevice.enableDisplay

boolean

Defines whether the instance has Display enabled.
properties.resourcePolicies[]

string

Resource policies (names, not ULRs) applied to instances created from this templae.
sourceInstance

string

The source instance used to create the template. You can provide this as a partial or full URL to the resource. For example, the following are valid values:

Authorization requires the following Google IAM permission on the specified resource sourceInstance:

  • compute.instances.get
sourceInstanceParams

object

The source instance params to use to create this instance template.
sourceInstanceParams.diskConfigs[]

object

Attached disks configuration. If not provided, defaults are applied: For boot disk and any other R/W disks, new custom images will be created from each disk. For read-only disks, they will be attached in read-only mode. Local SSD disks will be created as blank volumes.
sourceInstanceParams.diskConfigs[].deviceName

string

Specifies the device name of the disk to which the configurations apply to.
sourceInstanceParams.diskConfigs[].instantiateFrom

enum

Specifies whether to include the disk and what image to use. Possible values are:

  • source-image: to use the same image that was used to create the source instance's corresponding disk. Applicable to the boot disk and additional read-write disks.
  • source-image-family: to use the same image family that was used to create the source instance's corresponding disk. Applicable to the boot disk and additional read-write disks.
  • custom-image: to use a user-provided image url for disk creation. Applicable to the boot disk and additional read-write disks.
  • attach-read-only: to attach a read-only disk. Applicable to read-only disks.
  • do-not-include: to exclude a disk from the template. Applicable to additional read-write disks, local SSDs, and read-only disks.
sourceInstanceParams.diskConfigs[].autoDelete

boolean

Specifies whether the disk will be auto-deleted when the instance is deleted (but not when the disk is detached from the instance).
sourceInstanceParams.diskConfigs[].customImage

string

The custom source image to be used to restore this disk when instantiating this instance template.
kind

string

[Output Only] The resource type, which is always compute#instanceTemplate for instance templates.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "zone": string,
  "clientOperationId": string,
  "operationType": string,
  "targetLink": string,
  "targetId": string,
  "status": enum,
  "statusMessage": string,
  "user": string,
  "progress": integer,
  "insertTime": string,
  "startTime": string,
  "endTime": string,
  "error": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": string,
        "location": string,
        "message": string
      }
    ]
  },
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": enum,
      "message": string,
      "data": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "value": string
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "httpErrorStatusCode": integer,
  "httpErrorMessage": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "region": string,
  "description": string,
  "kind": string
}
Fields
id

string (fixed64 format)

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the operation. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestamp

string

[Deprecated] This field is deprecated.
name

string

[Output Only] Name of the operation.
zone

string

[Output Only] The URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing per-zone operations.
clientOperationId

string

[Output Only] The value of requestId if you provided it in the request. Not present otherwise.
operationType

string

[Output Only] The type of operation, such as insert, update, or delete, and so on.
targetId

string (fixed64 format)

[Output Only] The unique target ID, which identifies a specific incarnation of the target resource.
status

enum

[Output Only] The status of the operation, which can be one of the following: PENDING, RUNNING, or DONE.
statusMessage

string

[Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
user

string

[Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: user@example.com.
progress

integer

[Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess when the operation will be complete. This number should monotonically increase as the operation progresses.
insertTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
startTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
endTime

string

[Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This value is in RFC3339 text format.
error

object

[Output Only] If errors are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
error.errors[]

object

[Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
error.errors[].code

string

[Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
error.errors[].location

string

[Output Only] Indicates the field in the request that caused the error. This property is optional.
error.errors[].message

string

[Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
warnings[]

object

[Output Only] If warning messages are generated during processing of the operation, this field will be populated.
warnings[].code

enum

[Output Only] A warning code, if applicable. For example, Compute Engine returns NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE if there are no results in the response.
warnings[].message

string

[Output Only] A human-readable description of the warning code.
warnings[].data[]

object

[Output Only] Metadata about this warning in key: value format. For example: 

"data": [  {  "key": "scope",  "value": "zones/us-east1-d"  }
warnings[].data[].key

string

[Output Only] A key that provides more detail on the warning being returned. For example, for warnings where there are no results in a list request for a particular zone, this key might be scope and the key value might be the zone name. Other examples might be a key indicating a deprecated resource and a suggested replacement, or a warning about invalid network settings (for example, if an instance attempts to perform IP forwarding but is not enabled for IP forwarding).
warnings[].data[].value

string

[Output Only] A warning data value corresponding to the key.
httpErrorStatusCode

integer

[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error status code that was returned. For example, a 404 means the resource was not found.
httpErrorMessage

string

[Output Only] If the operation fails, this field contains the HTTP error message that was returned, such as NOT FOUND.
region

string

[Output Only] The URL of the region where the operation resides. Only applicable when performing regional operations.
description

string

[Output Only] A textual description of the operation, which is set when the operation is created.
kind

string

[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always compute#operation for Operation resources.

Authorization Scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following Google IAM permissions:

  • compute.instanceTemplates.create

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.