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,
            "externalIpv6": string,
            "externalIpv6PrefixLength": integer,
            "setPublicPtr": boolean,
            "publicPtrDomainName": string,
            "networkTier": enum,
            "kind": string
          }
        ],
        "ipv6AccessConfigs": [
          {
            "type": enum,
            "name": string,
            "natIP": string,
            "externalIpv6": string,
            "externalIpv6PrefixLength": integer,
            "setPublicPtr": boolean,
            "publicPtrDomainName": string,
            "networkTier": enum,
            "kind": string
          }
        ],
        "aliasIpRanges": [
          {
            "ipCidrRange": string,
            "subnetworkRangeName": string
          }
        ],
        "fingerprint": string,
        "stackType": enum,
        "ipv6AccessType": enum,
        "queueCount": integer,
        "nicType": enum,
        "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": {
            string: string,
            ...
          },
          "sourceSnapshot": string,
          "sourceSnapshotEncryptionKey": {
            "sha256": string,
            "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string,

            
            "rawKey": string,
            "rsaEncryptedKey": string,
            "kmsKeyName": string
            
          },
          "description": string,
          "guestOsFeatures": [
            {
              "type": enum
            }
          ],
          "resourcePolicies": [
            string
          ],
          "onUpdateAction": enum,
          "provisionedIops": string,
          "multiWriter": boolean
        },
        "autoDelete": boolean,
        "licenses": [
          string
        ],
        "interface": enum,
        "guestOsFeatures": [
          {
            "type": enum
          }
        ],
        "diskEncryptionKey": {
          "rawKey": string,
          "rsaEncryptedKey": string,
          "kmsKeyName": string,
          "sha256": string,
          "kmsKeyServiceAccount": string
        },
        "diskSizeGb": string,
        "shieldedInstanceInitialState": {
          "pk": {
            "content": string,
            "fileType": enum
          },
          "keks": [
            {
              "content": string,
              "fileType": enum
            }
          ],
          "dbs": [
            {
              "content": string,
              "fileType": enum
            }
          ],
          "dbxs": [
            {
              "content": string,
              "fileType": enum
            }
          ]
        },
        "userLicenses": [
          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,
      "locationHint": string,
      "maintenanceFreezeDurationHours": integer,
      "maintenanceInterval": enum,
      "hostErrorTimeoutSeconds": integer
    },
    "labels": {
      string: string,
      ...
    },
    "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
    ],
    "confidentialInstanceConfig": {
      "enableConfidentialCompute": boolean
    },
    "postKeyRevocationActionType": enum,
    "privateIpv6GoogleAccess": enum,
    "advancedMachineFeatures": {
      "enableNestedVirtualization": boolean,
      "threadsPerCore": integer
    },
    "networkPerformanceConfig": {
      "totalEgressBandwidthTier": enum
    }
  },
  "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 these properties.
properties.tags

object

A list of tags to apply to the instances that are created from these properties. 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 these properties.
properties.canIpForward

boolean

Enables instances created based on these properties 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 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 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[].externalIpv6

string

[Output Only] The first IPv6 address of the external IPv6 range associated with this instance, prefix length is stored in externalIpv6PrefixLength in ipv6AccessConfig. The field is output only, an IPv6 address from a subnetwork associated with the instance will be allocated dynamically.
properties.networkInterfaces[].accessConfigs[].externalIpv6PrefixLength

integer

[Output Only] The prefix length of the external IPv6 range.
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[].ipv6AccessConfigs[]

object

An array of IPv6 access configurations for this interface. Currently, only one IPv6 access config, DIRECT_IPV6, is supported. If there is no ipv6AccessConfig specified, then this instance will have no external IPv6 Internet access.
properties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].type

enum

The type of configuration. The default and only option is ONE_TO_ONE_NAT.
properties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].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[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].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[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].externalIpv6

string

[Output Only] The first IPv6 address of the external IPv6 range associated with this instance, prefix length is stored in externalIpv6PrefixLength in ipv6AccessConfig. The field is output only, an IPv6 address from a subnetwork associated with the instance will be allocated dynamically.
properties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].externalIpv6PrefixLength

integer

[Output Only] The prefix length of the external IPv6 range.
properties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].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[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].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[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].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[].ipv6AccessConfigs[].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. The request will fail with error 400 Bad Request if the fingerprint is not provided, or 412 Precondition Failed if the fingerprint is out of date.

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

enum

The stack type for this network interface to identify whether the IPv6 feature is enabled or not. If not specified, IPV4_ONLY will be used.

This field can be both set at instance creation and update network interface operations.
properties.networkInterfaces[].ipv6AccessType

enum

[Output Only] One of EXTERNAL, INTERNAL to indicate whether the IP can be accessed from the Internet. This field is always inherited from its subnetwork.

Valid only if stackType is IPV4_IPV6.
properties.networkInterfaces[].queueCount

integer

The networking queue count that's specified by users for the network interface. Both Rx and Tx queues will be set to this number. It'll be empty if not specified by the users.
properties.networkInterfaces[].nicType

enum

The type of vNIC to be used on this interface. This may be gVNIC or VirtioNet.
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 these properties.
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 a disk with the same name already exists in the given region, the existing disk is attached to the new instance and the new disk is not created.
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 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

For a full list of acceptable values, see Persistent disk types. 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[].initializeParams.provisionedIops

string (int64 format)

Indicates how many IOPS to provision for the disk. This sets the number of I/O operations per second that the disk can handle. Values must be between 10,000 and 120,000. For more details, see the Extreme persistent disk documentation.
properties.disks[].initializeParams.multiWriter

boolean

Indicates whether or not the disk can be read/write attached to more than one instance.
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 w