Change the deletion protection setting for an existing VM

Enable deletion protection for an existing VM without stopping the VM.

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For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:

• Prevent accidental VM deletion

Code sample

Go

Before trying this sample, follow the Go setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	compute "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1"
	computepb "cloud.google.com/go/compute/apiv1/computepb"
	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
)

// setDeleteProtection updates the delete protection setting of given instance.
func setDeleteProtection(w io.Writer, projectID, zone, instanceName string, deleteProtection bool) error {
	// projectID := "your_project_id"
	// zone := "europe-central2-b"
	// instanceName := "your_instance_name"
	// deleteProtection := true

	ctx := context.Background()
	instancesClient, err := compute.NewInstancesRESTClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewInstancesRESTClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer instancesClient.Close()

	req := &computepb.SetDeletionProtectionInstanceRequest{
		Project:            projectID,
		Zone:               zone,
		Resource:           instanceName,
		DeletionProtection: proto.Bool(deleteProtection),
	}

	op, err := instancesClient.SetDeletionProtection(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to set deletion protection: %w", err)
	}

	if err = op.Wait(ctx); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to wait for the operation: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Instance updated\n")

	return nil
}

Java

Before trying this sample, follow the Java setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.InstancesClient;
import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.SetDeletionProtectionInstanceRequest;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;

public class SetDeleteProtection {

  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    // project: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
    // zone: name of the zone you want to use. For example: “us-west3-b”
    // instanceName: name of the new virtual machine.
    // deleteProtection: boolean value indicating if the new virtual machine should be
    // protected against deletion or not.
    String projectId = "your-project-id-or-number";
    String zone = "zone-name";
    String instanceName = "instance-name";
    boolean deleteProtection = true;
    setDeleteProtection(projectId, zone, instanceName, deleteProtection);
  }

  // Updates the "Delete Protection" setting of given instance.
  public static void setDeleteProtection(String projectId, String zone,
      String instanceName, boolean deleteProtection)
      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {

    try (InstancesClient instancesClient = InstancesClient.create()) {

      SetDeletionProtectionInstanceRequest request =
          SetDeletionProtectionInstanceRequest.newBuilder()
              .setProject(projectId)
              .setZone(zone)
              .setResource(instanceName)
              .setDeletionProtection(deleteProtection)
              .build();

      instancesClient.setDeletionProtectionAsync(request).get(3, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
      ;
      // Retrieve the updated setting from the instance.
      System.out.printf("Updated Delete Protection setting: %s",
          instancesClient.get(projectId, zone, instanceName).getDeletionProtection());
    }
  }
}

Node.js

Before trying this sample, follow the Node.js setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment and replace these variables before running the sample.
 */
// const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
// const zone = 'europe-central2-b';
// const instanceName = 'YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME';
// const deleteProtection = True;

const compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');

// Update the delete protection setting of given instance.
async function setDeleteProtection() {
  const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();

  const [response] = await instancesClient.setDeletionProtection({
    project: projectId,
    zone,
    // Set the delete protection bit.
    deletionProtection: deleteProtection,
    resource: instanceName,
  });
  let operation = response.latestResponse;
  const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();

  // Wait for the create operation to complete.
  while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
    [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
      operation: operation.name,
      project: projectId,
      zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
    });
  }

  console.log('Instance updated.');
}

setDeleteProtection();

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Compute Engine, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.

from __future__ import annotations

import sys
from typing import Any

from google.api_core.extended_operation import ExtendedOperation
from google.cloud import compute_v1


def wait_for_extended_operation(
    operation: ExtendedOperation, verbose_name: str = "operation", timeout: int = 300
) -> Any:
    """
    Waits for the extended (long-running) operation to complete.

    If the operation is successful, it will return its result.
    If the operation ends with an error, an exception will be raised.
    If there were any warnings during the execution of the operation
    they will be printed to sys.stderr.

    Args:
        operation: a long-running operation you want to wait on.
        verbose_name: (optional) a more verbose name of the operation,
            used only during error and warning reporting.
        timeout: how long (in seconds) to wait for operation to finish.
            If None, wait indefinitely.

    Returns:
        Whatever the operation.result() returns.

    Raises:
        This method will raise the exception received from `operation.exception()`
        or RuntimeError if there is no exception set, but there is an `error_code`
        set for the `operation`.

        In case of an operation taking longer than `timeout` seconds to complete,
        a `concurrent.futures.TimeoutError` will be raised.
    """
    result = operation.result(timeout=timeout)

    if operation.error_code:
        print(
            f"Error during {verbose_name}: [Code: {operation.error_code}]: {operation.error_message}",
            file=sys.stderr,
            flush=True,
        )
        print(f"Operation ID: {operation.name}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
        raise operation.exception() or RuntimeError(operation.error_message)

    if operation.warnings:
        print(f"Warnings during {verbose_name}:\n", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
        for warning in operation.warnings:
            print(f" - {warning.code}: {warning.message}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)

    return result


def set_delete_protection(
    project_id: str, zone: str, instance_name: str, delete_protection: bool
) -> None:
    """
    Updates the delete protection setting of given instance.
    Args:
        project_id: project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
        zone: name of the zone you want to use. For example: “us-west3-b”
        instance_name: name of the instance to update.
        delete_protection: boolean value indicating if the virtual machine should be
            protected against deletion or not.
    """
    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()

    request = compute_v1.SetDeletionProtectionInstanceRequest()
    request.project = project_id
    request.zone = zone
    request.resource = instance_name
    request.deletion_protection = delete_protection

    operation = instance_client.set_deletion_protection(request)
    wait_for_extended_operation(operation, "changing delete protection setting")

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