List VMs in a zone

Get a list of VMs in a specific zone in a project.

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• Compute Engine client libraries
• Using client libraries

Code sample

C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Compute Engine quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Compute Engine C# 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.

using Google.Cloud.Compute.V1;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class ListZoneInstancesAsyncSample
{
    public async Task<IList<Instance>> ListZoneInstancesAsync(
        // TODO(developer): Set your own default values for these parameters or pass different values when calling this method.
        string projectId = "your-project-id", 
        string zone = "us-central1-a")
    {
        // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
        // once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
        InstancesClient client = await InstancesClient.CreateAsync();
        IList<Instance> allInstances = new List<Instance>();

        // Make the request to list all VM instances in the given zone in the specified project.
        await foreach(var instance in client.ListAsync(projectId, zone))
        {
            // The result is an Instance collection.
            Console.WriteLine($"Instance: {instance.Name}");
            allInstances.Add(instance);
        }

        return allInstances;
    }
}

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/api/iterator"
)

// listInstances prints a list of instances created in given project in given zone.
func listInstances(w io.Writer, projectID, zone string) error {
	// projectID := "your_project_id"
	// zone := "europe-central2-b"
	ctx := context.Background()
	instancesClient, err := compute.NewInstancesRESTClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("NewInstancesRESTClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer instancesClient.Close()

	req := &computepb.ListInstancesRequest{
		Project: projectID,
		Zone:    zone,
	}

	it := instancesClient.List(ctx, req)
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Instances found in zone %s:\n", zone)
	for {
		instance, err := it.Next()
		if err == iterator.Done {
			break
		}
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		fmt.Fprintf(w, "- %s %s\n", instance.GetName(), instance.GetMachineType())
	}
	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.Instance;
import com.google.cloud.compute.v1.InstancesClient;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ListInstance {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample
    String project = "your-project-id";
    String zone = "zone-name";
    listInstances(project, zone);
  }

  // List all instances in the given zone in the specified project ID.
  public static void listInstances(String project, String zone) throws IOException {
    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
    // once, and can be reused for multiple requests. After completing all of your requests, call
    // the `instancesClient.close()` method on the client to 
    // safely clean up any remaining background resources.
    try (InstancesClient instancesClient = InstancesClient.create()) {
      // Set the project and zone to retrieve instances present in the zone.
      System.out.printf("Listing instances from %s in %s:", project, zone);
      for (Instance zoneInstance : instancesClient.list(project, zone).iterateAll()) {
        System.out.println(zoneInstance.getName());
      }
      System.out.println("####### Listing instances complete #######");
    }
  }
}

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

// List all instances in the given zone in the specified project.
async function listInstances() {
  const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();

  const [instanceList] = await instancesClient.list({
    project: projectId,
    zone,
  });

  console.log(`Instances found in zone ${zone}:`);

  for (const instance of instanceList) {
    console.log(` - ${instance.name} (${instance.machineType})`);
  }
}

listInstances();

PHP

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

use Google\Cloud\Compute\V1\Client\InstancesClient;
use Google\Cloud\Compute\V1\ListInstancesRequest;

/**
 * List all instances for a particular Cloud project and zone.
 *
 * @param string $projectId Your Google Cloud project ID.
 * @param string $zone Zone to list instances for (like "us-central1-a").
 *
 * @throws \Google\ApiCore\ApiException if the remote call fails.
 */
function list_instances(string $projectId, string $zone)
{
    // List Compute Engine instances using InstancesClient.
    $instancesClient = new InstancesClient();
    $request = (new ListInstancesRequest())
        ->setProject($projectId)
        ->setZone($zone);
    $instancesList = $instancesClient->list($request);

    printf('Instances for %s (%s)' . PHP_EOL, $projectId, $zone);
    foreach ($instancesList as $instance) {
        printf(' - %s' . PHP_EOL, $instance->getName());
    }
}

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

from collections.abc import Iterable

from google.cloud import compute_v1


def list_instances(project_id: str, zone: str) -> Iterable[compute_v1.Instance]:
    """
    List all instances in the given zone in the specified project.

    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”
    Returns:
        An iterable collection of Instance objects.
    """
    instance_client = compute_v1.InstancesClient()
    instance_list = instance_client.list(project=project_id, zone=zone)

    print(f"Instances found in zone {zone}:")
    for instance in instance_list:
        print(f" - {instance.name} ({instance.machine_type})")

    return instance_list

Ruby

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

require "google/cloud/compute/v1"

# Lists all instances in the given zone in the specified project.
#
# @param [String] project project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
# @param [String] zone name of the zone you want to use. For example: "us-west3-b"
# @return [Array<::Google::Cloud::Compute::V1::Instance>] Array of instances.
def list_instances project:, zone:
  # Initialize client that will be used to send requests. This client only needs to be created
  # once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
  client = ::Google::Cloud::Compute::V1::Instances::Rest::Client.new

  # Send the request to list all VM instances in the given zone in the specified project.
  instance_list = client.list project: project, zone: zone

  puts "Instances found in zone #{zone}:"
  instances = []
  instance_list.each do |instance|
    puts " - #{instance.name} (#{instance.machine_type})"
    instances << instance
  end
  instances
end

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