Create a zonal or a regional snapshot of a disk in the specified Cloud Storage location.
Explore further
For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:
- Back up your data by using a snapshot
- Create archive and standard disk snapshots
- Move a VM instance between zones or regions
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
Terraform
To learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see Basic Terraform commands. For more information, see the Terraform provider reference documentation.
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