Create an instance with a shutdown script for Apache server
Stay organized with collections
Save and categorize content based on your preferences.
Create an instance with a shutdown script for Apache server
Explore further
For detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:
Code sample
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis content demonstrates how to create a Google Compute Engine instance with a script to shut down the Apache server.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eshutdown-script\u003c/code\u003e metadata field is used to specify the command \u003ccode\u003e/etc/init.d/apache2 stop\u003c/code\u003e to be executed during instance shutdown.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eTerraform is used to define and create the compute instance, including its name, machine type, zone, boot disk, and network interface.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe example is written to execute a bash script during shutdown.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Create an instance with a shutdown script for Apache server\n\nExplore further\n---------------\n\n\nFor detailed documentation that includes this code sample, see the following:\n\n- [Running shutdown scripts](/compute/docs/shutdownscript)\n\nCode sample\n-----------\n\n### Terraform\n\n\nTo learn how to apply or remove a Terraform configuration, see\n[Basic Terraform commands](/docs/terraform/basic-commands).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[Terraform provider reference documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/google/latest/docs).\n\n resource \"google_compute_instance\" \"default\" {\n name = \"instance-name-shutdown-content-directly\"\n machine_type = \"f1-micro\"\n zone = \"us-central1-c\"\n metadata = {\n # Shuts down Apache server\n shutdown-script = \"#! /bin/bash /etc/init.d/apache2 stop\"\n }\n boot_disk {\n initialize_params {\n image = \"debian-cloud/debian-11\"\n }\n }\n network_interface {\n # A default network is created for all Google Cloud projects\n network = \"default\"\n access_config {\n }\n }\n }\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n\nTo search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the\n[Google Cloud sample browser](/docs/samples?product=compute)."]]