GCP Compute Engine

Deploy and manage Compute Engine instances.

Create Instance

gcloud compute instances create web-server \
  --machine-type=e2-medium \
  --zone=us-central1-a \
  --image-family=debian-11 \
  --image-project=debian-cloud \
  --boot-disk-size=20GB \
  --tags=http-server

# Create from instance template
gcloud compute instance-templates create web-template \
  --machine-type=e2-medium \
  --image-family=debian-11 \
  --image-project=debian-cloud

gcloud compute instance-groups managed create web-group \
  --template=web-template \
  --size=3 \
  --zone=us-central1-a

Best Practices

• Use managed instance groups
• Implement preemptible VMs for cost savings
• Use custom images for consistency
• Enable shielded VMs