Compute commands (instances, disks) in GCP - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Manage Compute Instances and Disks with GCP Commands

📖 Scenario: You are managing virtual machines and storage disks in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for a small project. You need to create instances and disks, configure them, and attach disks to instances using GCP command-line tools.

🎯 Goal: Learn to use GCP gcloud compute commands to create instances and disks, configure disk size, and attach disks to instances.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a compute instance named web-server in zone us-central1-a

Create a persistent disk named web-disk with size 100GB in zone us-central1-a

Attach the disk web-disk to the instance web-server

Use exact command syntax with gcloud compute instances and gcloud compute disks

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Managing virtual machines and storage disks is a common task in cloud infrastructure to run applications and store data.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and system administrators use these commands daily to provision and manage resources in Google Cloud Platform.

1

Create a Compute Instance

Use the gcloud compute instances create command to create an instance named web-server in zone us-central1-a.

GCP

# Your command here to create the instance

Need a hint?

Use gcloud compute instances create INSTANCE_NAME --zone=ZONE format.

2

Create a Persistent Disk

Use the gcloud compute disks create command to create a persistent disk named web-disk with size 100GB in zone us-central1-a.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create web-server --zone=us-central1-a
# Your command here to create the disk

Need a hint?

Use gcloud compute disks create DISK_NAME --size=SIZE --zone=ZONE.

3

Attach Disk to Instance

Use the gcloud compute instances attach-disk command to attach the disk web-disk to the instance web-server in zone us-central1-a.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create web-server --zone=us-central1-a
gcloud compute disks create web-disk --size=100GB --zone=us-central1-a
# Your command here to attach the disk

Need a hint?

Use gcloud compute instances attach-disk INSTANCE_NAME --disk=DISK_NAME --zone=ZONE.

4

Verify Instance and Disk Setup

Add the command to list all instances in zone us-central1-a to verify the instance web-server is created and the disk is attached.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create web-server --zone=us-central1-a
gcloud compute disks create web-disk --size=100GB --zone=us-central1-a
gcloud compute instances attach-disk web-server --disk=web-disk --zone=us-central1-a
# Your command here to list instances

Need a hint?

Use gcloud compute instances list --zones=ZONE to see instances in a zone.