Instances: insert

Creates an instance resource in the specified project using the data included in the request. Try it now .

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/instances

Parameters

Parameter name	Value	Description
Path parameters
`project`	`string`	Project ID of the project scoping this request.
`zone`	`string`	Name of the zone scoping this request.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with the following scope ( read more about authentication and authorization ).

Scope
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute`

Request body

In the request body, supply an Instances resource with the following properties:

Property name	Value	Description
Required Properties
`machineType`	`string`	Fully-qualified URL of the machine type resource to use for the instance. This is provided by the client during instance creation.
`name`	`string`	Name of the resource; provided by the client when the resource is created. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035 . Specifically, the name must be 1-63 characters long and match the regular expression `[a-z]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?` which means the first character must be a lowercase letter, and all following characters must be a dash, lowercase letter, or digit, except the last character, which cannot be a dash.
`networkInterfaces[]`	`list`	An array of configurations for this instance. This specifies how this instance can interact with other network services, such as connecting to the internet. Currently, `ONE_TO_ONE_NAT` is the only access config supported. If there are no `accessConfigs` specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
`networkInterfaces[]. network`	`string`	Fully-qualified URL of the Network resource to which this interface applies.
`networkInterfaces[]. accessConfigs[]`	`list`	An array of configurations for this interface. This specifies how this interface is configured to interact with other network services, such as connecting to the internet. Currently, `ONE_TO_ONE_NAT` is the only access config supported. If there are no `accessConfigs` specified, then this instance will have no external internet access.
`disks[]`	`list`	An array of persistent disks. You must supply a boot disk as the first disk in this array and mark it as a boot disk using the `disks[].boot` property.

Response

If successful, this method returns a ZoneOperations resource in the response body.

{
  "kind": "compute#operation",
  "id": unsigned long,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "zone": string,
  "clientOperationId": string,
  "operationType": string,
  "targetLink": string,
  "targetId": unsigned long,
  "status": string,
  "statusMessage": string,
  "user": string,
  "progress": integer,
  "insertTime": string,
  "startTime": string,
  "endTime": string,
  "error": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "code": string,
        "location": string,
        "message": string
      }
    ]
  },
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": string,
      "message": string,
      "data": [
        {
          "key": string,
          "value": string
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "httpErrorStatusCode": integer,
  "httpErrorMessage": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "region": string
}

Property name	Value	Description
`clientOperationId`	`string`	[Output Only] An optional identifier specified by the client when the mutation was initiated. Must be unique for all operation resources in the project.
`creationTimestamp`	`string`	[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
`endTime`	`string`	[Output Only] The time that this operation was completed. This is in RFC3339 text format.
`error`	`object`	[Output Only] If errors occurred during processing of this operation, this field will be populated.
`error. errors[]`	`list`	[Output Only] The array of errors encountered while processing this operation.
`error.errors[]. code`	`string`	[Output Only] The error type identifier for this error.
`error.errors[]. location`	`string`	[Output Only] Indicates the field in the request which caused the error. This property is optional.
`error.errors[]. message`	`string`	[Output Only] An optional, human-readable error message.
`httpErrorMessage`	`string`	[Output Only] If operation fails, the HTTP error message returned, e.g. `NOT FOUND` .
`httpErrorStatusCode`	`integer`	[Output Only] If operation fails, the HTTP error status code returned, e.g. `404` .
`id`	`unsigned long`	[Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource, generated by the server.
`insertTime`	`string`	[Output Only] The time that this operation was requested. This is in RFC3339 text format.
`kind`	`string`	[Output Only] Type of the resource. Always `compute#operation` for Operation resources.
`name`	`string`	[Output Only] Name of the resource.
`operationType`	`string`	[Output Only] Type of the operation. Operations include `insert` , `update` , and `delete` .
`progress`	`integer`	[Output Only] An optional progress indicator that ranges from 0 to 100. There is no requirement that this be linear or support any granularity of operations. This should not be used to guess at when the operation will be complete. This number should be monotonically increasing as the operation progresses.
`region`	`string`	[Output Only] URL of the region where the operation resides. Only available when performing regional operations.
`selfLink`	`string`	[Output Only] Server-defined fully-qualified URL for this resource.
`startTime`	`string`	[Output Only] The time that this operation was started by the server. This is in RFC3339 text format.
`status`	`string`	[Output Only] Status of the operation. Acceptable values are: " `DONE` ": The operation has finished. " `PENDING` ": The operation is pending and not yet run. " `RUNNING` ": The operation is currently running.
`statusMessage`	`string`	[Output Only] An optional textual description of the current status of the operation.
`targetId`	`unsigned long`	[Output Only] Unique target id which identifies a particular incarnation of the target.
`targetLink`	`string`	[Output Only] URL of the resource the operation is mutating.
`user`	`string`	[Output Only] User who requested the operation, for example: `[email protected]` .
`warnings[]`	`list`	[Output Only] If there are issues with this operation, a warning is returned.
`warnings[]. code`	`string`	[Output Only] The warning type identifier for this warning. Acceptable values are: " `DEPRECATED_RESOURCE_USED` ": Indicates that you are using a deprecated resource and should transition to using a more current resource. " `INJECTED_KERNELS_DEPRECATED` ": Indicates that specifying a separate Kernel resource is deprecated. You should transition to using images that contain kernel binaries. See Kernels for more information. " `NEXT_HOP_ADDRESS_NOT_ASSIGNED` ": You did not specify a next hop address for your route. " `NEXT_HOP_CANNOT_IP_FORWARD` ": In order for your route to work correctly, your source and destination virtual machine instances must have canIpForward enabled. See the documentation for more information. " `NEXT_HOP_INSTANCE_NOT_FOUND` ": The next hop instance you specified was not found. Please double check that the instance exists and that you have specified it correctly. " `NEXT_HOP_INSTANCE_NOT_ON_NETWORK` ": The next hop instance you specified was not found on the same network as your route object. Please make sure the instance is part of the same network as your route object. " `NEXT_HOP_NOT_RUNNING` ": The next hop instance you specified is not currently running. Please restart or create the instnce. " `NO_RESULTS_ON_PAGE` ": There were no results for your request. " `REQUIRED_TOS_AGREEMENT` ": You must first agree to the terms of service agreement before you can use this service. " `UNREACHABLE` ": The Compute Engine service is currently unreachable.
`warnings[]. data[]`	`list`	[Output Only] Metadata for this warning in 'key: value' format.
`warnings[].data[]. key`	`string`	[Output Only] Metadata key for this warning.
`warnings[].data[]. value`	`string`	[Output Only] Metadata value for the specified key.
`warnings[]. message`	`string`	[Output Only] Optional human-readable details for this warning.
`zone`	`string`	[Output Only] URL of the zone where the operation resides. Only available when performing per-zone operations.

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