gcp-basic-vm

Basic Standalone VM instance in GCP

Prerequisite

• Create a GCP service account.
• Add permissions to create VM instance and Instance Templates.
• Add a key to service account.
• Download the json key file from the GCP service account.

Usage:

Clone to your workstation.

Copy the sample config file.

cp -ar terraform.tfvars.sample terraform.tfvars

Update the config parameters in terraform.tfvars file.

• Update gcp_cred_file with the path to the key you download from GCP service account.
• Update gcp_project with the correct name of the GCP project you created.
• Update gcp_region with the preffered region where you want the resource to be created.
• Update service_account with the correct email of the service account.

Lets validate if the terraform files are valid, using.

terraform validate

Then issue plan, review the output.

terraform plan

Finally apply the terraform changes.

terraform apply

done.