Google Virtual Machine Job parameters

Google Cloud Project Virtual Machine is a cloud computing platform. The following table describes the Google Virtual Machine job type attributes:

Parameter

Description

Connection profile

Defines the name of a connection profile to use to connect to the Google Cloud Platform VM.

Project ID

Defines the project ID of the Google Cloud Project Virtual Machine.

Zone

Defines the name of the zone for the request.

Example: us-central1-f

Operation

Determines one of the following operations to perform on the Google Virtual Machine:

  • Create: Create a virtual machine
  • Create from template: Create a new virtual machine based on a template.
  • Start: Start an existing virtual machine.
  • Stop: Stop a running virtual machine.
  • Reset: Reset a virtual machine.
  • Delete: Delete an existing virtual machine.

Template Name

Defines the name of a template for creation of a new Google Virtual Machine from a template.

Instance Name

Defines the name of the VM instance where you want to run the operation.

This parameter is available for all operations except for the Create operations.

Parameters

Defines the input parameters in JSON format for a Create operation.

Format: {"param1":"value1", "param2", "value2", …}

Get Logs

Determines whether to display logs from Google VM at the end of the job output.

This parameter is available for all operations except for the Delete operation.

Verification Poll Interval

Determines the number of seconds to wait before job status verification.

Default: 15 seconds

Tolerance

Determines the number of retries to rerun a job.

Default: 2 times

Parent Topic

Job types