The Google GCE cloud and Juju
List of supported clouds > Google GCE
This document describes details specific to using your existing Google GCE cloud with Juju.
See more: Google GCE
When using the Google GCE cloud with Juju, it is important to keep in mind that it is a (1) machine cloud and (2) not some other cloud.
See more: Cloud differences in Juju
As the differences related to (1) are already documented generically in our Tutorial, How-to guides, and Reference docs, here we record just those that follow from (2).
| Juju points of variation | Notes for the Google GCE cloud |
|---|---|
| setup (chronological order): | |
| CLOUD | |
| requirements: | Permissions: Service Account Key Admin, Compute Instance Admin, and Compute Security Admin. > See more: Google | Compute Engine IAM roles and permissions
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| definition: | Already known to Juju. Run juju clouds --all to confirm. (Pre-defined cloud name in Juju: google.) |
| CREDENTIAL | |
| definition: |
auth-type: jsonfile or oauth2 > See more: Google | Authenticate to Compute Engine, Google | Create and delete service account keys If you want to use environment variables: - - |
| CONTROLLER | |
| notes on bootstrap: | – |
| other (alphabetical order:) | |
| CONFIGURATION (model) | |
| cloud-specific: |
base-image-path Sets the base path to look for machine disk images. Type: string |
| CONSTRAINT | |
| conflicting: |
[instance-type] vs. [arch, cores, cpu-power, mem]
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allocate-public-id |
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arch |
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container |
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cores |
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cpu-power |
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instance-role |
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instance-type |
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mem |
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root-disk |
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root-disk-source |
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spaces |
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tags |
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virt-type |
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zones |
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| PLACEMENT DIRECTIVE | |
<machine> |
TBA |
subnet=... |
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system-id=... |
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zone=... |
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RESOURCE (cloud) Consistent naming, tagging, and the ability to add user-controlled tags to created instances. |
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