Virtual Machine (VM) Instances
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Virtual Machine Instances
An overview of Google Compute Engine instances.
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Instance life cycle
Learn about the life cycle and the different statuses of your Compute Engine instances.
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Machine Types
Learn about the different machine types you can use for your Compute Engine instances.
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CPU Platforms
Learn about the different CPU platforms that you can use for your Compute Engine instances.
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GPUs on Compute Engine
Learn about the different GPU platforms that you can use for your Compute Engine instances.
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Images
An overview of images that you can use with Compute Engine instances.
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Guest environment
The guest environment package is needed to allow custom images to work on Compute Engine.
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Live migration
An overview of live migration, a process that keeps your virtual machine instances running during host system events such as software or hardware updates.
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Preemptible VM Instances
An overview of preemptible virtual machine instances.
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Shielded VM
An overview of Shielded VM, which offers verifiable integrity of your Compute Engine VM instances.
Instance Templates
Instance Groups
Windows on Compute Engine
Sole-tenant nodes
Storage Options
VPC Networks
Load Balancing and Scaling
Regions and Zones
Access Control
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Google Compute Engine Access Control Options
An overview of the different ways you can configure access for your users or instances that need to manage your Compute Engine resources.
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Compute Engine IAM Roles
Learn more about using IAM roles with Compute Engine.
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Compute Engine IAM Permissions
Learn more about using IAM permissions with Compute Engine.
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Service Accounts
An overview of service accounts, access scopes, and Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles that apply to service accounts.
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OS Login
Get an overview of how OS Login works, and review the benefits of using OS Login to manage access to your VM instances.
