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Support IPV6
Support IPV6
930 votesUPDATE: IPv6 load balancer endpoints are now GA.1 However, we continue to work on instance-level v6 addressing. Since I believe that at least some votes on this issue are for v6 all the way to the instance, I am leaving this issue open.
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Backup schedules
Add the ability to create automatic backup schedules, much like Rackspace and others, for persistent disks. Currently the only way we have to do something like this is to run a cron task from an instance with gcloud commands. Preferably, we'd be able to take snapshots on regular intervals from a simple admin interface instead. Bonus points for adding rolling last n backup capability, like - last three hours, last three days, last three weeks, last three months.
663 votesI’m excited to announce a new capability for GCE, scheduled snapshots for persistent disks, is now available in beta. To learn more about how to use this new functionality, please visit the announcement page (https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-scheduled-snapshots-for-compute-engine-persistent-disk).
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Ability to change Cloud API access scopes on launched instances
Being able to change access scopes on an already launched instance should already be possible. It is a little ridiculous to have to disable boot disk deletion, delete the instance, and start a new instance (making sure all the other configuration is the same) just to change access scopes to use a feature you had not considered when first creating the instance. This is something that is very easy to do in AWS using IAM roles/instance profiles.
501 votesHello all, I’m happy to announce that you can now change the service account or access scopes on a stopped VM. This feature is available to all users via a beta command, as documented at https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances#changeserviceaccountandscopes
Thanks for your patience while we completed deploying this feature.
Note, we are still planning to add the ability to change scopes on a running VM in a future update (it’s at the very top of our list, we know it is a highly requested feature).
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Automatically create DNS records for GCE instances
When using ephemeral IPs for GCE instances, it would be desirable to have DNS A records automatically created in a Google Cloud DNS zone as soon as the ephemeral IP is bound to the instance. Instead, a developer must either poll the GCE API's instances.get method until the natIP field is populated, or add a startup script to the instance's image that performs a change request against the Google Cloud DNS API creating or updating the record(s) as needed.
I believe this is a common use case, wanting DNS records that map from (instancename.example.com) to the current IP of instancename…
124 votesThis feature is being tested in a private alpha program. If you would like to be invited to test this feature early, please fill out the form here:
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43 votes
Hello all, we’re happy to announce that DDoS protection is a feature of our Cloud Armor product, which is currently in Beta. Please check it out here:
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Instance-templates - define additional disk to be created and attached on instance create
Instance-templates - define additional disk to be created and attached on instance create
38 votesUpdate: the UI for this feature is currently under development, and should be released in the near future. Our deployment process makes an exact prediction difficult, but I wanted to provide an update on this since it has been a while.
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Add a graph of the number of instances in a instance group
Today we can't see a historic data of the number of instances we had in a specific instance group.
I think a graph with the number of instances can be very useful9 votesAutoscaler charts are now available in Beta. Please refer to:
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Show the instance template in use per instance on the instance group page.
On the instance group page in the cloud console, it would be great to have the instance template as a "column" option in the instance list.
1 voteThis is now live in the cloud console
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