renaming vm
make it as easy as EC2 :)
Erik
shared this idea
Hi folks, we know there is a ton of interest in this ability, and our engineering team is working on enabling it. We don’t have specific schedule updates right now, but I wanted to post an update acknowledging that we definitely agree this is an important ability and we will launch the functionality just as soon as we can!
58 comments
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
commented
This is very frustrating. You should just be able to rename the instance, how basic is that ?! A truly terrible interface. My server has been stuck with the name "whatever test" for nine months !
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Anonymous
commented
+1 it's tiring to create snapshots just to rename a vm
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Alex
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Please +1
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Tiger
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They need to find an intern to make it happen. Employees are busy working on things with "impact".
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Bathinda
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I voted this feature up.
But what's the meaning that I only have 20 chances of voting up? -
AL
commented
Really? Can we please have this ASAP? Going through 4-5 steps (Snapshot, clone, settings...) to do this is ridiculous and error prone when working with multiple instances!
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Danila
commented
Please enable renaming vm asap, I really need it
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Anonymous
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Please let us rename instances -- even if its through cloud shell.
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Fady Ibrahim
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We are in 2019 and still not supported. I think it is an important thing that should be done!!
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Anonymous
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Wow 2019, and this feature still not avaiable. I mean what's the point of not being able to rename it.
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bob
commented
+1
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Anonymous
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I was going crazy and shamed due the fact what I had to google something so basic, as rename an instance. I thought I was loosing my basic skills to find something that was supose to be very simple, but then I found this page and I do not know if I get relaxed or surprised for the lack of this feature, for so long time...
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Anonymous
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+1
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Steve Thompson
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+1
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Anonymous
commented
can't you just have each vm have an internal id that never changes, and the name would link back to it? that seems trivial
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jorgerial
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+1
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Jules Lefevre
commented
Paul, we appreciate the new update - to learn this is not an easy implementation is news, prior to this support had only agreed with us that "it does seem trivial" - leaving a lot to be wondered.
Looking forward to further updates.
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Umesh Kumar
commented
any ETA on when it is comming ?
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Jules Lefevre
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@Steve Larson, sadly mate snapshotting does not retain metadata etc. All of this information does have to be re-entered manually.
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Jules Lefevre
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4 years onwards and... Seriously, nothing.
I genuinely was astounted when I found there was not a way to rename VM's back in 2014. It's easy to say "Yes, you're right, it's trivial", but truly Paul, this is so far beyond "Trivial" that it's actually embarrassing to admit to my AWS supporter friends that "Yes you STILL can't rename VM's in GCP".
I can't believe this has gone this long without it's due attention. It's the 4th highest requested feature currently on GCE, and let's be honest, an intern with a day's free time could have had this solved all too long ago.
At the end of the day, if it takes 4 years to fix something "trivial" then perhaps the method in which issues are deemed worthy of fixing should be "fixed".