instance_groups

Creates, updates, deletes, gets or lists an instance_groups resource.

Overview

Name	instance_groups
Type	Resource
Id	google.compute.instance_groups

Fields

The following fields are returned by SELECT queries:

get

Successful response

Name	Datatype	Description
id	string (uint64)	[Output Only] A unique identifier for this instance group, generated by the server.
name	string	The name of the instance group. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. (pattern: a-z?)
creationTimestamp	string	[Output Only] The creation timestamp for this instance group in RFC3339 text format.
description	string	An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
fingerprint	string (byte)	[Output Only] The fingerprint of the named ports. The system uses this fingerprint to detect conflicts when multiple users change the named ports concurrently.
kind	string	[Output Only] The resource type, which is always compute#instanceGroup for instance groups. (default: compute#instanceGroup)
namedPorts	array	Optional. Assigns a name to a port number. For example: {name: "http", port: 80} This allows the system to reference ports by the assigned name instead of a port number. Named ports can also contain multiple ports. For example: [{name: "app1", port: 8080}, {name: "app1", port: 8081}, {name: "app2", port: 8082}] Named ports apply to all instances in this instance group.
network	string	[Output Only] The URL of the network to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0).
region	string	[Output Only] The URL of the region where the instance group is located (for regional resources).
selfLink	string	[Output Only] The URL for this instance group. The server generates this URL.
size	integer (int32)	[Output Only] The total number of instances in the instance group.
subnetwork	string	[Output Only] The URL of the subnetwork to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0).
zone	string	[Output Only] The URL of the zone where the instance group is located (for zonal resources).

list

Successful response

Name	Datatype	Description
id	string	[Output Only] Unique identifier for the resource; defined by the server.
items	array	A list of InstanceGroup resources.
kind	string	The resource type. (default: compute#regionInstanceGroupList)
nextPageToken	string	[Output Only] This token allows you to get the next page of results for list requests. If the number of results is larger than maxResults, use the nextPageToken as a value for the query parameter pageToken in the next list request. Subsequent list requests will have their own nextPageToken to continue paging through the results.
selfLink	string	[Output Only] Server-defined URL for this resource.
warning	object	[Output Only] Informational warning message.

aggregated_list

Successful response

Name	Datatype	Description
id	string (uint64)	[Output Only] A unique identifier for this instance group, generated by the server.
name	string	The name of the instance group. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035. (pattern: a-z?)
creationTimestamp	string	[Output Only] The creation timestamp for this instance group in RFC3339 text format.
description	string	An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
fingerprint	string (byte)	[Output Only] The fingerprint of the named ports. The system uses this fingerprint to detect conflicts when multiple users change the named ports concurrently.
kind	string	[Output Only] The resource type, which is always compute#instanceGroup for instance groups. (default: compute#instanceGroup)
namedPorts	array	Optional. Assigns a name to a port number. For example: {name: "http", port: 80} This allows the system to reference ports by the assigned name instead of a port number. Named ports can also contain multiple ports. For example: [{name: "app1", port: 8080}, {name: "app1", port: 8081}, {name: "app2", port: 8082}] Named ports apply to all instances in this instance group.
network	string	[Output Only] The URL of the network to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0).
region	string	[Output Only] The URL of the region where the instance group is located (for regional resources).
selfLink	string	[Output Only] The URL for this instance group. The server generates this URL.
size	integer (int32)	[Output Only] The total number of instances in the instance group.
subnetwork	string	[Output Only] The URL of the subnetwork to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0).
zone	string	[Output Only] The URL of the zone where the instance group is located (for zonal resources).

Methods

The following methods are available for this resource:

Name	Accessible by	Required Params	Optional Params	Description
get	select	project, region, instanceGroup		Returns the specified instance group resource.
list	select	project, region	filter, maxResults, orderBy, pageToken, returnPartialSuccess	Retrieves the list of instance group resources contained within the specified region.
aggregated_list	select	project	filter, includeAllScopes, maxResults, orderBy, pageToken, returnPartialSuccess, serviceProjectNumber	Retrieves the list of instance groups and sorts them by zone. To prevent failure, Google recommends that you set the returnPartialSuccess parameter to true.
insert	insert	project, zone	requestId	Creates an instance group in the specified project using the parameters that are included in the request.
delete	delete	project, zone, instanceGroup	requestId	Deletes the specified instance group. The instances in the group are not deleted. Note that instance group must not belong to a backend service. Read Deleting an instance group for more information.
set_named_ports	exec	project, region, instanceGroup	requestId	Sets the named ports for the specified regional instance group.

Parameters

Parameters can be passed in the WHERE clause of a query. Check the Methods section to see which parameters are required or optional for each operation.

Name	Datatype	Description
instanceGroup	string
project	string
region	string
zone	string
filter	string
includeAllScopes	boolean
maxResults	integer (uint32)
orderBy	string
pageToken	string
requestId	string
returnPartialSuccess	boolean
serviceProjectNumber	string (int64)

SELECT examples

get

Returns the specified instance group resource.

SELECT
id,
name,
creationTimestamp,
description,
fingerprint,
kind,
namedPorts,
network,
region,
selfLink,
size,
subnetwork,
zone
FROM google.compute.instance_groups
WHERE project = '{{ project }}' -- required
AND region = '{{ region }}' -- required
AND instanceGroup = '{{ instanceGroup }}' -- required;

list

Retrieves the list of instance group resources contained within the specified region.

SELECT
id,
items,
kind,
nextPageToken,
selfLink,
warning
FROM google.compute.instance_groups
WHERE project = '{{ project }}' -- required
AND region = '{{ region }}' -- required
AND filter = '{{ filter }}'
AND maxResults = '{{ maxResults }}'
AND orderBy = '{{ orderBy }}'
AND pageToken = '{{ pageToken }}'
AND returnPartialSuccess = '{{ returnPartialSuccess }}';

aggregated_list

Retrieves the list of instance groups and sorts them by zone. To prevent failure, Google recommends that you set the returnPartialSuccess parameter to true.

SELECT
id,
name,
creationTimestamp,
description,
fingerprint,
kind,
namedPorts,
network,
region,
selfLink,
size,
subnetwork,
zone
FROM google.compute.instance_groups
WHERE project = '{{ project }}' -- required
AND filter = '{{ filter }}'
AND includeAllScopes = '{{ includeAllScopes }}'
AND maxResults = '{{ maxResults }}'
AND orderBy = '{{ orderBy }}'
AND pageToken = '{{ pageToken }}'
AND returnPartialSuccess = '{{ returnPartialSuccess }}'
AND serviceProjectNumber = '{{ serviceProjectNumber }}';

INSERT examples

insert

Creates an instance group in the specified project using the parameters that are included in the request.

INSERT INTO google.compute.instance_groups (
data__kind,
data__id,
data__creationTimestamp,
data__name,
data__description,
data__namedPorts,
data__network,
data__fingerprint,
data__zone,
data__selfLink,
data__size,
data__region,
data__subnetwork,
project,
zone,
requestId
)
SELECT 
'{{ kind }}',
'{{ id }}',
'{{ creationTimestamp }}',
'{{ name }}',
'{{ description }}',
'{{ namedPorts }}',
'{{ network }}',
'{{ fingerprint }}',
'{{ zone }}',
'{{ selfLink }}',
{{ size }},
'{{ region }}',
'{{ subnetwork }}',
'{{ project }}',
'{{ zone }}',
'{{ requestId }}'
RETURNING
id,
name,
clientOperationId,
creationTimestamp,
description,
endTime,
error,
httpErrorMessage,
httpErrorStatusCode,
insertTime,
instancesBulkInsertOperationMetadata,
kind,
operationGroupId,
operationType,
progress,
region,
selfLink,
setCommonInstanceMetadataOperationMetadata,
startTime,
status,
statusMessage,
targetId,
targetLink,
user,
warnings,
zone
;

Manifest

# Description fields are for documentation purposes
- name: instance_groups
  props:
    - name: project
      value: string
      description: Required parameter for the instance_groups resource.
    - name: zone
      value: string
      description: Required parameter for the instance_groups resource.
    - name: kind
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The resource type, which is always compute#instanceGroup for instance groups.
        
      default: compute#instanceGroup
    - name: id
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] A unique identifier for this instance group, generated by the server.
        
    - name: creationTimestamp
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The creation timestamp for this instance group in RFC3339 text format.
        
    - name: name
      value: string
      description: >
        The name of the instance group. The name must be 1-63 characters long, and comply with RFC1035.
        
    - name: description
      value: string
      description: >
        An optional description of this resource. Provide this property when you create the resource.
        
    - name: namedPorts
      value: array
      description: >
         Optional. Assigns a name to a port number. For example: {name: "http", port: 80} This allows the system to reference ports by the assigned name instead of a port number. Named ports can also contain multiple ports. For example: [{name: "app1", port: 8080}, {name: "app1", port: 8081}, {name: "app2", port: 8082}] Named ports apply to all instances in this instance group. 
        
    - name: network
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The URL of the network to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0).
        
    - name: fingerprint
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The fingerprint of the named ports. The system uses this fingerprint to detect conflicts when multiple users change the named ports concurrently.
        
    - name: zone
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The URL of the zone where the instance group is located (for zonal resources).
        
    - name: selfLink
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The URL for this instance group. The server generates this URL.
        
    - name: size
      value: integer
      description: >
        [Output Only] The total number of instances in the instance group.
        
    - name: region
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The URL of the region where the instance group is located (for regional resources).
        
    - name: subnetwork
      value: string
      description: >
        [Output Only] The URL of the subnetwork to which all instances in the instance group belong. If your instance has multiple network interfaces, then the network and subnetwork fields only refer to the network and subnet used by your primary interface (nic0).
        
    - name: requestId
      value: string

DELETE examples

delete

Deletes the specified instance group. The instances in the group are not deleted. Note that instance group must not belong to a backend service. Read Deleting an instance group for more information.

DELETE FROM google.compute.instance_groups
WHERE project = '{{ project }}' --required
AND zone = '{{ zone }}' --required
AND instanceGroup = '{{ instanceGroup }}' --required
AND requestId = '{{ requestId }}';

Lifecycle Methods

set_named_ports

Sets the named ports for the specified regional instance group.

EXEC google.compute.instance_groups.set_named_ports 
@project='{{ project }}' --required, 
@region='{{ region }}' --required, 
@instanceGroup='{{ instanceGroup }}' --required, 
@requestId='{{ requestId }}' 
@@json=
'{
"namedPorts": "{{ namedPorts }}", 
"fingerprint": "{{ fingerprint }}"
}';