Python Client for Compute Engine

|stable| |pypi| |versions|

Compute Engine_: delivers virtual machines running in Google's innovative data centers and worldwide fiber network. Compute Engine's tooling and workflow support enable scaling from single instances to global, load-balanced cloud computing. Compute Engine's VMs boot quickly, come with persistent disk storage, deliver consistent performance and are available in many configurations.

• Client Library Documentation_
• Product Documentation_

.. |stable| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/support-stable-gold.svg :target: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/README.rst#stability-levels .. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/google-cloud-compute.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-compute/ .. |versions| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/google-cloud-compute.svg :target: https://pypi.org/project/google-cloud-compute/ .. _Compute Engine: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ .. _Client Library Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/python/docs/reference/compute/latest .. _Product Documentation: https://cloud.google.com/compute/

Quick Start

In order to use this library, you first need to go through the following steps:

1. Select or create a Cloud Platform project._
2. Enable billing for your project._
3. Enable the Compute Engine._
4. Setup Authentication._

.. _Select or create a Cloud Platform project.: https://console.cloud.google.com/project .. _Enable billing for your project.: https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/modify-project#enable_billing_for_a_project .. _Enable the Compute Engine.: https://cloud.google.com/compute/ .. _Setup Authentication.: https://googleapis.dev/python/google-api-core/latest/auth.html

Installation

Install this library in a virtual environment using `venv`_. `venv`_ is a tool that
creates isolated Python environments. These isolated environments can have separate
versions of Python packages, which allows you to isolate one project's dependencies
from the dependencies of other projects.

With `venv`_, it's possible to install this library without needing system
install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system
dependencies.

.. _`venv`: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html

PyCharm/JetBrains IDEs

This library has now grown in size past the JetBrains default size limit of ~2.5Mb_. As a result, code completion in JetBrains products can fail to work with the classes from our library. To fix this, you need to update the idea.max.intellisense.filesize setting in custom properties (Help -> Edit custom properties...). Just add the line idea.max.intellisense.filesize = 10000 to change this limit to ~10Mb.

.. _JetBrains default size limit of ~2.5Mb: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/file-idea-properties.html

Code samples and snippets

Code samples and snippets live in the `samples/`_ folder.

.. _samples/: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/tree/main/packages/google-cloud-compute/samples


Supported Python Versions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Our client libraries are compatible with all current `active`_ and `maintenance`_ versions of
Python.

Python >= 3.7

.. _active: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#in-development-main-branch
.. _maintenance: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#maintenance-branches

Unsupported Python Versions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Python <= 3.6

If you are using an `end-of-life`_
version of Python, we recommend that you update as soon as possible to an actively supported version.

.. _end-of-life: https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#end-of-life-branches

Mac/Linux
^^^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: console

    python3 -m venv <your-env>
    source <your-env>/bin/activate
    pip install google-cloud-compute


Windows
^^^^^^^

.. code-block:: console

    py -m venv <your-env>
    .\<your-env>\Scripts\activate
    pip install google-cloud-compute

Next Steps
~~~~~~~~~~

-  Read the `Client Library Documentation`_ for Compute Engine
   to see other available methods on the client.
-  Read the `Compute Engine Product documentation`_ to learn
   more about the product and see How-to Guides.
-  View this `README`_ to see the full list of Cloud
   APIs that we cover.

.. _Compute Engine Product documentation:  https://cloud.google.com/compute/
.. _README: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-python/blob/main/README.rst