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GCP Windows Password Reset

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Instead of the GCP Console, you can reset Windows Server password via gcloud.

gcloud compute reset-windows-password server-name \
--zone us-central1-a \
--project project-id

Username and password will generated.

Google SDK SSH Mac Terminal

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I’m having trouble logging in using Google SDK Compute SSH on a Mac Terminal.

Here’s the fix.

gcloud compute ssh USERNAME@SERVER --zone ZONE --project PROJECTID --internal-ip 2>&1

There was an issue with a redirect to another shell.

GCP Compute Startup Script

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How to add startup and shutdown scripts on GCP Compute Engine.

Startup Script

gcloud compute instances add-metadata servername \
--project project-id \
--zone us-central1-c \
--metadata=startup-script='#! /bin/bash
sudo -i
echo "Time: $(date)" >> /tmp/date.txt'

Shutdown Script

gcloud compute instances add-metadata servername \
--project project-id \
--zone us-central1-c \
--metadata=shutdown-script='#! /bin/bash
# Shuts down Apache server
/etc/init.d/apache2 stop'

GCP Reset Windows Password

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How to reset password of a GCP Compute Engine running on Windows OS.

gcloud compute reset-windows-password servername \
--zone us-central1-a \
--project your-project-id

Output

This command creates an account and sets an initial password for the
user [firstname_lastname] if the account does not already exist.
If the account already exists, resetting the password can cause the
LOSS OF ENCRYPTED DATA secured with the current password, including
files and stored passwords.
 
For more information, see:
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/operating-systems/windows#reset
 
Would you like to set or reset the password for [firstname_lastname]
(Y/n)?  y
 
Resetting and retrieving password for [firstname_lastname] on [servername]
Updated [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/your-project-id/zones/us-central1-a/instances/servername].
WARNING: Instance [servername] does not appear to have an external IP
address, so it will not be able to accept external connections.
To add an external IP address to the instance, use
gcloud compute instances add-access-config.
password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
username: firstname_lastname

GCP Terraform Second Drive

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How to add a second drive on GCP Compute Engine using Terraform.

provider "google" {
  project = "your-project-id"
  zone    = "us-central1-c"
}
 
resource "google_compute_disk" "data-drive" {
  name = "data-drive"
  type = "pd-standard"
  zone = "us-central1-c"
  size = "20"
}
 
resource "google_compute_attached_disk" "attach-data-drive" {
  count    = 1
  disk     = google_compute_disk.data-drive.id
  instance = google_compute_instance.test.id
}
 
resource "google_compute_instance" "test" {
  name         = "test"
  machine_type = "e2-micro"
 
  boot_disk {
    initialize_params {
      image = "rocky-linux-cloud/rocky-linux-8"
    }
  }
 
  scheduling {
    preemptible       = true
    automatic_restart = false
  }
  network_interface {
    network = "default"
    access_config {
    }
  }
}

GCP Create Scheduled Snapshots

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How to create scheduled snapshots in GCP.

gcloud compute resource-policies create snapshot-schedule hourly \
--description "my hourly schedule" \
--max-retention-days 7 \
--start-time 00:00 \
--hourly-schedule 1 \
--region us-central1 \
--on-source-disk-delete keep-auto-snapshots \
--storage-location US

Add snapshot schedule to a disk.

gcloud compute disks add-resource-policies disk-name \
--resource-policies hourly \
--zone us-central1-a
gcloud compute disks create disk-name \
--resource-policies hourly \
--zone us-central1-a

List snapshot schedules.

gcloud compute resource-policies list

Describe snapshot schedule.

gcloud compute resource-policies describe hourly

GCP Compute add startup-script to metadata

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How to add a startup-script to metadata. The script executes every time VM is started.

gcloud compute instances add-metadata instance-name \
--project your-project-id \
--zone us-central1-c \
--metadata=startup-script='#! /bin/bash
sudo -i
echo "Time: $(date)" >> /tmp/date.txt'