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GCP Adding Labels To Snapshots

July 1, 2023

Here’s how to add labels to snapshots. It will cycle through from a list of disks.

#!/bin/bash
ts=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
log="add-labels-logs-$ts"
>$log
disks='manual-disks.txt'
now=$(date +%s)
epoch=$(date +%s -d "+14 days")
while read -r project snapshot; do
   echo "Project: $project"
   gcloud compute snapshots add-labels $snapshot --labels=delete-after=$epoch --project $project
done < $disks

GCP Add Labels To Snapshots

June 20, 2023

Here’s the command to add labels to a snapshot.

gcloud compute snapshots add-labels SNAPSHOTNAME --labels=KEY=VALUE --project PROJECT

Add Snapshot Schedules to Disks

May 24, 2023

How to add Snapshot Schedules to disks in Terraform. Add this to your existing VM.

resource "google_compute_disk_resource_policy_attachment" "hourly_attachment" {
  name = "hourly-snapshots"
  disk = google_compute_instance.test.name
  zone = "us-central1-c"
}
 
resource "google_compute_disk_resource_policy_attachment" "daily_attachment" {
  name = "daily-snapshots"
  disk = google_compute_instance.test.name
  zone = "us-central1-c"
}