Python Client for Compute Engine

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Compute Engine API: Create and runs virtual machines on Google Cloud Platform.

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 API.

  4. Setup Authentication.

Installation

Install this library in a virtualenv using pip. virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. The basic problem it addresses is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions.

With virtualenv, it���s possible to install this library without needing system install permissions, and without clashing with the installed system dependencies.

Mac/Linux

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
source <your-env>/bin/activate
<your-env>/bin/pip install google-cloud-compute

Windows

pip install virtualenv
virtualenv <your-env>
<your-env>\Scripts\activate
<your-env>\Scripts\pip.exe install google-cloud-compute

PyCharm/JetBrains IDEs

Since the library has grown in size, the files it consists of have outgrown the default size limit of ~2.5Mb. As a result, the 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 a line like idea.max.intellisense.filesize = 10000 to change this limit to ~10Mb.

Next Steps