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Instance templates

An instance template is a convenient way to save a virtual machine (VM) instance's configuration that includes machine type, boot disk image, labels, startup script, and other VM properties.

You can use an instance template to do the following:

Create

individual VMs⁠

Create VMs in a

managed instance group (MIG)⁠

Create

reservations for VMs⁠

Create

future reservations for VMs⁠

When to use instance templates

Use instance templates any time you want to quickly create VMs or reservations for VMs based off of a pre-existing VM property. If you want to create a group of identical VMs (a MIG), then you must create the MIG using an instance template.

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Ref:

Instance templates | Compute Engine Documentation | Google Cloud⁠

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