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google	Google: google_compute_disk	docs-google-compute-disk	Creates a new persistent disk within GCE, based on another disk.

google_compute_disk

Creates a new persistent disk within GCE, based on another disk.

Example Usage

resource "google_compute_disk" "default" {
	name = "test-disk"
	type = "pd-ssd"
	zone = "us-central1-a"
	image = "debian7-wheezy"
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• name - (Required) A unique name for the resource, required by GCE. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• zone - (Required) The zone where this disk will be available.

• image - (Optional) The image from which to initialize this disk. Either the full URL, a contraction of the form "project/name", or just a name (in which case the current project is used).

• snapshot - (Optional) Name of snapshot from which to initialize this disk;

• size - (Optional) The size of the image in gigabytes. If not specified, it will inherit the size of its base image.

• type - (Optional) The GCE disk type.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• name - The name of the resource.
• zone - The zone where the resource is located.
• image - The name of the image the disk is based off of.
• size - The size of the disk in gigabytes.