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Upload the virtual disk file to Google Cloud Storage.

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Import the image to Google Compute Engine.

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Translate the image to make a bootable image.

This command will perform all three of these steps as necessary, depending on the input arguments specified by the user.
This command uses the --os flag to choose the appropriate translation. You can omit the translation step using the --data-disk flag.
If you exported your disk from Google Compute Engine then you do not need to re-import it. Instead, use the create command to create further images from it.
Files stored on Cloud Storage and images in Compute Engine incur charges. See cloud.google.com/compute/docs/images/importing-virtual-disks#resource_cleanup

POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS

IMAGE_NAME

Name of the disk image to create.

REQUIRED FLAGS

Exactly one of these must be specified:

--data-disk

Specifies that the disk has no bootable OS installed on it. Imports the disk without making it bootable or installing Google tools on it.

--os=OS

Specifies the OS of the image being imported. OS must be one of: centos-6, centos-7, debian-8, debian-9, rhel-6, rhel-6-byol, rhel-7, rhel-7-byol, ubuntu-1404, ubuntu-1604, windows-2008r2, windows-2012r2, windows-2016.

Exactly one of these must be specified:

--source-file=SOURCE_FILE

A local file, or the Google Cloud Storage URI of the virtual disk file to import. For example: gs://my-bucket/my-image.vmdk or ./my-local-image.vmdk

--source-image=SOURCE_IMAGE

An existing Compute Engine image from which to import.

OPTIONAL FLAGS

--async

Display information about the operation in progress, without waiting for the operation to complete.

--no-guest-environment

Google Guest Environment will not be installed on the image.

--log-location=LOG_LOCATION

Directory in Google Cloud Storage to hold build logs. If not set, gs://<project num>.cloudbuild-logs.googleusercontent.com/ will be created and used.

--network=NETWORK

Name of the network in your project to use for the image import. The network must have access to Google Cloud Storage. If not specified, the network named default is used.

--subnet=SUBNET

Name of the subnetwork in your project to use for the image import. If the network resource is in legacy mode, do not provide this property. If the network is in auto subnet mode, providing the subnetwork is optional. If the network is in custom subnet mode, then this field should be specified. Region or zone should be specified if this field is specified.

--timeout=TIMEOUT; default="2h"

Maximum time a build can last before it is failed as "TIMEOUT". For example, specifying 2h will fail the process after 2 hours. See $ gcloud topic datetimes for information on duration formats.

--zone=ZONE

Zone of the image to import. The zone in which to do the work of importing the image. Overrides the default compute/zone property value for this command invocation.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

NOTES

$ gcloud compute images import $ gcloud alpha compute images import