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create individual vm instances or groups of managed instances when you create a vm instance from an instance template the default behavior is to create a vm instance that is identical to the properties specified in the template with the exception of the vm instance name and the zone where the instance will live alternatively you can also optionally override certain fields during instance creation if you want to change certain properties of the instance template for specific uses this document assumes that you have an instance template ready to use if you do not have an instance template follow the instructions to create a new instance template before you begin read the instance template documentation create an instance template if you haven t already set up authentication authentication verifies your identity for access to google cloud services and apis to run code or samples from a local development environment you can authenticate to compute engine by selecting one of the following 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local development environment install and initialize the gcloud cli and then set up application default credentials with your user credentials install the google cloud cli if you re using an external identity provider idp you must first sign in to the gcloud cli with your federated identity if you re using a local shell then create local authentication credentials for your user account gcloud auth application default login you don t need to do this if you re using cloud shell if an authentication error is returned and you are using an external identity provider idp confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud cli with your federated identity for more information see set up authentication for a local development environment rest to use the rest api samples on this page in a local development environment you use the credentials you provide to the gcloud cli install the google cloud cli if you re using an external identity provider idp you must first sign in to the gcloud cli with your federated identity for more information see authenticate for using rest in the google cloud authentication documentation create a vm instance from an instance template you can use either a regional or a global instance template to create a vm instance to create an instance exactly as described in the instance template follow these instructions console in the google cloud console go to the create an instance page go to create an instance in the auto_awesome create vm from menu select instance templates in the create vm from template window that appears do the following select a template to create and start the vm click create gcloud to create a vm from a regional or global instance template use the same gcloud compute instances create command that you would use to create a normal instance but add the source instance template flag gcloud compute instances create vm_name source instance template instance_template_url replace the following vm_name the name of the instance instance_template_url the url of the instance...