CODEWITHSUNDEEP
google-cloud-platform
vaid
vaid

Reputation: 1550

Creating a duplicate of a VM

I'm preparing to get in to the world of cloud computing.

My first question is:

Is it possible to programmatically create a new, or duplicate an existing VM from my server?

Project Background

I provide a file processing service, and as it's been growing I need to offer a better service.

Project Requirement

Machine specs:

HDD: Min 16gb

CPU: Min 1 core

RAM: Min 2

GB GPU: Min CUDA 10.1 compatible

What I'm thinking is the following steps:

How is this accomplished?

PS: I'm looking for resources and advice. Not code.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 214

Answers (1)

Kolban
Kolban

Reputation: 15266

Your question is a perfect formulation of the concept of Google Cloud Run. At the highest level concept, you create a Docker image (think of it like a VM) and then register that Docker image with GCP Cloud Run. When a trigger occurs, GCP will spin up an instance of that Docker container and pass in information about the cause of that trigger (a file created in GCS or a REST request or others ...). What you do in your container is up to you. You have full power of the Linux environment (under Docker) to do as you like. When your request ends, the container is spun down. You are only billed for the compute resources you use. If your container (VM) isn't being used, you pay nothing until the next trigger.

An alternative to Cloud Run is Cloud Functions. This is a higher level abstraction where instead of providing a Docker container, you provide the body of a function (JavaScript, Java, Python or others) and the request is passed to that function when a trigger occurs. Which you use is mostly personal choice (you didn't elaborate on "File is processed").

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Upvotes: 3

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