### Creating VM Instance from Image (Shell)

Source: https://github.com/katadelos/alpine-gcp-image-builder/blob/master/README.md

Command to create a new virtual machine instance in GCP Compute Engine using the previously imported custom image `alpine-gcp`. Replace `instance-name` and `zone` with desired values.

```Shell
gcloud compute instances create instance-name --zone zone --image alpine-gcp
```

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### Building Image with Packer (Shell)

Source: https://github.com/katadelos/alpine-gcp-image-builder/blob/master/README.md

Command to execute the Packer build process using the `alpine-gcp.json` template, which creates the raw disk image.

```Shell
packer build alpine-gcp.json
```

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### Creating Cloud Storage Bucket (Shell)

Source: https://github.com/katadelos/alpine-gcp-image-builder/blob/master/README.md

Command to create a new Cloud Storage bucket named `alpine-gcp` using the `gsutil` tool, which is required to host the image file before importing it into GCP Compute Engine.

```Shell
gsutil mb gs://alpine-gcp
```

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### Uploading Image to Cloud Storage (Shell)

Source: https://github.com/katadelos/alpine-gcp-image-builder/blob/master/README.md

Command to copy the compressed image file from the local temporary directory (`/tmp`) to the specified Cloud Storage bucket (`gs://alpine-gcp`).

```Shell
gsutil cp /tmp/alpine_gcp.tar.gz gs://alpine-gcp
```

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### Importing Image into GCP Compute Engine (Shell)

Source: https://github.com/katadelos/alpine-gcp-image-builder/blob/master/README.md

Command to create a new custom image in GCP Compute Engine named `alpine-gcp`, using the compressed image file uploaded to the Cloud Storage bucket as the source.

```Shell
gcloud compute images create alpine-gcp --source-uri gs://alpine-gcp/alpine_gcp.tar.gz
```

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### Compressing Disk Image with Tar (Shell)

Source: https://github.com/katadelos/alpine-gcp-image-builder/blob/master/README.md

Command to compress the generated `disk.raw` image into a gzipped tar archive (`alpine_gcp.tar.gz`) suitable for uploading to Cloud Storage.

```Shell
tar --format=oldgnu -Sczf /tmp/alpine_gcp.tar.gz -C build disk.raw
```

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