如何下载谷歌云计算引擎虚拟机实例

Question

我有一个GCE虚拟机实例，我想将其下载以便使用VirtualBox进行开发。

关于如何上传虚拟机到Google Cloud的信息非常丰富，但是没有介绍如何下载它。

我怎样才能从Google Cloud下载GCE虚拟机实例呢？

- Sam

Answer 1

文档中有详细说明；您需要先从引导磁盘创建一个镜像, 将其导出到Cloud Storage作为tar.gz格式，然后从那里下载到本地机器，解压缩并根据您的需要使用它。

以下是使用CLI的快速逐步指南示例：

1. Create an image from the boot disk with gcloud compute images create:

   gcloud compute images create my-image \
     --source-disk my-disk \
     --source-disk-zone zone
   

   Replace my-image with the name you want to give to the image, my-disk with the name of the boot disk and zone with the name of the zone the disk is located at, i.e us-central1-a.

2. Export it to Cloud Storage with gcloud compute images export:

   If you don't have a Cloud Storage bucket, you'd indeed, need to create one first, otherwise, skip this part. By using the CLI you can create a bucket with gsutil mb, i.e gsutil mb gs://my-bucket/. Replace my-bucket with the name you desire to give it. Be aware that the name has a single namespace, so you are not allowed to create a bucket with a name already in use by another user.

   gcloud compute images export \
       --destination-uri gs://my-bucket/my-image-file.tar.gz \
       --image my-image 
   

   Replace my-bucket with the name of the Cloud Storage bucket you want to export it to, my-image-file with the name of the file containing the image and my-image with the name of the image you previously created.

   You might be prompted to enable the Cloud Build API and to add some permissions to it at this point - enter y as it's a necessary step for the export tool.

3. Once the image has finished uploading to Cloud Storage, download it to your local machine with gsutil cp:

   gsutil cp gs://my-bucket/my-image-file.tar.gz /local/path/to/file
   

   Replace my-bucket with the name of the bucket you previously specified , my-image-file with the name you gave to the file containing the image, and /local/path/to/file with the local path you wish it to be download to.

- Maxim