Container image option in google_compute_instance_template

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Description

We can simplify application deployment by deploying containers to instances in managed instance groups. This is supported in GCP as here.

New or Affected Resource(s)

• google_compute_instance_template

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "google_compute_instance_template" "default" {
...
  // New option: Deploy container from Google Container Registry
  container {
    source_image = "http://us.gcr.io/path_to_image:latest"
  }
  // Create a new boot disk from an image
  disk {
    source_image = "debian-cloud/debian-9"
    auto_delete  = true
    boot         = true
  }
...
}

References

1. https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/containers/deploying-containers#managedinstancegroupcontainer
2. https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/r/compute_instance_template.html