Method: machineTypes.get

Returns the specified machine type.

HTTP request

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/machineTypes/{machineType}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.
zone

string

The name of the zone for this request.
machineType

string

Name of the machine type to return.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

Represents a Machine Type resource.

You can use specific machine types for your VM instances based on performance and pricing requirements. For more information, read Machine Types.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "kind": string,
  "id": string,
  "creationTimestamp": string,
  "name": string,
  "description": string,
  "guestCpus": integer,
  "memoryMb": integer,
  "imageSpaceGb": integer,
  "scratchDisks": [
    {
      "diskGb": integer
    }
  ],
  "maximumPersistentDisks": integer,
  "maximumPersistentDisksSizeGb": string,
  "deprecated": {
    "state": enum,
    "replacement": string,
    "deprecated": string,
    "obsolete": string,
    "deleted": string
  },
  "zone": string,
  "selfLink": string,
  "isSharedCpu": boolean,
  "accelerators": [
    {
      "guestAcceleratorType": string,
      "guestAcceleratorCount": integer
    }
  ],
  "architecture": enum
}
Fields
kind

string

[Output Only] The type of the resource. Always compute#machineType for machine types.
id

string (uint64 format)

[Output Only] The unique identifier for the resource. This identifier is defined by the server.
creationTimestamp

string

[Output Only] Creation timestamp in RFC3339 text format.
name

string

[Output Only] Name of the resource.
description

string

[Output Only] An optional textual description of the resource.
guestCpus

integer

[Output Only] The number of virtual CPUs that are available to the instance.
memoryMb

integer

[Output Only] The amount of physical memory available to the instance, defined in MB.
imageSpaceGb

integer

[Deprecated] This property is deprecated and will never be populated with any relevant values.
scratchDisks[]

object

[Output Only] A list of extended scratch disks assigned to the instance.
scratchDisks[].diskGb

integer

Size of the scratch disk, defined in GB.
maximumPersistentDisks

integer

[Output Only] Maximum persistent disks allowed.
maximumPersistentDisksSizeGb

string (int64 format)

[Output Only] Maximum total persistent disks size (GB) allowed.
deprecated

object

[Output Only] The deprecation status associated with this machine type. Only applicable if the machine type is unavailable.
deprecated.state

enum

The deprecation state of this resource. This can be ACTIVE, DEPRECATED, OBSOLETE, or DELETED. Operations which communicate the end of life date for an image, can use ACTIVE. Operations which create a new resource using a DEPRECATED resource will return successfully, but with a warning indicating the deprecated resource and recommending its replacement. Operations which use OBSOLETE or DELETED resources will be rejected and result in an error.
deprecated.replacement

string

The URL of the suggested replacement for a deprecated resource. The suggested replacement resource must be the same kind of resource as the deprecated resource.
deprecated.deprecated

string

An optional RFC3339 timestamp on or after which the state of this resource is intended to change to DEPRECATED. This is only informational and the status will not change unless the client explicitly changes it.
deprecated.obsolete

string

An optional RFC3339 timestamp on or after which the state of this resource is intended to change to OBSOLETE. This is only informational and the status will not change unless the client explicitly changes it.
deprecated.deleted

string

An optional RFC3339 timestamp on or after which the state of this resource is intended to change to DELETED. This is only informational and the status will not change unless the client explicitly changes it.
zone

string

[Output Only] The name of the zone where the machine type resides, such as us-central1-a.
isSharedCpu

boolean

[Output Only] Whether this machine type has a shared CPU. See Shared-core machine types for more information.
accelerators[]

object

[Output Only] A list of accelerator configurations assigned to this machine type.
accelerators[].guestAcceleratorType

string

The accelerator type resource name, not a full URL, e.g. nvidia-tesla-t4.
accelerators[].guestAcceleratorCount

integer

Number of accelerator cards exposed to the guest.
architecture

enum

[Output Only] The architecture of the machine type.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

  • compute.machineTypes.get

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.