coder/examples/templates/gcp-devcontainer

display_name	description	icon	maintainer_github	verified	tags
Google Compute Engine (Devcontainer)	Provision a Devcontainer on Google Compute Engine instances as Coder workspaces	../../../site/static/icon/gcp.png	coder	true	vm linux gcp devcontainer

Remote Development in a Devcontainer on Google Compute Engine

Prerequisites

Authentication

This template assumes that coderd is run in an environment that is authenticated with Google Cloud. For example, run gcloud auth application-default login to import credentials on the system and user running coderd. For other ways to authenticate consult the Terraform docs.

Coder requires a Google Cloud Service Account to provision workspaces. To create a service account:

1. Navigate to the CGP console, and select your Cloud project (if you have more than one project associated with your account)

2. Provide a service account name (this name is used to generate the service account ID)

3. Click Create and continue, and choose the following IAM roles to grant to the service account:

   • Compute Admin
   • Service Account User

   Click Continue.

4. Click on the created key, and navigate to the Keys tab.

5. Click Add key > Create new key.

6. Generate a JSON private key, which will be what you provide to Coder during the setup process.

Architecture

This template provisions the following resources:

• GCP VM (persistent)
• GCP Disk (persistent, mounted to root)

Coder persists the root volume. The full filesystem is preserved when the workspace restarts.

Note This template is designed to be a starting point! Edit the Terraform to extend the template to support your use case.

code-server

code-server is installed via the code-server registry module. Please check Coder Registry for a list of all modules and templates.