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Is there a way to create a VM instance on Google Cloud using a VHD? It looks pretty straight forward and well documented on the Azure cloud but there is no information I can find on G-Cloud.

Seems like I'm wasting my time recreating my servers on the Google Cloud and I'm quickly losing site of the value of the Google Cloud.

Misha Brukman
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You can bring your own image to GCE. You can follow the instruction on the public documentation on GCE. There's also this video that explains the process.

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  • I think that's the best I'll get. It's close, just need to convert the existing VHD's to the format they support. – Phil_Dunlop Jul 30 '14 at 14:05
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VHD and VHDX virtual disk files can be converted to GCE compatible disks using steps here. For more sophisticated workflows the image import workflows in the compute-image-tools repository can be useful.

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