allocate a virtual machine in google cloud

.gitignore

 .local
 artifact.bin
+.terraform
+*terraform.*
+.ssh

gcp-vm-setup/main.tf

+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.0"
+}
+
+provider "google" {
+  project     = var.projectID
+  zone        = var.zone
+  credentials = file(var.gcpCredentialsFilePath)
+}
+
+locals {
+  sshUserName = "schnarkus"
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_network" "the_network" {
+  name = "the-network"
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_firewall" "gate_guardian" {
+  name    = "gate-guardian"
+  network = google_compute_network.the_network.name
+
+  allow {
+    protocol = "icmp" 
+  }
+
+  allow {
+    protocol = "tcp" 
+    ports    = ["22", "8080"] # ssh localhost
+  }
+
+  source_ranges = ["0.0.0.0/0"]
+}
+
+resource "google_compute_instance" "schminstance" {
+  name         = "schminstance"
+  machine_type = "e2-micro" 
+
+  boot_disk {
+    initialize_params {
+      image = data.google_compute_image.image.self_link
+    }
+  }
+
+  network_interface {
+    network = google_compute_network.the_network.name
+    access_config {}
+  }
+
+  metadata = {
+    ssh-keys = "${local.sshUserName}:${file(var.sshPublicKeyPath)}"
+  }
+}
+
+data "google_compute_image" "image" {
+  family  = "ubuntu-2004-lts"
+  project = "ubuntu-os-cloud"
+}
+
+# get ip and publish
+output "instanceIPv4" {
+  description = "Public IP address of the Google Compute Engine instance"
+  value       = google_compute_instance.schminstance.network_interface[0].access_config[0].nat_ip
+}

gcp-vm-setup/terminal.log

+ 1272  tofu init
+ 1273  tofu apply
+ 1274  tofu output instanceIPv4
+ 1275  ssh -i ../.ssh/operator -l schnarkus $(tofu output -raw 'instanceIPv4')
+ 1276  scp -i ../.ssh/operator ../artifact.bin schnarkus@$(tofu output -raw 'instanceIPv4'):~/webservice
+ 1277  curl -s http://$(tofu output -raw 'instanceIPv4'):8080
+ 1278  tofu destroy
+
+
+ HOST=0.0.0.0 PORT=8080 ./webservice
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gcp-vm-setup/variables.tf

+variable "sshPublicKeyPath" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Path to the public part of the SSH key pair"
+  default     = "../.ssh/operator.pub"
+}
+
+variable "gcpCredentialsFilePath" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Path to a GCP credentials file (e.g., service account key)"
+  default     = "~/.gcp/keyfile.json"
+}
+
+variable "projectID" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "ID of a project within GCP"
+  default     = "bht-devops24-ss"
+}
+
+variable "zone" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "GCP zone to deploy resources in"
+  default     = "europe-west3-b"
+}