The ‘gcloud compute instances move‘ command is convenient for moving VM instances from one region to another, but only works within a narrow scope of OS image types and disks. For example, only older non-UEFI OS images can be moved with this command. Trying to move even the simplest Ubuntu bionic/focal or Debian bullseye/buster VM … GCP: Moving a VM instance to a different region using snapshots
The Compute Engine default service account is automatically generated for your project with the Editor role, and by default is attached to all VM instances created in the project. You can pull the exact id using gcloud. gcloud iam service-accounts list –filter=”displayName:’Compute Engine default service account'” –format=’value(email)’ The syntax will be ${project_id}-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com. If you want … GCP: VM instances running as the Compute Engine default service account
If you are running KVM on a console-only host OS, you can still do a full Ubuntu installation on a KVM guest VM by using serial port output and the Ubuntu Server text-based installer. Once deployed, this guest VM can be accessed by using ssh or ‘virsh console’, without the need for a graphics display. … KVM: Creating an Ubuntu VM with console-only access
By default, KVM will use an older SeaBIOS x86 firmware for your virtual machines. If you want to use a more recent version of seaBIOS or want to drop the older BIOS standard and instead use the newer UUEFI specification (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface), KVM can support that with configuration changes. In this article, I … KVM: Alternate firmware BIOS for KVM