Moving Machine Image from one project to another project as VM
Open the cloud shell with the source project
Reference URL: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-images/create-instance-from-machine-image
Primary Project id: firstproject-ib
Second Project id: secondproject-ib
Source Instance Name: sourcevm
Target Instance Name: targetvm
Machine Image: sourcevmimages
Zone: us-central1-c
1. Create machine image from existing VM:
$ gcloud beta compute machine-images create sourcevmimages — source-instance=sourcevm — source-instance-zone=us-central1-c
Created [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/firstproject-ib/global/machineImages/sourcevmimages].
NAME: sourcevmimages
STATUS: READY
2. Describe the machine image and find the selfLink:
$ gcloud beta compute machine-images describe sourcevmimages — project=firstproject-ib | grep -i selfLink
selfLink: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/beta/projects/firstproject-ib/global/machineImages/sourcevmimages
3. Use the selfLink instead of a machine-image name when creating a VM in the new project:
$ gcloud beta compute instances create targetvm — project=secondproject-ib — zone=us-central1-c — source-machine-image=projects/firstproject-ib/global/machineImages/sourcevmimages — service-account=344403629673-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com
