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Summary
In many cases you want to start or stop a VM instance in GCP very quickly. You can do this by using Cloud Functions and a few lines of Python.
In this article I’ll be showing you how you can do that with a very easy and simple to follow instructions.
The idea behind this was that I wanted to easily let my family start and stop the small Minecraft server that I have built for us, so that any time the kids want to play, the server can be started easily without anyone logging into the Cloud Console.
So I thought of finding a way to let them just hit a simple URL which in turn will do the job. That’s where Cloud Functions on GCP come in.
So in this article, I’ll be showing you the following:
- The prerequisites prior to setting up your Cloud Function.