Edit compute profile configuration options

Prior reading: Compute options

Purpose: This document provides detailed instructions for editing the Compute Engine environment through the web UI.

Note: This article does not apply to Dataproc cluster apps. To learn more about configuring a Dataproc cluster app, please see Use Dataproc (Spark) and Hail on Verily Workbench.

Introduction

If you need to update the compute options of your app, you can do so in the Editing dialog. To access this dialog, select Edit in the action menu of the app card.

The Editing dialog supports updating the following compute fields:

• Machine type
• Data disk size

The VM must be stopped to edit these compute options.

Machine type

By default, N1 standard and high memory machine types can be selected.

If the currently selected machine type is not N1 standard or high memory, machine types with the same series and predefined configuration are also listed.

If you are editing the app via the CLI, you can change the machine type with the --new-machine-type option. The new machine type is not constrained to be within the current series or N1 series. However, it must be compatible with the app’s current machine type. Learn more here about machine type compatibility.

Disk storage

The data disk size can only be increased. To use a smaller data disk, please create a new app.
The maximum allowed disk size is 64,000 GB (64 TB).

When the VM is started, it will be configured to use the additional disk space. The configuration may take several minutes. The app can be accessed while this takes place.

If you are editing the app via the CLI, you can change the data disk size with the --new-data-disk-size option.