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  1. GCP PlayCloud Labs
  2. Guided Lab: How to Launch a GCP Compute Engine Linux Instance
  3. Guided Lab: Creating a VM Using Instance Templates
  4. Guided Lab: Creating and Managing Instance Groups in Compute Engine
  5. Guided Lab: Creating a Spot VM Instance
  6. Guided Lab: Configuring Shielded VM Options
  7. Guided Lab: Exploring Instance Metadata in Google Cloud
  8. Guided Lab: Vertically Scaling a VM Instance
  9. Guided Lab: Setting up a Web Server on a VM Instance
  10. Guided Lab: Using Startup Scripts in GCP VM Instances
  11. Guided Lab: Creating a Custom Image from a VM Instance with Web Server in Google Cloud
  12. Guided Lab: Creating VM Snapshots and Restoring a VM from a Snapshot
  13. Guided Lab: Setting Up and Managing a Database on a VM Instance
  14. Guided Lab: Installing WordPress on an Ubuntu VM Instance with LEMP Stack
  15. Guided Lab: Deploying a LAMP Stack on a Compute Engine VM
  16. Guided Lab: Reserving or Promoting a Static IP Address for a VM Instance
  17. Guided Lab: SSH Access to GCP VM Instance from Local Machine using SSH Key Pair
  18. Guided Lab: Guarding Your VM with Deletion Protection
  19. Guided Lab: Setting Up a Linux Bastion Host on GCP
  20. Guided Lab: Creating a Cloud Storage Bucket
  21. Guided Lab: Uploading, Organizing, and Managing Objects in Cloud Storage
  22. Guided Lab: Exploring Google Cloud Storage Classes
  23. Guided Lab: Hosting a Static Website in Google Cloud Storage Bucket
  24. Guided Lab: Protecting Data on Cloud Storage Bucket Against Accidental Delete and Overwrite Using Object Versioning
  25. Guided Lab: Using Cloud Storage Lifecycle Rules to Automate Object Management
  26. Guided Lab: Managing Cloud Storage Buckets via SSH Commands
  27. Guided Lab: Creating a Cloud SQL Instance
  28. Guided Lab: Running SQL Commands in Cloud SQL Studio
  29. Guided Lab: Creating and Restoring Cloud SQL Backups
  30. Guided Lab: Integrating Cloud SQL Database instance with a VM instance
  31. Guided Lab: Connecting Cloud SQL Database with MySQL Workbench (Local)
  32. Guided Lab: Guarding Your Cloud SQL Instances with Deletion Protection
  33. Guided Lab: Creating a Cloud NAT Gateway
  34. Guided Lab: Creating a Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Cluster
  35. Guided Lab: Connecting to a Kubernetes Engine Cluster
  36. Guided Lab: Deploying a Simple Web Application on GKE
  37. Guided Lab: Creating a Custom Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  38. Guided Lab: Establishing VPC Peering for Secure Cross‑Network Communication
  39. Guided Lab: Configuring Firewall Rules to Secure and Access a VM
  40. Guided Lab: Creating an Application Load Balancer
  41. Guided Lab: Creating a Network Load Balancer
GCP PlayCloud Labs Guided Lab: Guarding Your VM with Deletion Protection
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Guided Lab: Guarding Your VM with Deletion Protection

Jon-Bonso

Description

Accidental deletions can be costly, especially in production environments. Google Cloud’s deletion protection feature ensures your VM instances stay safe until you explicitly allow them to be removed.

In this lab, you’ll learn how to enable deletion protection, see what happens when you try to delete a protected VM, and then disable protection to allow deletion when it’s truly intended.

Prerequisites

To ensure the successful completion of this lab, you must have prior experience in creating VM instances and be familiar with their essential components. If you feel that your knowledge in this area is insufficient, we highly recommend taking this lab to gain the necessary understanding:

Objectives

In this lab, you will:

  • Learn how to enable deletion protection on a VM instance.
  • Observe what happens when you attempt to delete a protected VM.
  • Learn how to disable deletion protection to allow deletion.

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Lab Steps

Create a VM with Deletion Protection

1. In the Cloud Console, navigate to Compute Engine → VM instances.

2. Click Create instance.

3. Enter the desired name.

4. Select a machine type (e.g., e2-micro).

5. Navigate to the Advanced section > Check the Enable deletion protection

6. Leave other configurations at their default values.

7. Click Create.

Wait until the virtual machine (VM) creation is complete.

Attempt to Delete the VM

1. Select your protected VM.

2. Click Delete.

3. You will see an error message: “Cannot delete instance because deletion protection is enabled.”

The VM cannot be deleted while deletion protection is active.

Disable Deletion Protection

1. Click on the VM name.

2. Select Edit.

3. Uncheck Enable deletion protection.

4. Click Save.

Delete the VM

1. Return to the VM list.

2. Select the VM and click Delete.

3. This time, the VM will be successfully deleted.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully explored Google Cloud’s deletion protection feature. This safeguard helps prevent costly mistakes by requiring explicit confirmation before removing critical VM instances.

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