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