Google Compute Engine

Functions for working on Google Compute Engine instances.

from cloudy.google import compute_engine

See Google's Compute Engine Documentation.

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check_is_google_compute_engine_instance()

Determine whether a process is running on a Compute Engine instance.

Source code in cloudy/google/compute_engine.py

def check_is_google_compute_engine_instance() -> bool:
    """Determine whether a process is running on a Compute Engine instance."""
    try:
        socket.getaddrinfo("metadata.google.internal", 80)
    except socket.gaierror:
        return False
    return True