From 029a535f523d9441b6f7b82f4c4950033a3819c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Blair <mail@jamesblair.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 14:44:40 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Added create virtual machine section.

---
 2-configure-gcp-project.sh  |  8 ++++++++
 3-create-virtual-machine.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
 README.org                  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 3-create-virtual-machine.sh

diff --git a/2-configure-gcp-project.sh b/2-configure-gcp-project.sh
index 38e5eed..332706f 100755
--- a/2-configure-gcp-project.sh
+++ b/2-configure-gcp-project.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 
+
 # Once we have authenticated we can create a project and then create a new virtual machine instance within that project.
 
+# Firstly let's create a new project, a project is the logical boundary all our cloud resources for this deployment will live within. To be able to deploy resources we also need to enable billing.
+
+# Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing *, b t* in emacs command mode:
+
 # #+NAME: Create a new google cloud project
 
 # Create a project id based on date
@@ -14,3 +19,6 @@ gcloud projects create $gcp_project_id
 # Ensure billing is enabled for the project
 export gcp_billing_account=$(gcloud alpha billing accounts list --limit=1 --format='value(name.basename())')
 gcloud alpha billing projects link $gcp_project_id --billing-account $gcp_billing_account
+
+# Make sure the project is set active
+gcloud config set project $gcp_project_id
diff --git a/3-create-virtual-machine.sh b/3-create-virtual-machine.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..925a080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3-create-virtual-machine.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+
+# Once we have a project we can create a new virtual machine.
+
+# Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing *, b t* in emacs command mode:
+
+
+# Create name for virtual machine based on date
+export gcp_machine_name="gitlab-gcp-"$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+
+# Create the new machine
+gcloud compute instances create $gcp_machine_name
diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 1364a88..6384dec 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ In future we could automate this process as part of a continous delivery pipelin
 gcloud auth login
 #+END_SRC
 
+
 Once we have authenticated we can create a project and then create a new virtual machine instance within that project.
 
+Firstly let's create a new project, a project is the logical boundary all our cloud resources for this deployment will live within. To be able to deploy resources we also need to enable billing.
+
+Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing *, b t* in emacs command mode:
+
 #+NAME: Create a new google cloud project
 #+begin_src bash :shebang #!/bin/bash :tangle 2-configure-gcp-project.sh
 # Create a project id based on date
@@ -59,4 +64,20 @@ gcloud projects create $gcp_project_id
 # Ensure billing is enabled for the project
 export gcp_billing_account=$(gcloud alpha billing accounts list --limit=1 --format='value(name.basename())')
 gcloud alpha billing projects link $gcp_project_id --billing-account $gcp_billing_account
+
+# Make sure the project is set active
+gcloud config set project $gcp_project_id
+#+end_src
+
+
+Once we have a project we can create a new virtual machine.
+
+Tangle the shell block below to a shell script by pressing *, b t* in emacs command mode:
+
+#+begin_src bash :shebang #!/bin/bash :tangle 3-create-virtual-machine.sh
+# Create name for virtual machine based on date
+export gcp_machine_name="gitlab-gcp-"$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+
+# Create the new machine
+gcloud compute instances create $gcp_machine_name
 #+end_src