# Google Compute Engine

LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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**Status:** ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue)

**type:** `gcp.gce`

**Description:** Resources used by Google Compute Engine (GCE).

> [!warning]
> This entity definition contains attributes without a role.
> Stable Entities MUST NOT have attributes without a defined role.

**Attributes:**

| Role | Key | Stability | [Requirement Level](/docs/specs/semconv/general/attribute-requirement-level/) | Value Type | Description | Example Values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Other | [`gcp.gce.instance.hostname`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/gcp.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The hostname of a GCE instance. This is the full value of the default or [custom hostname](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/custom-hostname-vm). | `my-host1234.example.com`; `sample-vm.us-west1-b.c.my-project.internal` |
| Other | [`gcp.gce.instance.name`](/docs/specs/semconv/registry/attributes/gcp.md) | ![Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/-development-blue) | `Recommended` | string | The instance name of a GCE instance. This is the value provided by `host.name`, the visible name of the instance in the Cloud Console UI, and the prefix for the default hostname of the instance as defined by the [default internal DNS name](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/internal-dns#instance-fully-qualified-domain-names). | `instance-1`; `my-vm-name` |
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