Enable or disable VM Runtime on Google Distributed Cloud

On Google Distributed Cloud connected, you can enable or disable VM Runtime on GDC.

VM Runtime on GDC is enabled by default on Distributed Cloud connected clusters versions 1.9.0 and higher. If you don't need to run virtual machine (VM) workloads, you can disable VM Runtime on GDC to free up resources on your nodes. You can also re-enable it if it was previously disabled.

Before you begin

To enable or disable VM Runtime on GDC, you need the following:

• A Distributed Cloud connected cluster.
• The Identity and Access Management permissions roles/edgecontainer.admin on the target project.

To use the API and to follow the verification instructions, you also need:

• The latest version of the Google Cloud CLI installed and initialized.
• The Kubernetes command-line tool, kubectl.

Disable VM Runtime on GDC

You can disable VM Runtime on GDC using the Google Cloud console or the API.

PATCH https://edgecontainer.googleapis.com/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/REGION/clusters/CLUSTER_ID?updateMask=systemAddonsConfig.vmServiceConfig.vmmEnabled
Content-Type: application/json

{
      "systemAddonsConfig": {
        "vmServiceConfig": {
          "vmmEnabled": false
        }
      }
}

Enable VM Runtime on GDC

VM Runtime on GDC is enabled by default for Distributed Cloud connected clusters. If you previously disabled VM Runtime on GDC, you can use the following instructions to re-enable it.