Docker on Google Compute f1-micro instance

Question

I'm trying to deploy a new docker machine on google compute engine but I don't need too much resources. Just a simple nginx server.

When I run:

$ docker-machine create --driver google --google-project my-project-name my-machine-name

It works great but creates a n1-standard-1 (1 vCPU, 3.75 GB memory) instance, But it has way more resources then I need. I was also able to create a g1-small (1 vCPU, 1.7 GB memory) instance successfully. But when i try to create the smallest instance f1-micro (1 vCPU, 0.6 GB memory) it get's stuck on Installing docker

I'm using the command:

$ docker-machine create --driver google --google-project my-project-name --google-machine-type f1-micro my-machine-name

Console output:

Running pre-create checks...
(my-machine-name) Check that the project exists
(my-machine-name) Check if the instance already exists
Creating machine...
(my-machine-name) Generating SSH Key
(my-machine-name) Creating host...
(my-machine-name) Opening firewall ports
(my-machine-name) Creating instance
(my-machine-name) Waiting for Instance
(my-machine-name) Uploading SSH Key
Waiting for machine to be running, this may take a few minutes...
Detecting operating system of created instance...
Waiting for SSH to be available...
Detecting the provisioner...
Provisioning with ubuntu(systemd)...
Installing Docker...

Is there a minimum requirement for a docker machine? Because I looked and was not able to find it. from what I saw in the examples on the documentation it should be possible:

$ gcloud auth login
$ docker-machine create --driver google --google-project PROJECT_ID vm01
$ docker-machine create --driver google \
  --google-project PROJECT_ID \
  --google-zone us-central1-a \
  --google-machine-type f1-micro \
  vm02

Am i missing anything? Thanks.

Answer 1

Ok it ended up working it just took a VERY long time.

15-20 minutes in my case. (3 different machines)