Glad you figured it out! I'll pass along the feedback about the online docs - thanks for highlighting that. The tool does have built-in CLI & man page help which will hopefully stay current as the tool evolves.
- Jimmy On Oct 19, 2014 6:43 PM, "Jose R R" <[email protected]> wrote: > Got it! > > gcloud compute instances create [myInstance-name] --disk > name=[myExistingDisk-name] boot=yes > > Online documentation is obsolete, by the way. > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Jose R R <[email protected]> wrote: > > Niltze, Jimmy- > > > > No, I am not blaming the kernel nor GCE utilities, I *know* it is due > > to the SSL pass-phrase that apache2 prompts for. > > > > I have guided myself by: < > > https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/troubleshooting#ssherrors > and > > thus far I was able create a snapshot -- with which I imaged a disk -- > > that I mounted and modified under another Debian instance. > > > > Now I have this modified persistent disk that I want to use when I > > create another instance. > > > > My issue now is, how do I create another instance using this *existing* > disk? > > > > By the way, spending much of the morning/afternoon examining the > > gcloud and gce commands, I don't think it is possible to completely > > shut down the vm -- only reset it (which is a reboot ;-) > > > > Best Professional Regards > > > > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Jimmy Kaplowitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Jose, > >> > >> You could certainly use our metadata server to provide the apache > passphrase > >> at boot time, if you then integrate it with the apache startup process. > I'm > >> not an expert on Apache's initialization procedure so I'll leave advice > on > >> that to others. As far as I know, no code has been written yet to do > that. > >> > >> The dist-upgrade was probably only relevant as your first reason to > reboot > >> after making the change, I'd expect, nothing specific to the new kernel > or > >> to GCE. > >> > >> However, I do have one bit of positive feature clarification to provide: > >> gcutil, gcloud, and our web UI do allow you to fully shut down an > instance, > >> which will let you attach the disk to another instance. Just delete it > while > >> preserving the boot disk (it's an option for all of those tools). This > will > >> send a clean ACPI power down signal to the VM, giving it an approximate > >> maximum of 2 minutes before pulling the virtual power cord. > >> > >> Good luck, and glad you're trying GCE! > >> > >> - Jimmy > >> > >> On Oct 19, 2014 9:12 AM, "Jose R R" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Niltze, all- > >>> > >>> Well, doing my part in the security of the Web :p > >>> > >>> I run Apache web server in a GCE VM [different email account than this > >>> one] and decided to acquire an SSL certificate which I successfully > >>> installed under Debian Wheezy a few days ago. > >>> > >>> For added security, I pass-phrased-protected the SSL certificate so > >>> that when I restart the web server I need to input my pass phrase. > >>> > >>> I had no issues whatsoever until today that I did an: apt-get > >>> dist-upgrade for a newer kernel. Upon doing a reboot I found out that > >>> my port 22 is closed but my web server ports 80 and 443 are open. > >>> > >>> I used nmap to scan for my open ports as well as the tcping utility. > >>> > >>> Accordingly, I get the message connection refused whenever I use > >>> gcloud or ssh to attempt to log into my GCE instance. > >>> > >>> After using gcutil and gcloud to reset my GCE instance -- multiple > >>> times -- the outcome was the same. Accordingly I did: > >>> > >>> gcloud compute instances get-serial-port-output myInstance > >>> > >>> Below is the last message of the output that indicates that GCE Debian > >>> Wheezy instance needs the passphrase before proceeding further (and > >>> starting sshd): > >>> > >>> > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ... > >>> Oct 19 07:53:51 myInstance acpid: 1 rule loaded > >>> Oct 19 07:53:51 myInstance acpid: waiting for events: event logging is > off > >>> [....] Starting web server: apache2Apache/2.2.22 mod_ssl/2.2.22 (Pass > >>> Phrase Dialog) > >>> Some of your private key files are encrypted for security reasons. > >>> In order to read them you have to provide the pass phrases. > >>> > >>> Server myInstance.x.xyz-host.internal:443 (RSA) > >>> Enter pass phrase: > >>> > >>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> I tried detaching the disk to subsequently mount onto another instance > >>> but the command fails with: > >>> > >>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ERROR: (gcloud.compute.instances.detach-disk) There was a problem > >>> modifying the resource: > >>> - Hot-remove of the root disk is not supported. > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> > >>> Now, gcutil and gcloud utilities can reset (reboot) the instance but > >>> can not shut it down completely (that I'm aware) -- which would allow > >>> me to detach the disk. > >>> > >>> Is there a way to provide (as parameter) the passphrase that the web > >>> server requires to start apache2 and thus continue/complete the boot > >>> process to start ssh server so that port 22 will be opened? > >>> > >>> Best Professional Regards > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jose R R > >>> http://www.metztli-it.com > >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> NEW Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1! 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