How do i enable the OS Login of my existing Linux VM

Question

I have a Linux VM instance already configured on google cloud. How do I enable the OS Login for it?

Answer 1

Set enable-oslogin in metadata of an existing instance:

1. Go to the VM instances page.

2. Click the name of the instance on which you want to set the metadata value.

3. At the top of the instance details page, click Edit to edit the instance settings.

4. Under Custom metadata, add a metadata entry where the key is enable-oslogin and the value is TRUE. Alternatively, set the value to FALSE to exclude the instance from the feature.

5. At the bottom of the instance details page, click Save to apply your changes to the instance.

For all operating systems except CoreOS, this change is applied instantaneously; you do not need to restart your instance. For CoreOS distributions, reboot or restart the instance for the change to take effect. To restart, perform a stop and then start operation on your instances.