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google-guest-agent

Guest Agent for Google Compute Engine

  • Service
  • System
  • NETWORK
  • Launchable
  • Background service
official+codex · reviewed · May 31, 2026 description in en

Description

Compute Engine instances can integrate with platform metadata, account setup, and instance-management features through a guest agent. It is meant for Linux systems running as GCE virtual machines.

Guest agents run with system privileges and communicate with cloud metadata services. Use on intended cloud instances and review service-account permissions and startup scripts.

How to run

google-guest-agent

Permissions

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