Launch instance on Google Compute Engine

steelman.sh

#!/bin/bash -e
set -x

NAME=steelman
BOOTDISK=boot-steelman

if ! ./gcutil getinstance --zone=us-central1-a ${NAME}; then
        ./gcutil addinstance \
                --zone=us-central1-a \
                --disk=${BOOTDISK},boot \
                --machine_type=f1-micro \
                ${NAME}
fi

./gcutil ssh --zone=us-central1-a ${NAME}