Area(s)

area:gcp

Is your change request related to a problem? Please describe.

On GCE, instance groups can be used to organize the configuration and lifecycle of multiple VM instances as a single entity. I'd like to associate the instance group name with telemetry from its individual instances to help with grouping, in the same way that a cluster or namespace helps to group k8s pods.

Describe the solution you'd like

A new attribute gcp.gce.instance.group that is optionally populated on GCP instances. It can be retrieved as the value of the created-by instance metadata field.

Describe alternatives you've considered

• Fetching instance group at query time -- doesn't work if the instance no longer exists
• Using a label or naming convention -- fragile

Additional context

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