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# Virtual Machine

The **GCPVM** entity represents a Google Compute Engine virtual machine instance.

| Field                     | Type    | Possible Operators                                             | Description                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Guid                      | TEXT    | LIKE, NOT\_LIKE, EQUAL, NOT\_EQUAL, IS\_EMPTY                  | Unique identifier for the entity in Forestall                                                                 |
| FSName                    | TEXT    | LIKE, NOT\_LIKE, EQUAL, NOT\_EQUAL, IS\_EMPTY                  | Display name used in Forestall                                                                                |
| GCPTier                   | NUMBER  | EQUAL, BETWEEN, SMALLER, LARGER, SMALLER\_EQUAL, LARGER\_EQUAL | GCP tier classification assigned by Forestall                                                                 |
| InstanceId                | TEXT    | LIKE, NOT\_LIKE, EQUAL, NOT\_EQUAL, IS\_EMPTY                  | Unique numeric ID of the VM instance.                                                                         |
| Name                      | TEXT    | LIKE, NOT\_LIKE, EQUAL, NOT\_EQUAL, IS\_EMPTY                  | Full resource name of the VM.                                                                                 |
| Status                    | TEXT    | LIKE, NOT\_LIKE, EQUAL, NOT\_EQUAL, IS\_EMPTY                  | Current status of the VM (for example `RUNNING`, `TERMINATED`).                                               |
| MachineType               | TEXT    | LIKE, NOT\_LIKE, EQUAL, NOT\_EQUAL, IS\_EMPTY                  | Machine type of the VM.                                                                                       |
| Zone                      | TEXT    | LIKE, NOT\_LIKE, EQUAL, NOT\_EQUAL, IS\_EMPTY                  | Zone the VM runs in.                                                                                          |
| HasPublicIp               | BOOLEAN | N/A (toggle)                                                   | Whether the VM has an external (public) IP address.                                                           |
| UsesDefaultServiceAccount | BOOLEAN | N/A (toggle)                                                   | Whether the VM runs as the project's default Compute Engine service account.                                  |
| SerialPortEnabled         | BOOLEAN | N/A (toggle)                                                   | Whether interactive access to the serial console is enabled.                                                  |
| IpForwardingEnabled       | BOOLEAN | N/A (toggle)                                                   | Whether IP forwarding is enabled, so the VM can send and receive packets for other addresses.                 |
| risk                      | NUMBER  | EQUAL, BETWEEN, SMALLER, LARGER, SMALLER\_EQUAL, LARGER\_EQUAL | Risk score assigned to the entity                                                                             |
| ExposurePoint             | NUMBER  | EQUAL, BETWEEN, SMALLER, LARGER, SMALLER\_EQUAL, LARGER\_EQUAL | Exposure point score assigned to the entity                                                                   |
| OsLoginEnabled            | BOOLEAN | N/A (toggle)                                                   | Whether OS Login is enabled for the VM, so SSH access is controlled through IAM instead of metadata SSH keys. |