From baf46325b85744d8e662f9c5c2d711af03468e4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Wayne Parrott <jon.wayne.parrott@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 10:22:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updating compute engine sample to use image families. Fixes
 #276

Change-Id: Ie839037d935330f9042ab3dc3521dc91844594de
---
 compute/api/create_instance.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compute/api/create_instance.py b/compute/api/create_instance.py
index 681b76e1a09c..59d1b6257fcc 100644
--- a/compute/api/create_instance.py
+++ b/compute/api/create_instance.py
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ def list_instances(compute, project, zone):
 
 # [START create_instance]
 def create_instance(compute, project, zone, name, bucket):
-    source_disk_image = \
-        "projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-v20150320"
+    # Get the latest Debian Jessie image.
+    image_response = compute.images().getFromFamily(
+        project='debian-cloud', family='debian-8').execute()
+    source_disk_image = image_response['selfLink']
+
+    # Configure the machine
     machine_type = "zones/%s/machineTypes/n1-standard-1" % zone
     startup_script = open(
         os.path.join(