Can't deploy Google Cloud Datalab - Application in non-US zone

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I've selected my Google API project 4 times now and pushed "Deploy DataLab", but whenever I check back I have no Datalab project.

The last time I had the following error message, but I have billing enabled, am the owner and the BigQuery/Google Compute Engine APIs are activated.

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Checking the logs it says I'm in the wrong region:

Oct 13 19:42:35 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: Pushing tag for rev [b886390e822d] on {https://gcr.io/v1/repositories/_m_sdk/mark-edmondson-gde.datalab.main/tags/latest}
Oct 13 19:42:36 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: 07:42 PM Host: appengine.google.com
Oct 13 19:42:36 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: 07:42 PM Application: mark-edmondson-gde (was: None); module: datalab; version: main (was: None)
Oct 13 19:42:36 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: 07:42 PM 
Oct 13 19:42:36 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: Starting update of app: mark-edmondson-gde, module: datalab
Oct 13 19:42:36 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: 07:42 PM Getting current resource limits.
Oct 13 19:42:36 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: 07:42 PM Scanning files on local disk.
Oct 13 19:42:37 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: Error 400: --- begin server output ---
Oct 13 19:42:37 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: Managed VMs can not be hosted in the application's region.
Oct 13 19:42:37 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: --- end server output ---
Oct 13 19:42:37 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: ERROR: (gcloud.preview.app.deploy) Command failed with error code [1]
Oct 13 19:42:37 datalab-deploy-main-20151013-19-40-34 startupscript: Step deploy datalab module failed.
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Hi Mark - did you take a look at the logs? They should give an indication of why the deployer failed. - Graham Wheeler
I see the logs now, and see the issue - I'm in the wrong region :(. Will add to question. - MarkeD
Hi Mark ... currently managed VMs are in beta and only supported in the US. Investigating if its possible to force creation of Datalab even if your project is associated with a European region (my guess). Any chance you have an alternate project associated with a US region in the meantime? - Nikhil Kothari
Thanks, the problem is my nice BigQuery data is in a EU database :) But I can at least take a look with a US project, thanks. May I suggest that this requirement is mentioned on the startup screen too. - MarkeD

2 Answers

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Currently managed VMs are in beta and only supported in the US.

Investigating if its possible to override the zone setting when deploying Datalab.

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Unfortunately, at this point, cloud projects created with non-US (i.e. "europe-west") App Engine location do not allow managed VM deployment. There is no override available as of now to deploy to a US-based location where managed VMs are available. A workaround would be to create another project and grant access to relevant data to the App Engine service account. Apologies for the inconvenience.