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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# Run this script to create the pluginbuilder instance
+
+project=google.com:gerritcodereview-build
+zone=us-central2-b
+name=pluginbuilder
+
+gcutil --project $project deleteinstance \
+    --zone=$zone \
+    $name
+
+gcutil --project $project addinstance \
+    --zone=$zone \
+    --service_account=1082785722088@project.googleusercontent.com \
+    --service_account_scopes=storage-rw \
+    --machine_type=n1-standard-8 \
+    --image=projects/debian-cloud/global/images/debian-7-wheezy-v20140318 \
+    --metadata_from_file=startup-script:$(dirname $0)/setup.sh \
+    --metadata=gstorage_bucket:gerrit-plugins \
+    --auto_delete_boot_disk \
+    $name