# Confidential VM documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/about-cvm)
A Confidential VM is a type of Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) that enables enhanced
performance and security. Confidential VM includes inline memory encryption to secure
processing of sensitive data in memory. Together with encryption at rest and encryption in
transit, inline memory encryption allows you to keep your data and apps encrypted at all times.

[Go to the Confidential VM product page for more.](https://cloud.google.com/security/products/confidential-computing)

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  [Quickstart: Create a Confidential VM instance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/create-confidential-vm-instance)

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  [Validating Confidential VM instances using Cloud Monitoring](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/monitoring)

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  [Creating a Confidential VM instance](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/creating-cvm-instance)

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  [Using Ubiquitous Data Encryption](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/ubiquitous-data-encryption)

### Reference

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  [gcloud compute commands](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/compute)

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  [gcloud beta compute commands](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/beta/compute)

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  [Compute Engine REST API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/reference/rest/v1)

### Resources

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  [Known issues](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/error-messages)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/release-notes)

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  [Getting support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/getting-support)

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  [Billing questions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/confidential-computing/confidential-vm/docs/billing-questions)

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