def test connection = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => "Google" }) rawdisk = { :source => nil, # 'http://some_valid_url_to_rootfs_tarball' :container_type => 'TAR', } # Can't test this unless the 'source' points to a valid URL return if rawdisk[:source].nil? img = connection.image.create(:name => 'test-image', :preferred_kernel => 'gce-v20130603', :description => 'Test image (via fog)', :raw_disk => rawdisk) img.reload # will raise if image was not saved correctly end