Add SSH key to instance metadata

Add a public SSH key to the instance metadata during VM creation.

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resource "google_compute_instance" "default" {  name = "my-vm"  machine_type = "n1-standard-1"  zone = "us-central1-a"  boot_disk {  initialize_params {  image = "ubuntu-1404-trusty-v20160627"  }  }  # Local SSD disk  scratch_disk {  interface = "SCSI"  }  network_interface {  network = "default"  access_config {}  }  metadata = {  "ssh-keys" = <<EOT  dev:ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILg6UtHDNyMNAh0GjaytsJdrUxjtLy3APXqZfNZhvCeT dev  test:ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILg6UtHDNyMNAh0GjaytsJdrUxjtLy3APXqZfNZhvCeT test  EOT  } }

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