function main(projectId, zone, instanceName, deleteProtection) {
  // [START compute_delete_protection_create]
  /**
   * TODO(developer): Uncomment and replace these variables before running the sample.
   */
  // const projectId = 'YOUR_PROJECT_ID';
  // const zone = 'europe-central2-b';
  // const instanceName = 'YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME';
  // const deleteProtection = true;

  const compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');

  // Send an instance creation request to the Compute Engine API and wait for it to complete.
  async function createInstance() {
    const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();

    const [response] = await instancesClient.insert({
      project: projectId,
      zone,
      instanceResource: {
        name: instanceName,
        // Set the delete protection bit.
        deletionProtection: deleteProtection,
        disks: [
          {
            // Describe the size and source image of the boot disk to attach to the instance.
            initializeParams: {
              diskSizeGb: '10',
              sourceImage:
                'projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-11',
            },
            autoDelete: true,
            boot: true,
            type: 'PERSISTENT',
          },
        ],
        machineType: `zones/${zone}/machineTypes/e2-small`,
        networkInterfaces: [
          {
            // Use the default VPC network.
            name: 'default',
          },
        ],
      },
    });
    let operation = response.latestResponse;
    const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();

    // Wait for the create operation to complete.
    while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
      [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
        operation: operation.name,
        project: projectId,
        zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
      });
    }

    console.log('Instance created.');
  }

  createInstance();
  // [END compute_delete_protection_create]
}
Sends an instance creation request to the Compute Engine API and wait for it to complete.

@param {string} projectId - Project ID or project number of the Cloud project you want to use.
@param {string} zone - Name of the zone you want to check, for example: us-west3-b
@param {string} instanceName - Name of the new virtual machine.
@param {string} deleteProtection - boolean value indicating if the new virtual machine should be
   protected against deletion or not.