title: Disk is full, and I can't SSH to instance
body: <p>I get an error when trying to SSH into my instance. It tells me to check the console serial output. From what I understand it says my disk has no more space. What do I do? I need SSH to clear space but can't SSH because there is no space!</p>
  
  <p>This is what I see:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server: sshdopen: No space left on device
  Oct 14 13:18:13 instance-1 sshd[2771]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
  [?25l[?1c7[1GOct 14 13:18:13 instance-1 sshd[2771]: Server listening on :: port 22.
  [[32m ok [39;49m8[?25h[?0c.
  udhcpd: Disabled. Edit /etc/default/udhcpd to enable it.
  mktemp: failed to create file via template `/tmp/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX': No space left on device
  mktemp: failed to create file via template `/tmp/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX': No space left on device
  mktemp: failed to create file via template `/tmp/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX': No space left on device
  mktemp: failed to create file via template `/tmp/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX': No space left on device
    % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                   Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  
    0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  100  2384  100  2384    0     0  1126k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2328k
  Oct 14 13:18:13 instance-1 google: {"attributes":{"sshKeys":"ishener:ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAFbCZDZDvuIxUbH5AHYeUU/WUWaOBYI1S7Yl9k3oVFwrenn6XsMdDHKiSH2VtpenQ7mHu3YcLDFe0pO1AwJjnSO39JR/3tTVLeVbuHDTEhOhDHt0NE84S1rqHX6r591IDwLhoGnFdNibGs0Sc0uyR/kRxl5hjAWdskOm4wzald+uRctBd+hbdBmt6az7iF2UzHEV362LxUtIzaYWoo1hnhld07+eimi6t+bUHsgqDkVGaEUUDaRFWTaNlFI9UW/AMYOcu9C24molfpPKwe2R5C5HLI+8nNI7qvoGtrUZww7K5bxNQPe+bMvVitArjYItYNDU6OXvQVA/u6gnqnbt1MM= google-ssh {\"userName\":\"ishener@gmail.com\",\"expireOn\":\"2015-10-14T13:13:05+0000\"}\nishener:ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBCKT2j4VbRM6DXSjLb5UlOdzfaB4K2TvZHWGV3JD7T++EbWX87JLOKg6AdbDPWTlgKRan02TIT/Xshy28r7fCCc= google-ssh {\"userName\":\"ishener@gmail.com\",\"expireOn\":\"2015-10-14T13:12:58+0000\"}\nrsa-key-20150806:ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAxtMUn200CaOuRa8bHFuqrjDiyUDrLECUf9V/ZpxT24lrqEbS1bDT7oWQwcuxQZEcrTnfeCEDeIwQpbNoOGp8NufrZUUG8jpVnVQqCHQZ3T+0Gs6et6JYxldhb0xT3KJVwQM+qnZOfwsk7co/+XOhE63u62NvUlqpGDQQUvuFY1wV3B7Rfjhg2JYEHCMswLRnSfnvyxp6+uQJ
  Oct 14 13:18:13 instance-1 google: 4THd/FlcGQJyJHUvpVQAqBIii8yc59+Rb32Xlyii6YU4+G60dfP6ON1iX2qkxJT5/mIkPfd3yPizbGsYhJbaqNQHPUE9hdqTlfk3gyA8S6SySNwViQtUqOH+sbo+suiJHHwr67V/qw== rsa-key-20150806\n"},"cpuPlatform":"Intel Ivy Bridge","description":"","disks":[{"deviceName":"instance-1","index":0,"mode":"READ_WRITE","type":"PERSISTENT"}],"hostname":"instance-1.c.united-wavelet-102819.internal","id":1871676137734806120,"image":"","machineType":"projects/273410245967/machineTypes/g1-small","maintenanceEvent":"NONE","networkInterfaces":[{"accessConfigs":[{"externalIp":"104.197.52.39","type":"ONE_TO_ONE_NAT"}],"forwardedIps":[],"ip":"10.240.238.207","network":"projects/273410245967/networks/default"}],"scheduling":{"automaticRestart":"TRUE","onHostMaintenance":"MIGRATE"},"serviceAccounts":{"273410245967-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com":{"aliases":["default"],"email":"273410245967-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com","scopes":["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only","https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write"]},"default":{"al
  Oct 14 13:18:13 instance-1 google: iases":["default"],"email":"273410245967-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com","scopes":["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only","https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write"]}},"tags":["http-server","https-server"],"virtualClock":{"driftToken":"12943060760861539723"},"zone":"projects/273410245967/zones/us-central1-f"}
  Oct 14 13:18:13 instance-1 google: No startup script found in metadata.
  [....] startpar: service(s) returned failure: tomcat7 ...[?25l[?1c7[1G[[31mFAIL[39;49m8[?25h[?0c [31mfailed![39;49m
  Oct 14 13:18:40 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/rsa-key-20150806/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:18:40 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:18:40 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener_zaph/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:18:45 instance-1 sshd[2884]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.49 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:18:46 instance-1 sshd[2886]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.49 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:18:47 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/rsa-key-20150806/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:18:47 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:18:47 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener_zaph/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:18:49 instance-1 sshd[2903]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.52 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:18:51 instance-1 sshd[2905]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.52 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:18:55 instance-1 sshd[2907]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.52 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:19:02 instance-1 sshd[2909]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.48 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:19:17 instance-1 sshd[2912]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.48 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:19:58 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener_zaph/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:19:58 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/rsa-key-20150806/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:19:58 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:20:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener_zaph/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:20:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/rsa-key-20150806/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:20:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:20:02 instance-1 sshd[2929]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.51 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:20:03 instance-1 sshd[2946]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.50 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:20:06 instance-1 sshd[2948]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.49 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:20:09 instance-1 sshd[2950]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.51 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:20:13 instance-1 sshd[2952]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.50 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:20:25 instance-1 sshd[2955]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.49 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:20:36 instance-1 sshd[2957]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.52 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:20:55 instance-1 sshd[2959]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.52 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:21:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener_zaph/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:21:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/rsa-key-20150806/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:21:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:21:34 instance-1 sshd[2977]: Connection closed by 173.194.92.51 [preauth]
  Oct 14 13:23:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/rsa-key-20150806/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:23:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener_zaph/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
  Oct 14 13:23:01 instance-1 accounts-from-metadata: WARNING Could not update /home/ishener/.ssh/authorized_keys due to [Errno 2] No usable temporary directory found in ['/tmp', '/var/tmp', '/usr/tmp', '/']
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