Failed to fetch metadata server (404)

[ocervell]

When I SSH to my VM, I see a big red error:

  #########################[ Error ]#########################
  #  The startup agent encountered errors. Your container   #
  #  was not started. To inspect the agent's logs use       #
  #  'sudo journalctl -u konlet-startup' command.           #
  ###########################################################

Logs:

Starting Konlet container startup agent
Downloading credentials for default VM service account from metadata server
Error: Cannot get auth token: Metadata server responded with status 404
Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Failed with result 'exit-code'.