diff --git a/compute/resetInstance.js b/compute/resetInstance.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..622b5eafa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute/resetInstance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/**
+ * Resets a stopped Google Compute Engine instance (with unencrypted disks).
+ *
+ * @param {string} projectId - project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} zone - name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} instanceName - name of the instance your want to reset.
+ */
+function main(projectId, zone, instanceName) {
+  // [START compute_reset_instance]
+  /**
+   * 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 compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
+
+  async function resetInstance() {
+    const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();
+
+    const [response] = await instancesClient.reset({
+      project: projectId,
+      zone,
+      instance: instanceName,
+    });
+    let operation = response.latestResponse;
+    const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();
+
+    // Wait for the operation to complete.
+    while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
+      [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
+        operation: operation.name,
+        project: projectId,
+        zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
+      });
+    }
+
+    console.log('Instance reset.');
+  }
+
+  resetInstance();
+  // [END compute_reset_instance]
+}
+
+main(...process.argv.slice(2));
diff --git a/compute/startInstance.js b/compute/startInstance.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..289d3b8a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute/startInstance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/**
+ * Starts a stopped Google Compute Engine instance (with unencrypted disks).
+ *
+ * @param {string} projectId - project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} zone - name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} instanceName - name of the instance your want to start.
+ */
+function main(projectId, zone, instanceName) {
+  // [START compute_start_instance]
+  /**
+   * 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 compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
+
+  async function startInstance() {
+    const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();
+
+    const [response] = await instancesClient.start({
+      project: projectId,
+      zone,
+      instance: instanceName,
+    });
+    let operation = response.latestResponse;
+    const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();
+
+    // Wait for the operation to complete.
+    while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
+      [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
+        operation: operation.name,
+        project: projectId,
+        zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
+      });
+    }
+
+    console.log('Instance started.');
+  }
+
+  startInstance();
+  // [END compute_start_instance]
+}
+
+main(...process.argv.slice(2));
diff --git a/compute/startInstanceWithEncKey.js b/compute/startInstanceWithEncKey.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f83f0bba48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute/startInstanceWithEncKey.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/**
+ * Starts a stopped Google Compute Engine instance (with encrypted disks).
+ *
+ * @param {string} projectId - project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} zone - name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} instanceName - name of the instance your want to start.
+ * @param {string} key - stringrepresenting a raw base64 encoded key to your machines boot disk.
+ *    For more information about disk encryption see:
+ *    https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/customer-supplied-encryption#specifications
+ */
+function main(projectId, zone, instanceName, key) {
+  // [START compute_start_enc_instance]
+  /**
+   * 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 key = 'YOUR_KEY_STRING'
+
+  const compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
+
+  async function startInstanceWithEncryptionKey() {
+    const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();
+
+    const [instance] = await instancesClient.get({
+      project: projectId,
+      zone,
+      instance: instanceName,
+    });
+
+    const [response] = await instancesClient.startWithEncryptionKey({
+      project: projectId,
+      zone,
+      instance: instanceName,
+      instancesStartWithEncryptionKeyRequestResource: {
+        disks: [
+          {
+            source: instance.disks[0].source,
+            diskEncryptionKey: {
+              rawKey: key,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+    let operation = response.latestResponse;
+    const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();
+
+    // Wait for the operation to complete.
+    while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
+      [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
+        operation: operation.name,
+        project: projectId,
+        zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
+      });
+    }
+
+    console.log('Instance with encryption key started.');
+  }
+
+  startInstanceWithEncryptionKey();
+  // [END compute_start_enc_instance]
+}
+
+main(...process.argv.slice(2));
diff --git a/compute/stopInstance.js b/compute/stopInstance.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cf188a9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compute/stopInstance.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+/**
+ * Stops a started Google Compute Engine instance.
+ *
+ * @param {string} projectId - project ID or project number of the Cloud project your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} zone - name of the zone your instance belongs to.
+ * @param {string} instanceName - name of the instance your want to stop.
+ */
+function main(projectId, zone, instanceName) {
+  // [START compute_stop_instance]
+  /**
+   * 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 compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
+
+  async function stopInstance() {
+    const instancesClient = new compute.InstancesClient();
+
+    const [response] = await instancesClient.stop({
+      project: projectId,
+      zone,
+      instance: instanceName,
+    });
+    let operation = response.latestResponse;
+    const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();
+
+    // Wait for the operation to complete.
+    while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
+      [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
+        operation: operation.name,
+        project: projectId,
+        zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
+      });
+    }
+
+    console.log('Instance stopped.');
+  }
+
+  stopInstance();
+  // [END compute_stop_instance]
+}
+
+main(...process.argv.slice(2));
diff --git a/compute/test/samples.test.js b/compute/test/samples.test.js
index 29ace1c7d3..345dc738dd 100644
--- a/compute/test/samples.test.js
+++ b/compute/test/samples.test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const compute = require('@google-cloud/compute');
+const computeProtos = compute.protos.google.cloud.compute.v1;
 const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');
 
 const {describe, it} = require('mocha');
@@ -194,4 +195,122 @@ describe('samples', () => {
       assert.match(output, /Page 2/);
     });
   });
+
+  const getInstance = async (projectId, zone, instanceName) => {
+    const [instance] = await instancesClient.get({
+      project: projectId,
+      zone,
+      instance: instanceName,
+    });
+    return instance;
+  };
+
+  describe('start/stop instances', () => {
+    it('should start/stop instances', async () => {
+      const projectId = await instancesClient.getProjectId();
+      const newInstanceName = `gcloud-test-instance-${uuid.v4().split('-')[0]}`;
+
+      execSync(`node createInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`);
+
+      let instance = await getInstance(projectId, zone, newInstanceName);
+      assert.equal(instance.status, 'RUNNING');
+
+      const stopOutput = execSync(
+        `node stopInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`
+      );
+      assert.match(stopOutput, /Instance stopped/);
+
+      instance = await getInstance(projectId, zone, newInstanceName);
+      assert.equal(instance.status, 'TERMINATED');
+
+      const startOutput = execSync(
+        `node startInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`
+      );
+      assert.match(startOutput, /Instance started/);
+
+      instance = await getInstance(projectId, zone, newInstanceName);
+      assert.equal(instance.status, 'RUNNING');
+
+      execSync(`node deleteInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should start/stop instances with encrypted disks', async () => {
+      const projectId = await instancesClient.getProjectId();
+      const newInstanceName = `gcloud-test-instance-${uuid.v4().split('-')[0]}`;
+
+      const KEY = uuid.v4().split('-').join('');
+      const KEY_BASE64 = Buffer.from(KEY).toString('base64');
+
+      const [response] = await instancesClient.insert({
+        instanceResource: {
+          name: newInstanceName,
+          disks: [
+            {
+              initializeParams: {
+                diskSizeGb: '10',
+                sourceImage:
+                  'projects/debian-cloud/global/images/family/debian-10',
+              },
+              autoDelete: true,
+              boot: true,
+              type: computeProtos.AttachedDisk.Type.PERSISTENT,
+              diskEncryptionKey: {
+                rawKey: KEY_BASE64,
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+          machineType: `zones/${zone}/machineTypes/n1-standard-1`,
+          networkInterfaces: [
+            {
+              name: 'global/networks/default',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+        project: projectId,
+        zone,
+      });
+      let operation = response.latestResponse;
+      const operationsClient = new compute.ZoneOperationsClient();
+
+      while (operation.status !== 'DONE') {
+        [operation] = await operationsClient.wait({
+          operation: operation.name,
+          project: projectId,
+          zone: operation.zone.split('/').pop(),
+        });
+      }
+
+      const stopOutput = execSync(
+        `node stopInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`
+      );
+      assert.match(stopOutput, /Instance stopped/);
+
+      let instance = await getInstance(projectId, zone, newInstanceName);
+      assert.equal(instance.status, 'TERMINATED');
+
+      const startOutput = execSync(
+        `node startInstanceWithEncKey ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName} ${KEY_BASE64}`
+      );
+      assert.match(startOutput, /Instance with encryption key started/);
+
+      instance = await getInstance(projectId, zone, newInstanceName);
+      assert.equal(instance.status, 'RUNNING');
+
+      execSync(`node deleteInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should reset instance', async () => {
+      const projectId = await instancesClient.getProjectId();
+      const newInstanceName = `gcloud-test-instance-${uuid.v4().split('-')[0]}`;
+
+      execSync(`node createInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`);
+
+      const resetOutput = execSync(
+        `node resetInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`
+      );
+      assert.match(resetOutput, /Instance reset/);
+
+      execSync(`node deleteInstance ${projectId} ${zone} ${newInstanceName}`);
+    });
+  });
 });