def get_platform_project(name)
      if name =~ /debian/
        return DEBIAN_PROJECT
      elsif name =~ /centos/
        return CENTOS_PROJECT
      elsif name =~ /rhel/
        return RHEL_PROJECT
      elsif name =~ /sles/
        return SLES_PROJECT
      else
        raise "Unsupported platform for Google Compute Engine: #{name}"
      end
    end
def get_platform_project(name)
      if name =~ /debian/
        return DEBIAN_PROJECT
      elsif name =~ /centos/
        return CENTOS_PROJECT
      elsif name =~ /rhel/
        return RHEL_PROJECT
      elsif name =~ /sles/
        return SLES_PROJECT
      else
        raise "Unsupported platform for Google Compute Engine: #{name}"
      end
    end
Determines the Google Compute project which contains bases instances of
 type name

 @param [String] name The platform type to search for

 @return The Google Compute project name

 @raise [Exception] If the provided platform type name is unsupported