diff --git a/deploy/gcp/examples/multi-zonal.tfvars b/deploy/gcp/examples/multi-zonal.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17aa938cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/gcp/examples/multi-zonal.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# This will create a zonal cluster in zone us-central1-b with one additional zone.
+# Work nodes will be created in primary zone us-central1-b and additional zone us-central1-c.
+#
+gke_name = "multi-zonal"
+vpc_name = "multi-zonal"
+location = "us-central1-b"
+pd_instance_type   = "n1-standard-2"
+tikv_instance_type = "n1-highmem-4"
+tidb_instance_type = "n1-standard-8"
+node_locations = [
+   "us-central1-c"
+]
diff --git a/deploy/gcp/examples/single-zonal.tfvars b/deploy/gcp/examples/single-zonal.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b073e6e2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/gcp/examples/single-zonal.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# This will create a zonal cluster in zone us-central1-b without additional zones.
+# Work nodes will be created in a single zone only.
+#
+gke_name = "single-zonal"
+vpc_name = "single-zonal"
+location = "us-central1-b"
+pd_instance_type   = "n1-standard-2"
+tikv_instance_type = "n1-highmem-4"
+tidb_instance_type = "n1-standard-8"
+pd_count = 3
+tikv_count = 3
+tidb_count = 3
diff --git a/deploy/gcp/examples/tidb-customized.tfvars b/deploy/gcp/examples/tidb-customized.tfvars
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1a525ba3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/gcp/examples/tidb-customized.tfvars
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+pd_instance_type   = "n1-standard-2"
+tikv_instance_type = "n1-highmem-4"
+tidb_instance_type = "n1-standard-8"
+
+# specify tidb version
+tidb_version = "3.0.2"
+
+# override tidb cluster values
+override_values = <<EOF
+pd:
+  hostNetwork: true
+tikv:
+  resources:
+     requests:
+       cpu: "1"
+       memory: 1Gi
+       storage: 10Gi
+  hostNetwork: true
+tidb:
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: "1"
+      memory: 1Gi
+  hostNetwork: true
+EOF
diff --git a/deploy/gcp/main.tf b/deploy/gcp/main.tf
index 2935751a44..6bb309f086 100644
--- a/deploy/gcp/main.tf
+++ b/deploy/gcp/main.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+locals {
+  # Create a regional cluster in current region by default.
+  location = var.location != "" ? var.location : var.GCP_REGION
+}
+
 provider "google" {
   credentials = file(var.GCP_CREDENTIALS_PATH)
   region      = var.GCP_REGION
@@ -39,10 +44,12 @@ module "tidb-operator" {
   vpc_name                      = var.vpc_name
   subnetwork_name               = module.vpc.private_subnetwork_name
   gcp_project                   = var.GCP_PROJECT
-  gcp_region                    = var.GCP_REGION
+  location                      = local.location
+  node_locations                = var.node_locations
   kubeconfig_path               = local.kubeconfig
   tidb_operator_version         = var.tidb_operator_version
   maintenance_window_start_time = var.maintenance_window_start_time
+  operator_helm_values          = var.operator_helm_values
 }
 
 module "bastion" {
diff --git a/deploy/gcp/tidbclusters.tf b/deploy/gcp/tidbclusters.tf
index 6588e6ab83..d0d69a5476 100644
--- a/deploy/gcp/tidbclusters.tf
+++ b/deploy/gcp/tidbclusters.tf
@@ -31,9 +31,14 @@ module "default-tidb-cluster" {
   pd_instance_type           = var.pd_instance_type
   tikv_instance_type         = var.tikv_instance_type
   tidb_instance_type         = var.tidb_instance_type
+  pd_image_type              = var.pd_image_type
+  tikv_image_type            = var.tikv_image_type
+  tidb_image_type            = var.tidb_image_type
   monitor_instance_type      = var.monitor_instance_type
   pd_node_count              = var.pd_count
   tikv_node_count            = var.tikv_count
   tidb_node_count            = var.tidb_count
   monitor_node_count         = var.monitor_count
+  tikv_local_ssd_count 	     = var.tikv_local_ssd_count
+  override_values            = var.override_values
 }
diff --git a/deploy/gcp/variables.tf b/deploy/gcp/variables.tf
index e0f25ccbba..f280191e91 100644
--- a/deploy/gcp/variables.tf
+++ b/deploy/gcp/variables.tf
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ variable "GCP_PROJECT" {
   description = "The GCP project in which to create the necessary resources"
 }
 
+variable "location" {
+  description = "The GKE cluster location. If you specify a zone (such as us-central1-a), the cluster will be a zonal cluster with a single cluster master. If you specify a region (such as us-west1), the cluster will be a regional cluster with multiple masters spread across zones in the region. If not specified, the cluster will be a regional cluster in GCP_REGION."
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "node_locations" {
+  description = "The list of zones in which the cluster's nodes should be located. These must be in the same region as the cluster zone for zonal clusters, or in the region of a regional cluster. In a multi-zonal cluster, the number of nodes specified in initial_node_count is created in all specified zones as well as the primary zone. If specified for a regional cluster, nodes will be created in only these zones."
+  type        = list(string)
+  default = []
+}
+
 variable "tidb_version" {
   description = "TiDB version"
   default     = "v3.0.1"
@@ -24,6 +35,12 @@ variable "tidb_operator_chart_version" {
   default     = ""
 }
 
+variable "operator_helm_values" {
+  description = "Operator helm values"
+  type        = string
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 variable "create_vpc" {
   default = true
 }
@@ -33,6 +50,12 @@ variable "gke_name" {
   default     = "tidb-cluster"
 }
 
+variable "gke_version" {
+  description = "Kubernetes version to use for the GKE cluster"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "latest"
+}
+
 variable "default_tidb_cluster_name" {
   description = "The name that will be given to the default tidb cluster created."
   default     = "tidb-cluster"
@@ -43,18 +66,6 @@ variable "vpc_name" {
   default     = "tidb-cluster"
 }
 
-variable "pd_replica_count" {
-  default = 3
-}
-
-variable "tikv_replica_count" {
-  default = 3
-}
-
-variable "tidb_replica_count" {
-  default = 3
-}
-
 variable "pd_count" {
   description = "Number of PD nodes per availability zone"
   default     = 1
@@ -80,6 +91,26 @@ variable "tikv_instance_type" {}
 
 variable "tidb_instance_type" {}
 
+variable "pd_image_type" {
+  description = "PD image type, avaiable: UBUNTU/COS"
+  default     = "COS"
+}
+
+variable "tidb_image_type" {
+  description = "TiDB image type, avaiable: UBUNTU/COS"
+  default     = "COS"
+}
+
+variable "tikv_image_type" {
+  description = "TiKV image type, avaiable: UBUNTU/COS"
+  default     = "COS"
+}
+
+variable "tikv_local_ssd_count" {
+  description = "TiKV node pool local ssd count (cannot be changed after the node pool is created)"
+  default = 1
+}
+
 variable "monitor_instance_type" {
   default = "n1-standard-2"
 }
@@ -92,3 +123,8 @@ variable "maintenance_window_start_time" {
   description = "The time in HH:MM GMT format to define the start of the daily maintenance window"
   default     = "01:00"
 }
+
+variable "override_values" {
+  description = "YAML formatted values that will be passed in to the tidb-cluster helm release"
+  default     = ""
+}
diff --git a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/data.tf b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/data.tf
index 0efb7629ba..8bf3a18c34 100644
--- a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/data.tf
+++ b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/data.tf
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ data "external" "monitor_port" {
 }
 
 locals {
+  # Location examples: us-central1 (region), us-central1-b (zone), us-central1-c (zone)
+  cluster_location_args = "%{if length(split("-", var.gke_cluster_location)) == 3}--zone ${var.gke_cluster_location}%{else}--region ${var.gke_cluster_location}%{endif}"
   # TODO Update related code when node locations is avaiable in attributes of cluster resource.
   cmd_get_cluster_locations = <<EOT
-gcloud --project ${var.gcp_project} container clusters list --filter='name=${var.gke_cluster_name}' --format='json[no-heading](locations)' --region ${var.gke_cluster_location} | jq '.[0] | .locations |= join(",")'
+gcloud --project ${var.gcp_project} container clusters list --filter='name=${var.gke_cluster_name}' --format='json[no-heading](locations)' ${local.cluster_location_args} | jq '.[0] | .locations |= join(",")'
 EOT
 }
 
diff --git a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/main.tf b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/main.tf
index e7c0bfef78..e3588ffac8 100644
--- a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/main.tf
+++ b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/main.tf
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "tikv_pool" {
     image_type   = var.tikv_image_type
     // This value cannot be changed (instead a new node pool is needed)
     // 1 SSD is 375 GiB
-    local_ssd_count = 1
+    local_ssd_count = var.tikv_local_ssd_count
 
     taint {
       effect = "NO_SCHEDULE"
diff --git a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/variables.tf b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/variables.tf
index 3087da6834..c8c37c9ccc 100644
--- a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/variables.tf
+++ b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-cluster/variables.tf
@@ -59,3 +59,8 @@ variable "tikv_image_type" {
   description = "TiKV image type, avaiable: UBUNTU/COS"
   default = "COS"
 }
+
+variable "tikv_local_ssd_count" {
+  description = "TiKV node pool local ssd count (cannot be changed after the node pool is created)"
+  default = 1
+}
diff --git a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/main.tf b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/main.tf
index 82b164f8e9..c879c0040b 100644
--- a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/main.tf
+++ b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/main.tf
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "cluster" {
   name       = var.gke_name
   network    = var.vpc_name
   subnetwork = var.subnetwork_name
-  location   = var.gcp_region
+  location   = var.location
+  node_locations = var.node_locations
   project    = var.gcp_project
 
   master_auth {
@@ -42,11 +43,18 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "cluster" {
   }
 }
 
+locals {
+   # TODO better way to detect whether the cluster is zonal or regional
+   cmd_get_cluster_credentials = length(split("-", var.location)) == 3 ?  "gcloud --project ${var.gcp_project} container clusters get-credentials ${google_container_cluster.cluster.name} --zone ${var.location}" : "gcloud --project ${var.gcp_project} container clusters get-credentials ${google_container_cluster.cluster.name} --region ${var.location}"
+}
+
 resource "null_resource" "get-credentials" {
   depends_on = [google_container_cluster.cluster]
+  triggers = {
+    command = local.cmd_get_cluster_credentials
+  }
   provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "gcloud --project ${var.gcp_project} container clusters get-credentials ${google_container_cluster.cluster.name} --region ${var.gcp_region}"
-
+    command = local.cmd_get_cluster_credentials
     environment = {
       KUBECONFIG = var.kubeconfig_path
     }
@@ -70,7 +78,7 @@ provider "helm" {
   # service_account = "tiller"
   install_tiller = false # currently this doesn't work, so we install tiller in the local-exec provisioner. See https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-helm/issues/148
   kubernetes {
-    config_path = local_file.kubeconfig.filename
+    config_path = var.kubeconfig_path
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/outputs.tf b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/outputs.tf
index 84a9d10740..61f8dbcdc4 100644
--- a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/outputs.tf
+++ b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/outputs.tf
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ output "gke_cluster_location" {
 }
 
 output "kubeconfig_path" {
-  value = local_file.kubeconfig.filename
+  value = data.local_file.kubeconfig.filename
 }
diff --git a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/variables.tf b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/variables.tf
index a94e2c3212..f4a11a3706 100644
--- a/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/variables.tf
+++ b/deploy/modules/gcp/tidb-operator/variables.tf
@@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ variable "subnetwork_name" {
   description = "The name of the subnetwork in which to place the cluster"
 }
 
-variable "gcp_region" {
-  description = "The GCP region"
-}
-
 variable "gcp_project" {
   description = "The GCP project name"
 }
 
+variable "location" {
+  description = "The GKE cluster location. If you specify a zone (such as us-central1-a), the cluster will be a zonal cluster with a single cluster master. If you specify a region (such as us-west1), the cluster will be a regional cluster with multiple masters spread across zones in the region."
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "node_locations" {
+  description = "The list of zones in which the cluster's nodes should be located. These must be in the same region as the cluster zone for zonal clusters, or in the region of a regional cluster. In a multi-zonal cluster, the number of nodes specified in initial_node_count is created in all specified zones as well as the primary zone. If specified for a regional cluster, nodes will be created in only these zones."
+  type = list(string)
+}
+
 variable "gke_version" {
   description = "Kubernetes version to use for the GKE cluster"
   type        = string