Starting a Virtual Machine

Create a Virtual Machine using Cloud Console

• Compute Engine -> VM instances -> Create Instance
  • From scratch
  • From template
  • From marketplace
• From scratch
  • Name
  • Region
  • Zone
  • General purpose/ memory optimized
  • Machine type
  • Boot disk
  • Disk type (SSD) / disk size

Create a Virtual Machine using Cloud Shell

• gcloud compute instances create <instance name> --zone=us-west-1-b --machine-type=g1-small --boot-disk-size=16GB

Installing the Cloud SDK locally

Create a Virtual Machine using Cloud SDK

Accessing a Virtual Machine

• Compute Engine -> Connect (SSH) -> Open in a brower window