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Step by step on how to setup Instance

Prerequisites:

  1. Google Cloud Account: Ensure you have a Google Cloud account.
  2. Billing Enabled: Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

Step-by-Step Guide How to Create a Virtual Machine (VM) Instance

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console
  2. Click the “Select a project” dropdown
  3. Select "New Project"
  4. Then Enter a name and click "Create"
  5. Open Compute Engine. Go to the created project
  6. Navigate to "Compute Engine" > "VM instances"
  7. Create a New VM
  8. Setting up New VM
  9. Choose Machine configuration
  10. You need to choose the Machine type and choose from the dropdown
  11. Next, you need to select Boot Disk using the following: Debian; Debian GNU/Linux (bookworm); SSD persistent disk; 256 GB
  12. At the very bottom click the “Create” button

After the final step, the instance has been created and should appear in the dashboard after some time.

Docker Setup (GC)

  1. To open from the console, click on "SSH"
  2. Copy your Public IP address from the Google Cloud Admin Panel
  3. Type the command in Terminal - ssh root@yourpublicIP
  4. Enter the passphrase. Confirm
  5. Add Docker's official GPG key (from the manual)
  6. Add the repository to Apt sources
  7. Install the Docker Packages. To install the latest version, run: take code from the manual and put it in the terminal. Enter
  8. Docker installed.

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