Creating a VM Instance from an Image

This section describes how to create a Virtual Machine (VM) from an appliance image provided to you.

To create a VM from an image:

1. Ensure that you are logged in to the GCP.

2. Click Compute Engine.
   The Compute Engine screen appears.

3. Click CREATE INSTANCE.
   The Create an instance screen appears.

4. Enter the following information:

   • Name: Name of the instance
   • Description: Description for the instance

5. Select the region and zone from the Region and Zone drop-down menus respectively.

6. Under the Machine Type area, select the processor and memory configurations based on the requirements.

7. Click Customize to customize the memory, processor, and core configuration.

8. Under the Boot disk area, click Change to configure the boot disk.

   The Boot disk screen appears.

   1. Click Custom Images.

   2. Under the Show images from drop-down menu, select the project where the image of the appliance is provided.

   3. Select the image for the root partition.

   4. Select the required disk type from the Boot disk type drop-down list.

   5. Enter the size of the disk in the Size (GB) text box.

   6. Click Select.

      The disk is configured.

9. Under the Identity and API access area, select the account from the Service Account drop-down menu to access the Cloud APIs.

   Depending on the selection, select the access scope from the Access Scope option.

10. Under the Firewall area, select the Allow HTTP traffic or Allow HTTPS traffic checkboxes to permit HTTP or HTTPS requests.

11. Click Networking to set the networking options.

    1. Enter data in the Network tags text box.

    2. Click Add network interface to add a network interface.

       If you want to edit a network interface, then click the edit icon ().

12. Click Create to create and start the instance.

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