Scenarios - Virtual Machines in Google Cloud Platform | Scribe

    Scenarios - Virtual Machines in Google Cloud Platform

    • Hafeez Baig |
    • 37 steps |
    • 3 minutes
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    Sign in into the **Google Cloud Platform**
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    To view your **Projects**, click on the **in28minutes project** dropdown on the top left side
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    **Select a project** wizard will open, here you can view all of your projects, switch between projects, and create and manage your projects.
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    **What is a Project in GCP?**\ \ A project in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a container for all your GCP resources, such as virtual machines, databases, and storage. It provides isolation, management, and billing for your resources, allowing you to organize and control access to them effectively.
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    To view the **Billing accounts**, type "**Billing accounts**" in the search bar and click on the **Billing accounts** option
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    **What are Billing accounts?**\ \ Billing accounts in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) are financial entities that track costs and payments for your GCP usage. They link projects to payment methods, manage budgets, and generate billing reports.
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    **Overview** wizard will open, here you can view all the billing details and the total costs of your billing.
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    To view **Compute Engine API**, type "**Compute Engine API**" in the search bar and click on the **Compute Engine** **API** option
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    **What is Compute Engine API?**\ \ The Compute Engine API in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) allows you to manage and interact with virtual machine instances and related resources programmatically. You can create, modify, delete instances, and control network settings through this API.
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    **Compute Engine API** wizard will open, click on the **MANAGE** button
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    **API/Service Details** wizard will open, here you can view all the details for the Compute Engine API
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    Scroll the page to the **metrics** section, here you can view graphs and traffic details of your usage.
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    To view the **Sole-tenant nodes,** type "**Compute Engine**" in the search bar and click on the **Compute Engine** option
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    **What is Compute Engine?** Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering from Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that allows users to run virtual machines (VMs) on Google's infrastructure. It provides scalable and flexible computing resources, high-performance persistent storage, advanced networking capabilities, and integration with other GCP services, making it suitable for a variety of workloads including web hosting, data processing, and high-performance computing.
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    Click on the **Sole-tenant nodes** from the left bar
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    **What are Sole-tenant nodes?**\ \ Sole-tenant nodes in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) are dedicated physical servers reserved for your use. They help you meet regulatory or compliance requirements, provide hardware isolation, and optimize licensing costs.
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    **Sole-tenant nodes** wizard will open, click on the **CREATE NODE GROUP** button on the top left side
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    **Create a node group** wizard will open, give the Name as - "**node-group-1**"
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    Scroll to the **Region** section and select the option **nortamerica-norteast1 (Montreal)** **Note:** You can select the regions closest to your location. For this demo, we will use **northamerica-northeast1 (Montreal).**
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    Scroll to the **Node group properties** section and click on the **CONTINUE** button