Google Cloud Skills Boost: Create a Virtual Machine (GSP001) Lab Walkthrough
Hey everyone! In this tutorial, I'll guide you through the "Create a Virtual Machine" lab (GSP001) on Google Cloud Skills Boost. This is a fundamental lab for anyone getting started with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Follow along as we cover: ✔️Starting the lab and accessing the Google Cloud Console using temporary credentials. ✔️ Activating Cloud Shell and authorizing it. ✔️ Setting the default compute region and zone using gcloud config. ✔️ Task 1: Creating a new VM instance (gcelab) using the Google Cloud Console. We'll navigate to Compute Engine VM Instances, configure the instance settings (name, region, zone, machine type - e2-medium, boot disk - Debian 12, firewall rule for HTTP), and launch the VM. ✔️ Task 2: Installing an Nginx web server on the VM. We'll connect to the gcelab instance via SSH directly from the browser, update the operating system packages using sudo apt-get update, install Nginx using sudo apt-get install -y nginx, and verify the installation using ps auxw | grep nginx. ✔️ Task 3: Creating a second VM instance (gcelab2) using the gcloud command-line tool in Cloud Shell (gcloud compute instances create gcelab2 ...). ✔️ Briefly exploring the gcloud compute instances create --help command. ✔️ Refreshing the VM instances page to see both VMs. ✔️ Task 4: Testing your knowledge with the end-of-lab quiz questions.
This video is perfect for beginners wanting a clear, step-by-step guide to completing GSP001 and understanding the basics of Google Compute Engine.
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