GCP Install: Create an Instance using Google Cloud SDK Shell

on Jul 13, 2020

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Determine what machine type is appropriate for selection. For more information, see GCP Instance Configuration Recommendations.
Using the image names listed under Find NetWitness Platform GCP Images, create a GCP Instance by running the command:

gcloud compute instances create <instance name> --image <netwitness image name> --image-project <rsa project> --machine-type <machine type> --zone <gcp zone> --no-address

For example:

gcloud compute instances create nw-server --image rsa-nw-11-4-0-0-14000-full --image-project gcp-nw-prod-images --machine-type n1-standard-8 --zone us-west1-c --no-address

Note: The simple example is shown above, but there are many other options available. For more information, see the "Quickstart: Creating a New Instance Using the Command Line" section in the GCP documentation.
To modify the machine type, region, zone, or other configurations:
1. Go to Google Cloud Platform > Compute Engine > VM Instance view to find the VM Instance.
2. Select the instance and click .
3. Click the Instance name (mg-nw-server).
4. Click to modify the settings according to your preference and click Save.
  The VM instance details view is displayed.
5. SSH to the newly-created instance using the default NetWitness Platform credentials.