Learning Google Cloud Compute Engine

Create a Compute Engine Instance in Google Cloud

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• Open the Google Cloud Console
• Click on the "Compute Engine" link in the left-hand sidebar
• Click on the "Create Instance" button
• Select the "Ubuntu" operating system -> I will suggest to use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Click on the "Create" button

SSH into Compute Engine instance(In browser)

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• Open the Google Cloud Console
• Click on the "Compute Engine" link in the left-hand sidebar
• Click on the "SSH" button next to the instance you want to connect to
• Enter the username "ubuntu" and press Enter
• Enter the password you set for the instance when you created it

SSH into Compute Engine instance(In local terminal)

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• Create a ssh key in local machine

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048

• Copy the ssh key to the instance

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh -i ~/.ssh/google_compute_engine ubuntu@<your-instance-ip> "cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

• Or you can follow bellow steps to copy the ssh key to the instance Open Google Console → MetaData → SSH Keys → Create or Edit → Copy and the ssh key

• After that, you can connect to the instance using ssh

ssh ubuntu@<your-instance-ip>

Use gcloud command to connect to the instance

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• Install Google Cloud SDK

brew install google-cloud-sdk

• Login to Google Cloud

gcloud auth application-default login

• Connect to the instance

gcloud compute ssh --zone "us-central1-a" "your-instance-name" --command "ls -l"