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This walkthrough of Google Cloud Platform (GCP):
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Open Infrastructure view by clicking the servers icon at the top of the main menu
Go to Public
Click the + add button at the bottom of the Public cloud regions list
Enter the Name of your public cloud region
Select the Provider
Select the Region to add. You can add more than one region
Click Next
Select the Remote services. Abiquo uses Remote services to connect to the providers and manage the cloud.
In the first IP address box, click the down arrow and select the Remote service URL from the pull-down list, or enter the URL of your Monolithic server
Click the link to Duplicate IP addresses at the top of the popup
Click Check all to check the connection to the remote services
Click Save
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Go to Users and edit a tenant enterprise
To allow users of a tenant enterprise to deploy in the public cloud region, go to Datacenters, and check that the public cloud region is in the Allowed datacenters list. If not, drag it into the list.
Go to Credentials → Public
Select the Provider
Enter the Access key and the Secret access key. For more details, see Obtain Google Cloud Platform credentials
Click Add account
Click Save
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Open the Catalogue view by clicking the Catalogue icon
Select Public
Select the public cloud region
Click the import template button
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Enter the ID of a template to import, or a Name text, for example
Linux, because we recommend that you use a Linux template.Optionally, filter by template providers, for example, use the
Canonicalprovider and search for anubuntutemplate.Click Search
Select a Template to import and click the import symbol beside the template
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Select and edit the template
The template name is the default name for the VM, so it may be helpful to rename it. SEE. For more details, see Google’s Compute Engine documentation: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/naming-resources
To add default user details for remote access, go to Advanced
Select the template Operating system. For the latest version, do not set the OS version
Enter a Username. If you do not wish to use the default
abiquouser, enter another valid name. For Linux, enterabiquo. You you do not need to enter a password.
For Windows, enterAdministratorand a password with at least 12 characters
See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/windows/generating-credentials
Click Save
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Create a global network in Google Cloud Platform
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To create a global network in GCP:
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Go to myCloud virtual datacenters view
Click the globe Global section button
From this section, you can onboard or synchronize the Global networks in a selected region, and their subnets.
Select Google Cloud Platform
On the Global networks page, click the + add button and complete the dialog
For Routing mode, select REGIONAL or GLOBAL. For GCP documentation, see https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/router/concepts/overview#priority-and-dynamic-routing
To automatically create subnets in all regions of Google Cloud Platform, select Automatic subnet creation. This option is recommended for test environments only. The subnets will have an address in CIDR notation of
10.172.0.0/20
Select a global network
Go to the Subnets page, click the + add button, and complete the dialog
The Location is the public cloud region where the platform will store the subnet's metadata
To use IPs from this subnet in a virtual datacenter, select the virtual datacenter.
In order to To deploy a VM, you must have at least one subnet assigned to your virtual datacenterSelect For the Purpose:
Private: for private networks
Internal HTTPS loadbalancer: for internal load balancers
Private service connect: for access to Google Cloud services through a private network
Regional managed proxy: for internal and regional external load balancers.
Select Enable flow logs to , select
PrivateTo sample network traffic and store it in cloud provider logs, select Enable flow logs
Select Private services access to To enable your VMs to connect with provider or third party networks with services through subnet addressesSelect Default virtual datacenter subnet to , select Private services access
To enable users to deploy VMs with automatically assigned IP addresses, select Default virtual datacenter subnet
Click Save
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Create a virtual datacenter and virtual appliance
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To open the myCloud Virtual datacenters view, click the cloud icon
Click the + add button at the bottom of the Virtual Datacenters list
Select Create virtual datacenter
Enter a Name, and select the Public cloud region
Select the Global network and the SubnetSCREENSHOT
Go to Defaults and select the Subnet
Click Save
Select the virtual datacenter and in the Virtual Appliances pane, click the + add button and enter the Name of the virtual appliance then click Save.
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The virtual appliance you create will display in the Virtual Appliances list.
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Create a firewall for GCP
To connect to a VM in public cloud, create a firewall to allow access. Because this VM will only be active for a very short time, we will use basic default settings.
To create a firewall, do these steps.
Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters → Networks → Firewalls
Select the virtual datacenter
Click the + add button to create a firewall for incoming connections INGRESS, and enter the Name
For Sources,allow incoming connections from your IP address. Or for a temporary test system, allow all connections.
Go to Inbound and add the Firewall rules
From Common protocols for a Linux VM, select
SSHand/or for a Windows VM, selectRDPYou can also add the Port for the other protocol
Click Add
Click Save
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Create a VM in GCP
When you create a VM, you can select from the compatible templates.
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To go into your virtual appliance, click Open under its Name.
To create a VM, click Create virtual machine and select a VM template
For the Name, enter a user-friendly name for the VM that meets provider criteria
Select the Availability set
. See https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/naming-resources
Click Save
Select an appropriate Hardware profile for your VM
On the VM icon from the options menu, select Edit
Click Network and select Private networks Subnets
Drag the
Auto-generated IPlabel into the NICs pane
Select Public and click Purchase public IP
Click the + add button
Select the Resource group and IP type
Click Accept
Select an IP address and click Add
Drag the public IP into the NICs pane. Select the VNIC Sequence of
0and click Accept
Click Save
Go to Networks → Firewall
Select your firewall and click Save
To go out of the virtual appliance, click the Name of the virtual datacenter or the myCloud icon
Configure the VM firewall for public cloud
To connect to a VM in public cloud, create a firewall to allow access. Because this VM will only be active for a very short time, we will use basic default settings.
To create a firewall in Azure do these steps.
Go to myCloud Virtual datacenters → Networks → Firewalls
Select the virtual datacenter
Click the + add button to create a firewall for connections and enter the Name
Select the firewall and click the pencil edit button to add the Firewall rules
For Inbound
From Common protocols for a Linux VM, select
SSHand/or for a Windows VM, selectRDPAllow incoming connections from your IP address. Or for a temporary test system, allow all connections.
Click Add
Go to Outbound, select
All traffic, click Add, then click Save.
The platform will create the firewall.Go to Virtual appliances and on the virtual appliance and click on Open
Edit your VM
Go to Networks → Firewall
Select your firewall and click Save.
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Deploy the virtual appliance in public cloud
To deploy the virtual appliance, do one of these actions. The screenshots are from Azure, but the action is the same for all cloud providers.
From outside the virtual appliance, on the options menu, select Deploy.
OR From inside the virtual appliance, click the Deploy virtual appliance button. You can also deploy a VM on its own with the Deploy VM button.
The platform will deploy all the VMs and power them on. You can select the VMs and manage them with the control buttons in the lower right corner of the screen.
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Go to Virtual datacenters and open the Virtual appliance
Select the VM
To obtain the default username (and password for Windows), go to the General tab of the VM control panel and click the default credentials key button
To open the remote connection, click the console button
A console should open to allow you to connect to your VM. The platform will automatically complete the Username.
For Linux VMs, enter the SSH private key (also called the Decryption key).
For Windows VMs on Azure, enter the Password.
The console will open to let you work on your VM.
If you cannot connect due to an unsecured certificate error, open a new tab in the same browser, enter the host IP of the VM, and accept the certificate.
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