Creating RHEL instance on Google Cloud Platform

Last Updated : Sep 27, 2024 |

Before you begin

  • Create an account on the Google Cloud Platform

  • Create a ppk file.

Important:

Installing only the required RPMs to the system for security and stability. Do not install a complete Red Hat system.

In a software-only installation, the customer installs the Red Hat provided RPM updates. To avoid possible issues or incompatibilities with new RPMs, check the list of tested RPMs and follow the instructions in the PSN020617u that Avaya publishes periodically on the Avaya Support website.

Note:

Please note that the steps provided in this section are for reference. For the most up-to-date information, see the Google Cloud Platform documentation.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Google Cloud Platform.
  2. Go to Compute Engine > VM Instances.
  3. On the VM Instances page, click CREATE INSTANCE
  4. On the Create an instance page, update the following fields:
    1. In Name, enter your product name.
    2. In Region, select the required region.
    3. In Zone, select the required zone.
    4. Under Machine configuration, in Series, select E2.
    5. In Machine type, select the number of vCPUs and memory needed for your deployment.
  5. Under the Boot disk section, click Change and do the following:
    1. Select the appropriate RHEL image. For the supported RHEL version, see the Third party software requirements section.
    2. In Size (GiB), enter the required disk size and click Select.
  6. Click Networking > Networking interfaces, and update the following fields:
    1. In Network, select the VPC network.
    2. In Subnetwork, select an appropriate subnet.
    3. In Primary Internal IP, select Ephemeral Custom.
    4. In Custom ephemeral IP address, enter an IP address that is within the range of your network.
    5. In External IP, select an appropriate option.
  7. Click Done.
  8. Click Security.
  9. Under the SSH Keys section, in the Enter entire key data section, copy your private key details.




    When you paste the key, a user login is also created.

  10. Click Create.

    A Virtual machine instance is deployed and it appears under the VM instances page.

Next Steps

Uploading the ISO to the RHEL virtual machine instance.