Virtual machine deployment checklist

Last Updated : Jun 08, 2026 |

Avaya Aura® Device Services requires the RHEL operating system. However, you cannot install Avaya Aura® Device Services on a virtual machine deployed using the default RHEL image provided by Google Cloud Platform. By default, Google Cloud Platform virtual machines only support /32 netmasks. Therefore, you must create a custom RHEL image based on the RHEL image provided by Google Cloud Platform and then use it to deploy virtual machines.

Note:

If you are deploying a cluster, you only need to create the custom RHEL image once. Then, you can use it to deploy Avaya Aura® Device Services virtual machines.

The following checklist outlines the tasks you must perform to deploy a virtual machine with RHEL 8.4 or RHEL 8.10 in a Google Cloud Platform environment:

No.

Task

Notes

1

Deploy a virtual machine using an RHEL image provided by Google Cloud Platform.

See Deploying virtual machines in Google Cloud Platform. For more information about deploying virtual machines in Google Cloud Platform, see Creating instances.

Important:

If you plan to use the Utility Server, configure the second network interface when deploying a virtual machine. You cannot add network interfaces to an existing virtual machine.

2

Enable the YUM package manager on RHEL.

The YUM package manager is used to install the required packages. For more information about enabling YUM, see the Red Hat YUM documentation.

3

Reimage the RHEL operating system disk.

You must manually create an operating system disk image that supports netmasks other than /32. After reimaging the operating system disk, you can use this image to deploy virtual machines.

See Reimaging the operating system disk.

4

Deploy a virtual machine using the custom RHEL image.

This process is similar to deploying a virtual machine using an RHEL image provided by Google Cloud Platform. For information about deploying a virtual machine, see Deploying virtual machines in Google Cloud Platform.