Merge pull request #2557 from DougAnsonAustinTX/rust_LP_review

rust_LP_review: minor updates and draft mode setting

Author: jasonrandrews

content/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/rust-on-gcp/_index.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ---
 title: Deploy Rust on Google Cloud C4A (Arm-based Axion VMs)
 
+draft: true
+cascade:
+    draft: true
+
 minutes_to_complete: 30
 
 who_is_this_for: This learning path is intended for software developers deploying and optimizing Rust workloads on Linux/Arm64 environments, specifically using Google Cloud C4A virtual machines powered by Axion processors. 

content/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/rust-on-gcp/baseline.md

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ rustc --version
 cargo --version
 ```
 
+You should see an output similar to:
+```output
+rustc 1.91.0 (f8297e351 2025-10-28)
+cargo 1.91.0 (ea2d97820 2025-10-10)
+```
+
 ### Create a Sample Rust Program
 Create and build a simple “Hello, World” application to ensure everything is functioning properly:
 

content/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/rust-on-gcp/benchmarking.md

@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ rustc --version
 cargo --version
 ```
 
+You should see an output similar to:
+```output
+rustc 1.91.0 (f8297e351 2025-10-28)
+cargo 1.91.0 (ea2d97820 2025-10-10)
+```
+
 ### Create a New Rust Project
 Create a new Rust project for benchmarking:
 
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ cargo new rust-benchmark
 cd rust-benchmark
 ```
 ### Add Criterion Benchmarking Dependency
-**Criterion** is the officially recommended benchmarking crate for Rust. Add it to your project by editing the `Cargo.toml` file located inside your project root directory (for example, rust-benchmark/Cargo.toml):
+**Criterion** is the officially recommended benchmarking crate for Rust. Add it to your project by editing the `Cargo.toml` file located inside your project root directory using your favorite editor (location example: rust-benchmark/Cargo.toml). Replace your "[dependencies]" tag within your file with this content, then save the file:
 
 ```toml
 [dependencies]
@@ -39,11 +45,11 @@ harness = false
 This enables Criterion for high-precision benchmarking.
 
 ### Create the Benchmark File
-Create a new benchmark file inside the `benches/` directory:
+Create a new benchmark file inside the `benches/` directory using your favorite editor ("edit" used in the example below):
 
 ```console
 mkdir benches
-vi benches/my_benchmark.rs
+edit benches/my_benchmark.rs
 ```
 Benchmark files in this directory are automatically detected by Cargo.
 
@@ -96,22 +102,13 @@ Found 1 outliers among 100 measurements (1.00%)
 - **Plotting Backend:** Used `plotters` since Gnuplot was not found.  
 - The results show **consistent performance** with only slight variation across 100 measurements.
 
-### Benchmark summary on x86_64
-To compare the benchmark results, the following results were collected by running the same benchmark on a `x86 - c4-standard-4` (4 vCPUs, 15 GB Memory) x86_64 VM in GCP, running SUSE:
-
-| **Benchmark**     | **Average Time (µs)** | **Min (µs)** | **Max (µs)** | **Outliers (%)** | **Remarks**                     |
-|--------------------|----------------------:|--------------:|--------------:|-----------------:|----------------------------------|
-| **fibonacci 20**   | 19.152               | 19.100        | 19.205        | 6.00%            | Minor outliers, stable overall.  |
-
-### Benchmark summary on Arm64
+### Benchmark summary
 Results from the earlier run on the `c4a-standard-4` (4 vCPU, 16 GB memory) Arm64 VM in GCP (SUSE):
 
 | **Benchmark**     | **Average Time (µs)** | **Min (µs)** | **Max (µs)** | **Outliers (%)** | **Remarks**                     |
 |--------------------|----------------------:|--------------:|--------------:|-----------------:|----------------------------------|
 | **fibonacci 20**   | 12.028               | 12.026        | 12.030        | 1.00%            | Very stable performance, minimal variation. |
 
-### Rust benchmarking comparison on Arm64 and x86_64
-
 - The **Fibonacci (n=20)** benchmark demonstrated **consistent performance** with minimal deviation.  
 - **Average execution time** was around **12.028 µs**, indicating efficient CPU computation on **Arm64**.  
 - Only **1% outliers** were detected, showing **high stability** and **repeatability** of results.  

content/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/rust-on-gcp/images/gcp-shell.png

@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ To create a virtual machine based on the C4A instance type:
 
    ![Create a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine in the Google Cloud Console with c4a-standard-4 selected alt-text#center](images/gcp-vm.png "Creating a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine in Google Cloud Console")
 
-- Under **OS and Storage**, select **Change**, then choose an Arm64-based OS image. For this Learning Path, use **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server**. Pick the preferred version for your Operating System. Ensure you select the **Arm image** variant. Click **Select**.
+
+- Under **OS and Storage**, select **Change**, then choose an Arm64-based OS image. For this Learning Path, use **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server**. 
+- If using use **SUSE Linux Enterprise Server**. Select "Pay As You Go" for the license type. 
+- Once appropriately selected, please Click **Select**. 
 - Under **Networking**, enable **Allow HTTP traffic**.
 - Click **Create** to launch the instance.
+- Once created, you should see a "SSH" option to the right in your list of VM instances.  Click on this to launch a SSH shell into your VM instance:
+
+![Invoke a SSH session via your browser alt-text#center](images/gcp-ssh.png "Invoke a SSH session into your running VM instance")
+
+- A window from your browser should come up and you should now see a shell into your VM instance:
+
+![Terminal Shell in your VM instance alt-text#center](images/gcp-shell.png "Terminal shell in your VM instance")
+
+Next, let's install rust!