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3. Configuring the {{ site.data.product.title_short }} appliance.
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After you have completed all the procedures in this guide, you will have
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After you complete all the listed preceding steps, you have
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a working environment on which additional customizations and
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configurations can be performed.
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### Obtaining the Appliance
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### Uploading the Appliance on Google Compute Engine
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When the {{ site.data.product.title_short }} Google Compute Engine appliance has finished
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downloading to your system, upload the appliance to Google Compute
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Engine.
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When the {{ site.data.product.title_short }} Google Compute Engine appliance is downloaded to your system, upload the appliance to Google Compute Engine.
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To upload the {{ site.data.product.title_short }} Google Compute Engine appliance file you
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will need: \* 44 GB of storage space. \* 12 GB RAM. \* 4 vCPUs.
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To upload the {{ site.data.product.title_short }} Google Compute Engine appliance file, you need to satisfy the following requirements:
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- 44 GB of storage space
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- 12 GB RAM
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- 4 vCPUs.
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You can upload the appliance with the following steps:
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1. Log in to the Google Cloud Platform dashboard.
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2. Click **Home** in the top left of the screen.
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2. Click **Home** located on the left of the screen.
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3. Click ![gce products services](../images/gce-products-services.png) to
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show the **Products and Services** menu. Click **Storage**.
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4. Create a bucket by clicking **Create Bucket**, and configure the
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following details:
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1. Enter a unique **Name** for the bucket using lower case
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alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and/or underscores.
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1. Enter a unique **Name** for the bucket. Valid characters include lowercase alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores.
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2. Configure your location from the dropdown list.
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services > Compute Engine** on the left menu.
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7. Create an image by clicking **Images** from the left menu, then
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**Create Image**. Fill in the following details about the image:
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**Create Image**. Enter the following details about the image:
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1. Enter a unique **Name** for the image using lower case
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alphanumeric characters and/or hyphens.
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1. Enter a unique **Name** for the image. Valid characters include lowercase alphanumeric characters and hyphens.
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2. Add a **Description** if desired.
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2. Optionally, add a **Description**.
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3. Configure **Encryption** if desired. This defaults to `Automatic
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3. Configure **Encryption** if needed. The default value is set to `Automatic
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4. In **Source**, use the dropdown to select `Cloud Storage file`.
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5. In **Cloud Storage file**, click **Browse** to bring up the
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**Select object** window. Select the bucket containing the image
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you uploaded and click the **\>** symbol to locate the `tar.gz`
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5. In **Cloud Storage file**, click **Browse** to open the
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**Select object** window. Select the bucket containing the image that you uploaded and click the **\>** symbol to locate the `tar.gz`
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image inside the bucket. Select the image and click **Select**.
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6. Click **Create**. Creating the image will take a few minutes.
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When the image is created, the screen will refresh and the new
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image will appear in the **Images** list.
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6. Click **Create**. Creating an image can take a few minutes.
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When the image is created, the screen refreshes, and the new
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image appears in the **Images** list.
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8. Create a virtual machine instance by navigating to **VM
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instances > Create Instance**, and configure the following fields:
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1. Enter a unique **Name** for the virtual machine instance using
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1. Enter a unique **Name** for the virtual machine instance. Valid characters include lowercase alphanumeric characters and hyphens.
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2. Select the **Zone** closest to your location.
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3. Under **Boot disk**, click **Change** to bring up the **Boot
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disk** window. Click the **Your Image** tab and select the disk
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you previously created. Click **Select**.
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3. Under **Boot disk**, click **Change** to open the **Boot
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disk** window. Click the **Your Image** tab and select the disk that you previously created. Click **Select**.
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4. Under **Firewall**, select the check box for **Allow HTTPS
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4. Under **Firewall**, select the checkbox for **Allow HTTPS
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traffic**.
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5. Click ![gce
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managementsshkeys](../images/gce-managementsshkeys.png)**Management,
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disk, networking, SSH keys**. Then, click the **SSH Keys** tab,
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6. Configure any other fields as desired, and click **Create**.
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6. Configure any other fields as needed, and click **Create**.
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Your new virtual machine instance, as well as the external IP address
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for accessing the {{ site.data.product.title_short }} interface, appears under **VM
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instances**.
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Your new virtual machine instance and the external IP address
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for accessing the {{ site.data.product.title_short }} interface appears under **VM instances**.

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