Create a VM

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console

2. Select or create a new project

3. Enable compute engine

4. Go to Compute Engine and click on Create Instance

   • Machine Configuration
     • Name: europe-north2 (Stockholm)
     • Region / Zone: europe-north2-a
     • Machine type: e.g. e2-micro (for testing)
   • OS and storage
     • OS: Debian
     • Version: GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
     • Boot disk type: balanced persistent disk
     • Size: 10gb (for testing)
   • Data Protection
     • Leave everything as default
   • Networking
     • Allow HTTP and HTTPS if you will test an web app
   • Observability
     • Enable: Install Ops Agent for Monitoring and Logging
   • Security
     • Leave everything as default

5. Create