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To perform a disk snapshot, we can run the following command:gcloud compute snapshots create SNAPSHOT_NAME –source-disk=SOURCE_DISK_NAME –source-disk-zone=DISK_ZONE Figure 4.50 – A command-line snapshot is created Snapshot creation takes a moment. After successfully creating the snapshot, we can proceed to delete snapshots. Deleting an instance snapshot Deletion of the snapshot is a straightforward process. Console In…

A typical operation when working with instances is resizing a disk. We do it mainly when the disk is full and needs more capacity. Console To increase the disk size, we need to go to the storage section of the Cloud console and click Disks. Choose the desired disk you want to increase by clicking…

The command-line interface consists of two steps. The first step is to create a disk, and the second is to attach it to the instance. To create a disk, we will initiate the following command:gcloud compute disks create additional-disk \      –zone=europe-west1-b\      –size=200GB \      –type=pd-balanced The next step is to attach the newly created disk to the instance:gcloud compute…

In the Cloud console, we will start by adding an additional disk: Figure 4.36 – Editing the instance in the Cloud console Figure 4.37 – The Additional disks section in the EDIT section of the instance Figure 4.38 – A table with a comparison of all available disk types in Google Cloud 5. Once all…

Google Cloud allows us to use Windows Server images alongside Linux ones. Before initiating the RDP connection to the Windows Server-based instance, we need to change our initial password. To do this, click on your Windows Server instance and choose Set Windows password: Figure 4.31 – Setting the Windows instance password You can either reset…

Bastion hosts are VMs that provide secure access to other VMs in a GCP network. They should be hardened to be more secure than other VMs in the network. This includes using strong passwords and SSH keys, keeping the software up to date, and disabling unnecessary services. The idea is to restrict their access to…

Adding a GPU when a VM is created isn’t any different from creating a normal VM. To add a GPU to the VM, choose the GPU VM under Machine family. Once selected, you can specify the VM type and choose the desired amount of vCPUs, RAM, and GPUs: Figure 4.24 – A GPU added to…

To create a VM and add the public SSH key to the instance metadata during the creation process, use the following command:gcloud compute instances create VM_NAME –metadata=ssh-keys=PUBLIC_KEY Once the VM has been created, we can update its metadata with the public SSH key using the following set of instructions: Figure 4.20 – The SSH key…