Setting Up VM on Google Cloud

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Bryan Runck edited this page Feb 10, 2022 · 3 revisions

Google Cloud

Go to https://cloud.google.com
Login > console > Menu Bar Left Side
In menu > compute engine -- should show VM instances
Create Instance
Name: flaskapi
Select smallest RAM / CPU possible for demo
Bootdisk: any Ubuntu
Firewall: Allow HTTP and HTTPS traffic
Click create

Next, we need to allow network access to the VM. For learning purposes, we will allow all IP addresses the option to connect.

Menu Bar Left Side > VPC Network
Reserve External IP: VPC Network > External IP address > click reserve for flaskapi instance

Next create firewall rules

Menu Bar Left Side > VPC Network > Firewall
Create Firewall Rule
Title: flaskapi
Targets: all instances in network
Source IPv4 Source Ranges > 0.0.0.0/0 (insecure for learning purposes only)
Specified ports and protocols: select TCP > 5000
Save

Finally, go SSH into the web server, clone the repo, cd into the web server directory, and run bash web_server_setup.py.