Google Cloud Compute Engine is one of the most popular services offered by Google. It allows you to create, handle, and manage virtual machines. Compute Engine offers a variety of different virtual machines depending on the workload you need to maintain. There are VMs for high memory workload; VMs for high CPU workload and VMs designed to be used for high I/O operations. The big advantage of using Compute Engine VMs is that whether you can't find a VM type that suits your needs, you can create one with custom CPUs and memory size. Compute Engine also allows you to create a group of VMs to meet the scaling requirements.

In this lab, you will create a Linux compute engine VM, and you will SSH into the instance by using the browser-based connection.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this lab you will be able to:

• Create a Linux Compute Engine VM
• Connect to the VM by using the browser-based connection

Intended Audience

This lab is intended for:

• Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE) certification candidates
• Cloud engineers who are interested in creating and handling a compute engine VM
• Individuals who want to start a VM in the Google Cloud environment