Setting up Google Cloud Platform(GCP) for Cloudera

Create GCP Compute Instance

Prerequisites

1. Must set up a Google account.

2. Execute below steps in Incognito mode using Google Account which has been setup in Step 1.

3. Knowledge of basic unix commands and familiarity with vi editor will be helpful.

Create GCP Instance

• Go to the VM instances

• Select your project and click Continue.

• Click the Create instance button.

• Specify a Name for your first instance “mn01”.

• Change the Zone for this instance “asia-south-1-a“ (best is to choose closest to your location).

• Select a Machine type for your instance.

2 vCPUs 12 GB memory.

• In the Boot disk section, click Change to configure your boot disk.

• In the OS images tab, choose an “CentOS 7” image.

• Select Boot disk type “Standard persistent disk” and size should be “200GB”

• Click the “Select” Button.

• In Access scopes Select “Allow default access”

• In Firewall, choose below options

Allow HTTP traffic and Allow HTTPS traffic.

• Click the Create button to create and start the instance.

• Click on ssh to open the terminal