Objectives

Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:

  • interact with Linux on Google Cloud

Overview

Installation Demonstration

Summary

  1. Go to http://cloud.google.com and log in using your Google credentials.
  2. Create a free account. While you need to provide your credit card information you will get sufficient credits in the free tier to use Google Cloud for 12 months. Be sure to delete your virtual machine instance after you are done with a course or a project so you will not get billed in the future.
  3. Create a Linux virtual machine on “Compute Engine”

Compute Engine Dashboard

  1. When not actively using the virtual machine, stop it so you do not get billed or use credits.

C/C++ Development Tools

sudo apt-get install build-essential

References

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