In this section, you will learn how to provision a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the c4a-standard-4 (4 vCPUs, 16 GB memory) machine type in the Google Cloud Console.
For support on GCP setup, see the Learning Path Getting started with Google Cloud Platform .
To create a virtual machine based on the C4A instance type:
Navigate to the Google Cloud Console .
Go to Compute Engine > VM Instances and select Create Instance.
Under Machine configuration:
C4A.c4a-standard-4 for machine type.
Creating a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine in Google Cloud Console
Under OS and Storage, select Change, then select an Arm64-based OS image. For this Learning Path, use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Select the preferred version for your operating system. Ensure you select the Arm image variant. Click Select.
Under Networking, enable Allow HTTP traffic.
Click Create to launch the instance.