Create a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine

Overview

In this section, you’ll provision a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the c4a-standard-4 machine type (4 vCPUs, 16 GB memory). This configuration provides a consistent baseline for deploying and evaluating ClickHouse later in the Learning Path.

Provision a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine

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:

  • Populate fields such as Instance name, Region, and Zone.
  • Set Series to C4A.
  • Select c4a-standard-4 for the machine type.

  Creating a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine in Google Cloud Console

• Under OS and Storage, select Change, then choose an Arm64-based OS image. For this Learning Path, use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.

• Select Pay As You Go for the license type, then click Select.

• Under Networking, enable Allow HTTP traffic.

• Click Create to launch the instance.

Once the instance is created, you should see an SSH option to the right of the VM in the list. Click this to open an SSH session in your browser:

Invoke an SSH session into your running VM instance

A terminal window opens, showing a shell connected to your VM:

Terminal shell in your VM instance

Next, you’ll install ClickHouse on the running Arm-based virtual machine.