Create a Google Axion C4A Arm virtual machine on GCP

Provision a Google Axion C4A Arm VM

You’ll create a Google Axion C4A Arm-based virtual machine (VM) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the c4a-standard-4 machine type (4 vCPUs, 16 GB memory). This VM will host your Django application.

Provision a Google Axion C4A Arm VM in Google Cloud Console

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 machine type.

Configuring machine type to C4A 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.
• If using use SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Select “Pay As You Go” for the license type.
• Once appropriately selected, please Click Select.
• Under Networking, enable Allow HTTP traffic.
• Also under Networking, in the “Network tags” text field add “allow-tcp-8000” as an additional tag

Configuring networking and tags

Create the instance

Click Create to launch your VM instance. Google Cloud provisions the instance, which typically takes one to two minutes. Once the instance is running, you’ll see it listed in the VM instances table with a green checkmark. Note the External IP address displayed in the list—you’ll need this to access your Django application later.

Connect using SSH

Click the SSH button next to your running instance to open a browser-based terminal session.

Launching an SSH session from the VM instances list

A browser window opens with a terminal shell connected to your VM. You’re now ready to install Django.

Terminal shell connected to your VM

Summary and what’s next

You have successfully provisioned an Arm-based VM on Google Cloud. Next, you’ll install Django and configure your web application!