Deploy and validate Jenkins on Arm cloud servers
Introduction
Technology stack overview
Create an Arm-based virtual machine using Microsoft Cobalt 100
Create a firewall rule on Azure
Install Jenkins on Azure Ubuntu Arm64 virtual machine
Create a firewall rule on GCP
Create a Google Axion C4A virtual machine
Install Jenkins on GCP SUSE Arm64 virtual machine
Validate Jenkins installation
Build an Arm-native Go CI pipeline on Jenkins (GCP SUSE Arm64)
Build a Docker-based CI pipeline on Arm64
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Create a Google Axion C4A virtual machine

Provision a Google Axion C4A virtual machine on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the c4a-standard-4 machine type, which provides 4 vCPUs and 16 GB of memory.

Note

For general guidance on setting up a Google Cloud account and project, see Getting started with Google Cloud Platform .

Use the Google Cloud console to create the VM

To create a virtual machine using the C4A instance type:

  • Open the Google Cloud Console .
  • Go to Compute Engine > VM instances, and then select Create instance.
  • Under Machine configuration:
    • Specify an Instance name, Region, and Zone.
    • Set Series to C4A.
    • Select c4a-standard-4 as the machine type.

Image Alt Text:Google Cloud Console VM creation page showing machine configuration section with C4A series and c4a-standard-4 machine type selected alt-txtCreating a Google Axion C4A virtual machine in the Google Cloud Console

  • Under OS and storage, select Change, and then choose an Arm64-based operating system image.
    • For this Learning Path, select SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
    • For the license type, choose Pay as you go.
    • Increase Size (GB) from 10 to 50 to allocate sufficient disk space.
    • Select Choose to apply the changes.
  • Under Networking, enable Allow HTTP traffic and Allow HTTPS traffic. Additionally, enter “allow-tcp-8080” as a networking tag.
  • Select Create to launch the virtual machine.

After the instance starts, select SSH next to the virtual machine in the instance list to open a browser-based terminal session.

Image Alt Text:Google Cloud Console VM instances page showing running instance with SSH button next to the instance name alt-txtConnecting to a running C4A instance using SSH

A new browser window opens with a terminal connected to your virtual machine.

Image Alt Text:Browser window displaying SSH terminal session with SUSE Linux command prompt showing username and hostname alt-txtTerminal session connected to the virtual machine

Next, install Jenkins on your virtual machine.

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