Deploy Node.js on Google Cloud C4A Arm-based Axion VMs

About this Learning Path

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for software developers migrating Node.js workloads from x86_64 to Arm-based servers, specifically on Google Cloud C4A virtual machines built on Axion processors.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

• Provision an Arm-based SUSE Linux Enterprise Server virtual machine on Google Cloud C4A instances with Axion processors
• Install and configure Node.js on a SUSE Arm64 (C4A) instance
• Validate Node.js functionality with baseline HTTP server tests
• Benchmark Node.js performance using Autocannon on Arm64 (AArch64) architecture

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

• A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account with billing enabled
• Familiarity with networking concepts and Node.js event-driven architecture