Using GCE to Set Up the Lab Environment

azadsolanki

Hello, I am to setup the lab env and there is no clear step to setup the lab env on google cloud on MacOs. The instructor is using PuTTy. Is there any other documentation to setup the lab env?

chrispokorni

Hi @azadsolanki,

The easiest method is to follow the GCE video guide, with putty and puttygen on macOS.

An alternative method requires familiarity with cert/key generation tools, such as openssl, easyrsa, or cfssl. You can generate your own public/private key pair, load the public key onto the VM, and use a terminal application from your mac workstation to securely connect to the VM by supplying the private key with the ssh -i command.

A third option would be to bypass the public/private key generation step and use the SSH option from the GCE management console to ssh into the VM with an in-browser terminal that is available to you once the VM is operational. This method allows the cloud service to generate the necessary keys on-demand, to secure the in-browser ssh session.

Regards,
-Chris