Prerequisites
A VPC network must already be created. For set up instructions, refer to the VPC Private Network guide.Configuration
Payment Type
Determines billing model and resource lifecycle behavior.Region
- Specifies the geographic location of the data center.
- Impacts network latency—choose the region closest to your users.
- Cannot be modified after instance creation.
VPC Network
- Select an existing VPC.
- An internal IP address is automatically assigned from the VPC’s subnet.
Instance Specification and OS Image
- Instance Type defines compute resources (e.g., ces.g20-3.8xlarge = 192 vCPUs, 2048 GiB memory, 8× NVIDIA H100 80GB SXM GPUs).
- OS Image provides the base operating system. Example:
- Community Image: Ubuntu 22.04
Additional Options (Optional)
- Install Cloud Assistant (enabled by default) Required for platform-managed maintenance and GPFS integration.
- Install Cloud Monitoring (enabled by default) Enables real-time performance monitoring and alerting.
- Enable Mounting GPFS Storage Devices (enabled by default) Allows the instance to mount GPFS storage volumes.
Procedure
- Navigate to the Compute Engine management console.
- Click Create Instance.
- Configure the following parameters:
- Payment Type
- Region
- Instance Type
- OS Image
- (Optional) Additional features (e.g., Cloud Assistant, Cloud Monitoring, GPFS support)
- Review all settings. Once confirmed, click Confirm Order.