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Bootstrapping a Google Compute Engine Linux Instance

In this lab, you will be bootstrapping a Google Compute Engine Linux instance. Understanding how to use bootstrapping to configure your instances is vital in cloud engineering. For this lab, you should have basic understanding of GCP and Linux. This way, you have the basic knowledge and skills to comprehend what you will be achieving in this lab.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Jul 27, 2023

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create a Compute Engine Instance and Bootstrap It with a Test Web Server

    Create a Compute Engine instance and bootstrap it with a Bash script that creates an Apache web server.

  2. Challenge

    Use the Public IP of the Instance to Ensure That the Test Page Is Working as Expected

    Use the public IP of the instance to verify that the web server test page displays.

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