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Create a Google Compute Cloud Virtual Machine InSpire Appliance

Introduction

In this document, the creation of a Mindbreeze InSpire Virtual Machine on Google Compute Cloud Engine will be explained.

Requirement

The following requirement needs to be fulfilled:

• Google Cloud Account

Creation of an Mindbreeze InSpire Image

Create a Virtual Machine from the Google Cloud Marketplace image by searching for “Mindbreeze InSpire”. Here you can choose between the contract tiers Mindbreeze InSpire 1M or Mindbreeze InSpire 10M.

Select the contract tier you want and in the next step, press “Get started”.

After reviewing and accepting the terms, the next step is to enable APIs needed for the Mindbreeze InSpire deployment, based on your account settings:

Deployment of Mindbreeze InSpire from the Marketplace

In this step you can deploy Mindbreeze InSpire from the Google Cloud Marketplace. Please note, that not all instance types are available in all regions and pricing may vary between regions. Please contact the Mindbreeze Presales team about the currently recommended instance types.

You can deploy Mindbreeze InSpire by configuring the sections “Deployment Service Account”, “Machine type”, “Boot disk” and “Networking”. These sections will be explained in more detail in the following chapters.

Deployment Service Account

Set the name of your new Mindbreeze InSpire deployment and choose between an existing service account or create a new account. After that, please select the zone where you want to deploy your Mindbreeze InSpire.

Machine type

You get the recommended machine type for your Mindbreeze InSpire appliance from the Mindbreeze Presales Team.

Select the recommended Row and the suitable Machine type in the dropdown menu.

Boot Disk

Please select a balanced persistent disk as boot disk type and set the size to 1740 GB.

Networking

Make sure to configure an external IP address, if needed.

Resizing the data disk

On Google Cloud, the disk is resized automatically according to the size entered when deploying the Virtual Machine (boot and data is combined in the same disk).

Configuring the hostname

By default, a Google instance receives an internal hostname, which is not resolvable when connecting from a browser to the public address of the Google instance.

If you intend to connect to your Mindbreeze InSpire instance from a public address a public hostname must be set.

To set the hostname, login per SSH (user core and SSH key) or via the serial console (user root).

Run the following command (replace <HOSTNAME> with the fully qualified hostname of your appliance):

sudo hostnamectl <HOSTNAME> && sudo reboot

Next steps

The installation of the Google InSpire appliance is now complete and the instance can be remotely accessed. The next steps include installing the license, configuring the instance via the Mindbreeze InSpire Management Center and connecting the data sources.

For more information, please see the following links:

• Mindbreeze InSpire - License tab
• Initial Startup for G7 appliances - Management Center
• Whitepaper - Overview of Connectors