Creating a VM instance in GCP - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the machine type for the VM instance.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create my-vm --machine-type=[1] --zone=us-central1-a

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Afast-machine

Bsmall-vm

Clarge-instance

Dn1-standard-1

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using invalid machine type names like 'fast-machine'.

The machine type n1-standard-1 is a valid GCP machine type for VM instances. Other options are invalid names.

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medium

Complete the code to specify the image family for the VM instance.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create my-vm --image-family=[1] --image-project=debian-cloud --zone=us-central1-a

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Aubuntu-1804-lts

Bdebian-10

Cdebian-11

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using image names instead of image families.

The debian-11 image family is a valid Debian image family in GCP. The others are either incorrect or duplicates.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to create a VM instance with a startup script.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create my-vm --metadata startup-script=[1] --zone=us-central1-a

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A"#!/bin/bash echo Hello"

Bstartup-script.sh

Cstartup_script.sh

Dstartup.sh

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Passing a filename instead of script content.

The startup script must be passed as a string with the script content, properly quoted. Option A shows a valid inline script.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a VM instance with a specific network and subnetwork.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create my-vm --network=[1] --subnet=[2] --zone=us-central1-a

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Adefault

Bcustom-network

Cdefault-subnet

Dcustom-subnet

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing default and custom names incorrectly.

To specify a custom network and subnet, use their exact names. Here, 'custom-network' and 'custom-subnet' are valid placeholders.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a VM instance with a specific machine type, image family, and zone.

GCP

gcloud compute instances create my-vm --machine-type=[1] --image-family=[2] --zone=[3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Ae2-medium

Bdebian-11

Cus-west1-b

Dn1-standard-2

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using invalid or mismatched values.

The machine type 'n1-standard-2', image family 'debian-11', and zone 'us-west1-b' are valid and commonly used values.