Creating an Instance

After entering the GCP Console, you will be automatically redirected to the welcome page of the corresponding project.

Then click Create a VM to enter the instance creation page.

Here, according to your needs, select the appropriate region, machine configuration, boot disk, set the corresponding identity and API access permissions, firewall, advanced options - network, etc.

After setting up, click Create.

It is worth noting that sometimes the Monthly estimated cost will show Quota exceeded. Just click Request below, and the request will generally be approved within 10 minutes.

When selecting a machine, GPU configuration is often the focus. This table shows the GPU models provided by GCP in different regions.

This way, you can see the VM you created in the VM instances interface.

SSH Connection

Web Connection

After creating the VM, you can use SSH to connect to it, which is also very simple. Just click Open in browser window to enter the VM.

Here, because I need to use a GPU, I chose an image with NVIDIA drivers and CUDA pre-installed.

Finally, although there may be some warnings, it does not affect normal use.

nvidia-smi

Local SSH Connection

You can also connect via local SSH. First, generate an SSH key pair locally, then add the public key to the VM’s metadata, and finally connect using the private key.

Installing Common Tools

After connecting to the VM, you may need to install some common tools:

Git LFS

For managing large files with Git:

Ubuntu/Debian

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git-lfs

Or add the Git LFS repository and install:

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt-get install git-lfs

CentOS/RHEL

sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install curl
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo yum install git-lfs

Fedora

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
sudo dnf install git-lfs

Verification

After installation, you can verify whether each tool is installed successfully:

git lfs --version

If the corresponding version information is output, the installation is successful.

Usage Example

git lfs install
git lfs track "*.psd"
git add .gitattributes
git add file.psd
git commit -m "Add design file"
git push origin main

Through the above steps, you should be able to successfully install and use git-lfs on your GCP VM.