Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - GCP products 

Hello, friends. After covering GCP basics in the first two lessons, now is the time to get some hands-on practice. In this particular lesson, we'll create our very first virtual machine, a Windows machine on the Google Cloud platform, and we'll do it in five simple steps. So let's get started. First, we'll create what we call GCP, a project. In the second step, we will create a virtual machine, and we will install Windows Server 2012 3rd wheel configure this virtual machine with different parameters. In the fourth step, we will test it by remotely accessing this virtual machine from our laptop.

And finally, we will shut down this project to clean up this whole activity and the resources. Sounds exciting. Let's get on with it.

So, friends, I have prepared this slide, and I have detailed all the five steps which we discussed a while back. Every step we will follow right now live on my Google Cloud console, and then we will move on to the next step. At any given point in time, you can follow it along on your screen on your cloud console, or you can do it later. I will share the slides with you in the video link. So the first thing which you have to understand is whenever you create anything in Google Cloud, it has to start with creating an empty project.

Because a project is a concept with which you store all your resources within GCP and in GCP, you have a certain resource hierarchy. So the diagram which you see right now displays that hierarchy. So suppose my company is a YouTube channel company, and I have to use the Google Cloud platform for my YouTube company. So then, I will have an organization node in GCP. Under this organization node, I can have one or multiple projects based on my needs based on my requirement. So suppose I have my channel in multiple areas.

So I have my channel in education, I have my channel in Vlogging, and I also have another channel in tech. And I want to do some sort of analytics or some sort of project on these different areas of my company. So what I will do in GCP is I will create these three other projects and with these three different projects, what I will do is I will assign the resources which are required to perform that particular functionality under that particular project. So suppose under education, I won't compete, and I want the storage capabilities of GCP.

So I can store and I can install these compute resources or storage areas specifically within this project. And then all the billing security and everything would be managed by this particular project, education. This is the Herrick an organization node can have multiple projects, and under one particular project, you can have multiple resources. So let's move on. The first thing is to open the Google Chrome browser, go to settings and click on New Incognito Window. You can also click Control Shift and to open it.

Why do we want to open Incognito Mode? Because there are various different caching and security mechanism which is enabled in your current browser. Incognito mode bypasses that, and there is no history stored. So it is easier for you to start with Incognito Window for testing purposes. Obviously, once you understand the concept, you can use your own normal browser as well. So first, we will go into the Incognito window, and then we will do the sign-in. So what you have to do you have to first type on the browser.

Console Cloud Google Com. This is the direct link for the Google Cloud console. Once you click on this link, you will be then directed to the authentication page. Now I have created my trial account, and that's why I'm directly going here. But in case you haven't, you have to first go through that process of creating your trial account. It is very straightforward. You have just to submit any credit card of yours, and you will get $300 credit and one year trial period. So definitely go for that.

And you can try these steps moving on as soon as you sign in. The next thing which you will see is the welcome page. And here, under this page, the first thing you have to click is to select a project because you do not have any project on your console. So the first thing is you have to create a project, so you have to select on that. And then there is this window which will pop up and this window on this window you have to click on New project.

With this new project, you have to give a unique project name, any name you like. You can provide any name to your project. So this completes our step one. So let's now go to our screen, our Google Cloud screen, and follow these steps. So on this window, I will click New Incognito Window. Now on this window, I will type the link which I shared on this sheet. So let me just copy directly from here. I'll now go and paste this here. So Console Cloud Google Com hit.

Enter. Now you will move on to the Google Cloud Platform page. And as I said, you have to now login with your ID. So let me enter my ID. Click next. Enter your password, and now you are being signed into the Google Cloud Platform console here. It's Loading up now, as you can see. Perfect. So now it brings me to the welcome page, and now it gives me all the instructions. But as I said, we have to first start by creating a new project.

So just I'll click on select the project, and then I will click on New Project. So by default, it gives a name, but I will choose my name for my first project. So I will name it my first VM. Now, there is no organization for me because I am a single user. I can have one, but it's not required. But in a company, you will have organization attached to this. So I will click create. So now it is showing me the notification, and it is showing me that my project is now completed.

So I will click on this. Now. You see, now my first project is now selected in the Google cloud platform. And now, whatever I do, whatever window you see right now, here it is all mapped to this particular project. So whatever resources whatever, billing, everything which you see here would be tagged under this project. So this is what I was trying to explain to you earlier: when you create a project, everything under that project is managed under one roof, which helps you align all your resources, billing networks, and everything very easily.

But one very important thing is to see this project info. So in this project info, you have three different attributes, your project name, project ID, and project number. So we'll go back to our slide and understand what these three attributes are and how they are different from each other. All right. So these three attributes are also a very important thing to know because this uniquely identifies any project on the Google cloud platform, but it has different characteristics. So project name might not be unique. The user chooses it, and it is mutable.

So you can have two different projects with the same project name, but the project ID is always globally unique. You cannot have the same project with the same project ID anywhere in GCP. So it is globally unique. That's why you cannot have any risk of duplication. It is, again, a choice of the user to define the project ID, but the difference here is it is immutable. It cannot be copied. It cannot be duplicated. So your project name is mutable, but your project ID is immutable. Your project name is not unique necessarily, but your project ID has to be globally unique, and the user can select both these attributes.

The last one is the project number. Now, this is also globally unique, but this is not maintained or assigned by the user. It is assigned by GCP. And again, it is also immutable. So these three attributes are very important to know. And that's why I just thought of taking this into a different slide and explain it to you. So now step one is completed. We have created our new project, and now we will go to step two. And that is to make our a virtual machine.

So the first thing is on the left-hand side, you have to Select.