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linuxkit/docs/gcp.md
Dave Tucker db10280f5f run: Add gcp backend
This commit implements `moby run gcp` which allows for testing of moby
images on the Google Cloud Platform

This backend attaches (via SSH) to the serial console.
It generates instance-only SSH keys and adds the public key to the
image metadata. These are used by the `moby` tool only.

It will also automatically upload a file and creates an image if the prefix
given to `moby run` is a filename

Signed-off-by: Dave Tucker <dt@docker.com>
2017-04-05 14:50:23 +01:00

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# Using Moby on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
This is a quick guide to run Moby on GCP.
## Setup
You have two choices for authentication with Google Cloud
1. You can use [Application Default Credentials](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/application-default-credentials)
2. You can use a Service Account
### Application Default Credentials
You need the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/)
installed. Either install it from the URL or view `brew` (on a Mac):
```shell
brew install google-cloud-sdk
```
Then, set up some environment variables (adjust as needed) and login:
```shell
export CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT=<GCP project>
export CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE=europe-west1-d
gcloud auth login
```
The authentication will redirect to a browser with Google login.
Also authenticate local applications with
```
gcloud auth application-default login
```
### Service Account
You can use [this guide](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/access/create-enable-service-accounts-for-instances#createanewserviceaccount)
to create a Service Account.
Make sure to download the credentials in JSON format and store them somewhere safe.
## Build a moby image
Add a `gcp` output line to your yaml config, see the example in `examples/gcp.yml`.
Then do `./bin/moby myfile.yml`
This will create a local `myfile.img.tar.gz` compressed image file, upload it to the
specified bucket, and create a bootable image.
## Create an instance and connect to it
With the image created, we can now create an instance and connect to
the serial port.
```
moby run gcp -project myproject-1234 myfile
```