Launch a RHEL Google Compute Engine instance

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You can configure a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine (VM) instance from an image by using the Google Cloud Console.

Before you begin

You have created a Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machine (VM) instance from an image. For details, see Create and start a Compute Engine instance.

From the Google Cloud Console Dashboard page, click the Navigation menu to the left of the Google Cloud Console banner and select Compute Engine and then select Images.
Select your image.
Click Create Instance.
On the Create an instance page, enter a Name for your instance.
Choose a Region and Zone.
Choose a Machine configuration that meets or exceeds the requirements of your workload.
Ensure that Boot disk specifies the name of your image.
Optional: Under Firewall, select Allow HTTP traffic or Allow HTTPS traffic.
Click Create.
Verify that your image is listed under VM instances.

Verify that your instance is running:
```
# gcloud compute instances list
```
Your instance appears with status RUNNING.

Create and upload a RHEL image on Google Cloud Storage

Connect to a RHEL Google Compute Engine instance