Installing Ubuntu on Google Cloud Platform
Quick intro on installing Ubuntu Virtual Machine on Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform registration:
go to: https://console.cloud.google.com/ and register for Google Cloud Platform services
when the registration is done you should be in your dashboard, which looks similar to this:
Now navigate from the main menu to VM Instances dashboard: (Main Menu --> Compute Engine --> VM Instances)
Click on "Create"
Let's name our server (VM instance): cardano-core
Region: choose what's best (or which is cheaper: in US Iowa is usually the cheaper - in EU: Finland)
Let's edit the Machine configuration: choose N1 Server: 2vCPU server with 7,5GB RAM (this will cost us ~49USD per month)
Now let's choose Linux flavor and boot disk size, click on the "Change" button:
Let's go for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with 100GB disk space:
click select, and that's it, we are ready to go: