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Launching on Google Cloud Platform

After the Endpoint Protector Image appears in the Google Cloud Platform images list, create a new Virtual Machine Instance:

Step 1 – In the Google Cloud Platform Console, go to the VM Instances page and click Create instance.

Creating Virtual Machine instance.

Step 2 – In the Boot disk section, click Change to begin configuring your boot disk and on the Custom Images tab, fill in the following:

  • Image - select the image you imported
  • Boot disk type - select Standard persistent disk
  • Size – add a size larger than the Endpoint Protector image size received
  • Click Select to confirm the boot disk configuration.

Boot disk Configuration

Step 3 – On the Firewall section, select Allow HTTP traffic and Allow HTTPS traffic, and then click Create.

Firewall configuration

Requesting a Static IP​

Request a static IP so the Endpoint Protector Clients can communicate with the same IP Address in case of an instance restart.

Without a Static IP (Elastic IP), the instance will assign a new IP address every time it restarts, and you must reinstall the Endpoint Protector Clients.

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A static IP keeps the address stable when the instance restarts, but not when you migrate to a new instance. Create a DNS record for a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) that points to the static IP, and configure clients and integrations with the FQDN. See Use an FQDN Instead of an IP Address.

To request a Static IP, go to IP addresses and select the External IP addresses tab.

Requesting a static IP

Create Firewall Rules​

To create a Firewall rule, on the Google Cloud Platform Console, follow these steps:

Step 4 – Go to the Firewall page and select default-allow-ssh;

Creating firewall rules

Step 5 – Click Edit and on the Protocols and ports section provide the following information:

  • select Specified protocols and ports
  • check the tcp box and enter 64848

Editing firewall rules