Step 1

Run the ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/keyfile [ -C username] command. Here,

Step 2

Run the cat ~/.ssh/[keyfile_pub] command. Here, keyfile_pub specifies the public key, for example, mykey.pub.

Step 1

In the navigation pane of the Google Cloud Platform console, choose VPC network > VPC Networks.

Step 2

Choose Create VPC Network.

Step 3

Enter a Name for the network.

Step 4

Enter a Description for the network.

Step 5

Choose Subnets > Add Subnet.

Step 6

In the New Subnet dialog box, enter a Name for the subnet, for example, c8kvnet1.

Step 7

Choose the appropriate option from the Region drop-down list.

Step 8

Enter an IP address range, for example, enter 10.10.1.0/24 for the subnet address.

Step 9

Click Done to create the subnet.

Step 10

Click Create to create the VPC Network.

Step 1

Go to the Google Marketplace and search for Cisco Catalyst 8000V. Select the Cisco Catalyst 8000V template.

Step 2

Click Launch On Compute Engine.

Step 3

In the New Cisco Catalyst 8000V Deployment screen, provide the following details:

1. Deployment name: This field is filled by default, and displays the cisco-c8000v-<deployment number>.

2. Instance Name: The name of the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance in text format. You must follow the GCP naming pattern for successful deployment. The name of the instance must be a combination of regex '(?:[a-z](?:[-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?)'">)

3. Username: Specify the username that is used to access the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance.

4. Instance SSH Key: Specify the public key to be used for SSHing into the instance. To know how to create an ssh-key, see SSH-Key.

5. Zone: Select the zone where the Cisco Catalyst 8000V is deployed from the drop-down list.

6. Machine Type: Select the size of the Cisco Catalyst 8000V that you want to deploy. For more information on Cisco Catalyst 8000V sizes, see MachineTypes.

7. Custom Data File URL: Provide a link to the publicly-readable custom date file. For example, http://storage.googleapis.com/customdatatest/customdata.txt. For more information, see the Custom Data section in the Cisco Catalyst 8000V Installation and Upgrade Guide.

   Bootdisk

8. Bootdisk type: By default, the SSD Persistent disk is selected. Cisco recommends that you use the default Boot disk type.

9. Boot disk size in GB: The default value is 10 GB. Cisco recommends that you use the default Boot disk size.

   Networking

10. Network (VPC): Select the network in the region where you want to deploy the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance. You must create the Network (VPC) before you create the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance. Ensure that at least one subnet is associated to that Network (VPC). For more information about VPC networks, see Virtual Private Cloud Network Overview and Using VPC Networks.

11. Subnetwork: Select the subnet that is associated with the selected Network (VPC). This subnet acts as the first Network Interface (nic0) of the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance.

12. ExternalIP: The public IP address that you must use to SSH into the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance. This can be static, Ephemeral (Dynamic) and None. For more information about IP addresses, see IP Addresses.

13. Firewall: The firewall wall rule associated to the VPC Network.With the current Solution Template, you can use TCP ports 21, 22, 80. You can also create additional Firewall rules. For more information on firewall rules, see Firewalls in VPC Networking and Firewalls.

    Note	You can also specify source ranges for firewalls rules.

14. IP Forwarding: The default value to allow traffic between interfaces on the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance. By default, the value for IP Forwarding is ON.

15. Additional Network Interfaces: Configure this field if you want to configure additional interfaces. By default, the value of this field is 0. To add additional interfaces, specify additional interfaces that are needed for the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance. Select the additional network interfaces based on the machine type. For more information on deployment of instance with multiple interfaces in GCP, see Creating Instances With Multiple Network Interfaces.

    Note

    For the deployment to be successful, even if you do not require all the additional interfaces, you must select the Additional Network Interfaces option. This is a known issue where Google brings up to 8 interfaces, and you must fill in all the eight interfaces. For example, in the following image, even though two additional NICs were selected, note that the 7 additional interfaces are configured with the networks and subnets present in region where the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance is deployed.

    After successful deployment, the system displays a message that the Cisco Catalyst 8000V instance has been deployed.