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Getting started with google cloud setup

GoogleCloudSetup

Getting started with Google Cloud.

Quotas

Need to have quota > 0 in the region you want to compute.

Create instance

1. Google cloud console
2. Main menu (top left)
3. VM Instances
4. Custom settings
5. Choose instance with GPU and pick Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as OS

VM Instance link

SSH Keys

1. Generate the key ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/[KEY_FILE_NAME] -C [USERNAME]
2. Set permissions chmod 400 ~/.ssh/[KEY_FILE_NAME]
3. In local terminal run cat ~/.ssh/[KEY_FILE_NAME].pub and copy contents
4. Add key to the project here

Logging into the server

1. Navigate to the vm instances page and find your ip address
2. ssh -i ~/.ssh/[KEY_FILE_NAME] [IP_ADDRESS]

Install GPU drivers, Python packages, etc.

sh instance_setup.sh

Refresh

source activate ~/.bashrc

Test Install

It's important to test your intall. Do this with python -c "import tensorflow" which should run without errors.