Now that we've implemented and tested our server application in our local development environment, we are ready to deploy it to the cloud. We need to have a Google account and be registered in the GCP to be able to continue. It is enough to have a free subscription to GCP to perform the following steps and try our server application in the Google Compute Engine:
- Log into your Google account and go to GCP: https://console.cloud.google.com.
- On the main page, open the Go to Compute Engine link or use the Navigation Menu and select the Compute Engine link.
- On the Compute Engine page, select the VM Instances option.
- Click the Create instance link at the top of the page and create a VM instance with the following characteristics: ...