You can deploy NIOS-X servers through the Google Cloud Portal (GCP). The process of deploying through GCP consists of the following steps:

• Downloading the package for GCP from the Infoblox Portal.

• Deploying the NIOS-X server in GCP.

• Resizing the disk capacity.

• Accessing the GCP serial console.

• Deploying the NIOS-X server using the CLI.

Downloading the Package for GCP

1. Log in to the Infoblox Portal.

2. Go to Configure > Administration > Downloads.

3. Go to the NIOS-X (BloxOne) Servers section and select Download package for GCP.

4. Click Download Package and save the .tar.gz file on your system.

Deploying the NIOS-X Server in GCP

1. Upload the .tar.gz file.

   1. Go to Bucket on GCP.

   2. Click Upload file.

   3. Choose the .tar.gz file you downloaded from the Infoblox Portal.

2. Create an image.

   1. Go to the image folder.

   2. Click Create a new image.

   3. Choose the cloud storage file, and upload your .tar.gz file from your bucket.

3. Choose the machine configuration to be used.

   1. The recommended resources required for virtual appliance deployment are 8 vCPU and 16 GB of memory. For details, see NIOS-X Server Connectivity and Service Requirements.Please select respective flavors which have recommended resources or  e2-standard-4 in GCP

   2. Ensure that your deployment environment meets the minimum deployment requirements.

4. If you require to open port 443 and port 80, click Allow HTTP traffic and Allow HTTPS traffic check box.

5. You can specify network configuration in the Network section. Multiple network interfaces can be added from this section. Note: You might need to configure multiple networks with different subnets to use in multiple interfaces. 

6. Go to the Management section and click Add Item to provide the JOINTOKEN. Specify user-data as the key with the following value. For information on how to use the userdata file, see YML and JSON Templates.
   #cloud-config
host_setup:
  jointoken: "your BloxOne join token"
   
   

   Open

   

7. Click Create to create the instance.

Once the NIOS-X server is deployed, it is visible in Infoblox Portal.

• You can filter NIOS-X servers using advanced filters. The server type is GCP.

• Tags related to GCP are visible in the Infoblox Portal.

Resizing the disk capacity

NIOS-X servers deployed with this image will have a default disk size of 59 GB. To increase the disk capacity, complete the following steps:

1. When creating an instance in GCP, click Change for the boot disk.

2. Select the image from the custom images folder.

3. Specify 750 in the Size field.

Accessing the GCP Serial Console

Complete the following steps to access the serial console:

1. Edit the NIOS-X server and enable connecting to the serial port on GCP.

2. Once you click the Connect to Serial Console check box, the serial console is launched in two minutes.

Deploying NIOS-X Servers Using the CLI

1. Install qemu-utils. Run the following command on Ubuntu:
   sudo apt-get install qemu-utils

2. Install gcloud. Follow the steps mentioned to install Google Cloud. https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install#deb.

3. Download the package:

   1. Go to Configure > Administration > Downloads in the Inforblox Portal.

   2. Go to the NIOS-X (BloxOne) Servers section and select Download package for GCP.

   3. Click Download Package and save the .tar.gz file on your system.

4. Log in to your Google Cloud account:
   gcloud auth login

5. Set up your project:
   gcloud config set project <project_name>

6. Upload archive file to bucket:
   gsutil cp <Image_Name> gs:<Bucket_Name>

7. Create image:
   gcloud compute images create <Image_Name>--source-uri gs://<Bucket_Name>/<ImageFullName>

8. Create Instance:
   gcloud compute instances create <Instance_Name> --image  <Image_Name> --metadata-from-file user-data=cloud-init.yaml --zone us-central1-a