How-to guides

These guides provide instructions for performing different operations related to our products on Google Cloud.

GCE - Launching and using Ubuntu instances

While using Ubuntu on GCP, you’ll need to perform tasks such as finding the right image to use, launching different instance types, creating golden images and containers, using Ubuntu Pro and doing upgrades.

• Find images

• Create instances

• Launch a desktop

• Build a Pro golden image

• Create customized docker containers

• Upgrade to Pro

• Enable Pro features

• Upgrade from Focal to Jammy

• Set hostname

GKE and Kubernetes

If you want to use Ubuntu Pro on your Kubernetes cluster, you can deploy it on GCE using these instructions.

• Deploy Kubernetes on GCE