Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring a DSM
Deploying a DSM in the Google Cloud platform
DSM Installation and Configuration Guide
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Creating a GCP Instance of DSM
After you create a GCP image, you create a GCP VM instance. The instance is the virtual DSM. After the GCP
instance is setup and built, you will be able to use it like a local DSM.
1. In the Images window, select your image.
2. Click
Create instance
.
3. Specify a Name for your instance.
4. Select a
Machine configuration
for your instance. The more powerful the machine, the faster DSM will run.
5. In the Firewall section, select
Allow HTTPS traffic
.
6. Click
Create
create the instance.
7. Click
Serial port 1 console
to open the console so that you can monitor the DSM boot progress.
8. The DSM reboots a few times before it is ready. Keep clicking
refresh
to see the progress.
9. When the instance is complete, you see the following message:
“Welcome to Vormetric Data Security Manager”
10. In the VM instances page, your VM displays with an External IP address.
11. Open a browser and type in the external IP address:
https://<
External IP address
>
Deploying a DSM to GCP through the GCP CLI
After obtaining the DSM tar file from Thales technical support (see
"Obtain the DSM image for GCP Deployment" on
), you can, as an alternative to the UI method, use the GCP CLI to perform the same operations:
l
"Uploading the DSM Tar file to GCP Bucket" below
l
"Create the GCP Image-CLI" below
l
"Create the GCP Instance in the CLI" on the next page
Uploading the DSM Tar file to GCP Bucket
Type the following to create the bucket, and copy the image from your local directory to the to GCP bucket:
# gsutil cp <
gcp_image
> gs://<
bucket-name
>/<
image_bundle
>
Example
# gsutil cp /mnt/my-builds/Vormetric-DSM-VM-GCP-6.4.3.17000.tar.gz gs://my-company-
releases/tar/gcp-dsm-6.4.3.tar.gz
Create the GCP Image-CLI
Type the following to create the GCP image from the DSM image:
# gcloud compute images create <target_image_name> --source-uri gs://<
bucket-name
>/<image_
bundle>
Example
# gcloud compute images create dsm-gcp-6-4-3-17000 --source-uri gs://my-company-
releases/tar/gcp-dsm-6.4.3.tar.gz
