Laptop prerequisites

You must provide a laptop to install and upgrade Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped appliance. Upgrades and patches happen in the field without connection to Google facilities or existing Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped data center environments.

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Machine access

You must have root access on the laptop.

Physical specifications

The laptop must meet the following physical specifications, similar to a Compute Engine n1-standard-8 machine (https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/general-purpose-machines#n1_machines):

• Ethernet ports
  • Switch mgmt0 (1 GbEth)
  • MGMT/Data network (1 GbEth or 10 GbEth)
• Storage
  • Enough storage and fast enough hosting releases for upgrade purposes. This requirement potentially implies multiple versions.
  • 2 T
• Memory
  • 32 GB on par with the n1-standard-8 machine
• CPU
  • On par with the 8 vCPU n1-standard-8 machine
• Operating system (OS) compatibility
  • Option A (preferred): Install the GDC bootstrapper.iso package.
  • Option B: If the customer wants their own OS image, install the GDC bootstrapper-compatible OS (Ubuntu 20.04) distribution and software.