Deploying the FME Platform on the Google Cloud Platform

Liz Sanderson
Liz Sanderson
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Deploying

To quickly deploy a virtual machine on Google Cloud with both FME Form and FME Flow pre-installed, perform the following steps.

The Google Cloud Platform interface is under active development. Although we make every effort to provide accurate instructions, they are subject to change. Also, the exact options you see depend on whether or not you have existing projects.

1. Access the FME Platform page in the Google Marketplace and click the LAUNCH ON COMPUTE ENGINE button.

2. In the Configure & Deploy window, enter or select appropriate values for zone, machine type, and so on. Click the Deploy button.

A minimum of 2 vCPUs and 7.5 GB of memory is recommended.

3. That's it, your virtual machine with FME Form and FME Flow is now deploying.

Accessing FME

1. Once the deployment is finished, go to Compute Engine and select the newly launched VM and set the Windows password so you can log in to the virtual machine. Also, make sure to note down your username.

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2. Click on the RDP link to download the RDP connection file. Then connect to the virtual machine using your Remote Desktop application.

Licensing FME Form

1. Accept the End User License Agreement

2. Fill in the licensing information when prompted

3. FME Form is now licensed!

Licensing FME Flow

The FME Flow licensing is integrated into FME Flow. Log in to FME Flow:

Another machine you can access it through the external IP address of the machine http:///fmeserver

 

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