Bootstrap the VM-Series Firewall on Google Cloud Platform

1. Choose a bootstrap method.
2. Log in to Google Cloud Console.

   • To add a basic configuration to the bootstrap package, create bootstrap files as described in Prepare the Bootstrap Package, and continue to Step 3.
   • To enter a basic configuration as custom metadata, skip to Step 4.
3. Select StorageBrowser, and click Create Bucket.

   You can use this bucket to bootstrap the firewall when you Deploy the VM-Series Firewall on GCP.

   If you intend to bootstrap using a Google storage bucket in the same project, you must have devstorage.read_only IAM privileges.

   You can create and populate the bucket at the top level, or you can create a bucket with subfolders within it so that many bootstrap packages can share the same bucket.

   1. Enter the bucket name, choose the default storage class, and choose a location. Note, the location in the storage bucket must be compatible with the zone you specify for the compute engine instance.
   2. Click Create.
   3. In the Storage Browser, click the bucket name to open it.
   4. Click Create Folder and name the folder config. Click Create.
   5. Repeat, creating folders for content, license, and software, as shown below. All folders must be present, even if they are empty.

   6. (Optional) If you created an init-cfg.txt file, open the config folder. Click Upload Files, browse to select your init-cfg.txt file, and click Open.
   7. Open the license folder and upload the authcodes file.
   8. Continue until you have uploaded all the bootstrap files.
4. Add the initial configuration parameters as metadata. Add each key-value pair as described in Enter a Basic Configuration as User Data (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
5. See Deploy the VM-Series Firewall on GCP for deployment details.