Bootstrap the VM-Series Firewall on Google Cloud Platform

Choose a bootstrap method.
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.
Select
Storage
Browser
, and click
Create Bucket
.
You can use this bucket to bootstrap the firewall when you Deploy the VM-Series Firewall from Google Cloud Platform Marketplace.
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.
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.
Click
Create
.
In the Storage Browser, click the bucket name to open it.
Click
Create Folder
and name the folder
config
. Click
Create
.
Repeat, creating folders for
content
,
license
, and
software
, as shown below. All folders must be present, even if they are empty.

(
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
.
Open the
license
folder and upload the
authcodes
file.
Continue until you have uploaded all the bootstrap files.
Add the initial configuration parameters as metadata.
Add
each key-value pair as described in Enter a Basic Configuration as User Data (Public Clouds).
See Deploy the VM-Series Firewall from Google Cloud Platform Marketplace for deployment details.