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Assignment 6 Cloud Computing
CECS 327 Intro to Networking and Distributed System Assignment 6
Cloud Computing (100 points)
Notes:
• In order to get a full credit, you must demo your work in the lab as a group otherwise you
won't get credit.
• This is an individual assignment; however, you are highly encouraged to work with your
groupmate to complete the assignment.
Submit:
1- Screenshot of your client and server communicating with each other.
2- The screenshot should show your client contacting the GCP VM through the public IP
address.
Part 1:
You’ve been tasked with getting a Windows web server up and running on a Compute Engine
instance. To accomplish this, you’ll need to create the appropriate instance, use RDP to set up
necessary software, and create a home page to test the server.
You’ll need to accomplish the following steps to complete your task:
1. Create a Compute Engine VM instance.
2. Set your Windows password.
3. Access RDP.
4. Install the required IIS components.
5. Create an index.html page.
6. View the final page in a browser.
Working with Compute Engine Windows Instances
Create a Compute Engine VM instance.
1. From the main navigation, choose Compute Engine > VMs.
2. Click Create.
3. With New VM instance chosen from the options on the left, configure your instance:
o Name: Provide a relevant name that can identify you using hyphens, like "cecs327-
sec7-first name-last name- studentID".
o Region Leave as-is
o Zone: Leave as-is
o Machine type: Leave as-is
o Boot disk:
▪ Click Change.
CECS 327 Intro to Networking and Distributed System Assignment 6
Cloud Computing (100 points)
Due Date: May 2, 2022 @ 10:00 PM
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▪ Select Windows Server 2019 Datacenter, Server with Desktop
Experience.
▪ Click Select.
o Identity and API access: Leave as-is
o Firewall: Allow HTTP traffic
4. Click Create.
Set Windows password.
1. Once the instance is created, click the arrow next to RDP in the Connect column, and
select Set Windows password from the dropdown.
2. In the dialog, confirm your username is correct, and click Set.
3. Copy the supplied password, and click Close.
Launch RDP window.
1. Launch the RDP window by using one of the following methods:
o If you're on a Windows system, click RDP.
o If you're on a Mac using Chrome in a standard window, first install the Chrome
RDP extension, and then click RDP.
o If you're on a Mac using another browser or incognito window, from the App
Store, download and install the latest version of the Microsoft Remote Desktop
app. Then, choose Download the RDP file from the RDP options and open the file.
Install IIS.
1. From the Windows Start menu, right-click on Windows Powershell, choose More and
then Run as administrator.
2. In the PowerShell window, enter the following commands to set install IIS, starting with:
import-module servermanager
3. Set up the web server:
add-windowsfeature web-server -includeallsubfeature
4. Create the index.html page:
echo '<!doctype html><html><body><h1>Greetings from CECS327!</h1></body></htm
l>' > C:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.html
Test your page.
CECS 327 Intro to Networking and Distributed System Assignment 6
Cloud Computing (100 points)
Due Date: May 2, 2022 @ 10:00 PM
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1. From the Compute Engine VM instances page, click the external IP link for the Windows
VM instance.
2. Review the page in the browser.
Submit:
1- Screenshot of your VM that has a name of your full name and student ID.
2- Screenshot of your HTML page that has the public IP address.
Part 2:
1. Run the UDP server from the previous assignment in your new Google cloud windows
machine.
2. Try to connect the UDP client from your local machine to the UDP server that runs on
Google cloud.
Hint: you may need to add a firewall rule in GCP to allow the UPD traffic to pass.
