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You can create a virtual machine (VM)
using one of the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped-provided images listed on this
page. You can also bring-your-own (BYO) custom VM image to use instead.
This document provides information on GDC-provided and
GDC-supported VM images, as well as instructions to view
this list in your Distributed Cloud deployment.
Before you begin
To get the permissions you need to list and use Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped VM golden images,
ask your Project IAM Admin to grant you the Project VirtualMachine Admin
(project-vm-admin) role in the namespace where the VM resides. Follow the
steps to verify
that you have the required permissions.
List VM images
This section provides information about GDC-supported
operating systems.
You can also use your own custom images to create VM instances. This is useful
when you have specific operating system or software configurations that you must
use. To create and list BYO images, refer to the instructions in
Create custom images.
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