Quickstart: Enable Shielded VM options

Learn how to enable Shielded VM options by using the Google Cloud console.

Before you begin

Before you start this tutorial, complete the following steps:

Create a VM instance with an OS that supports Shielded VM features . Learn more about creating a VM instance .
Verify that you have the following permissions on the VM.
- compute.instances.updateShieldedInstanceConfig
Learn more about managing access to Compute Engine resources .

In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instancespage.

Go to VM instances
Click the instance name to open the VM instance detailspage.
Click Stop. If there is no Stopoption, click More actions > Stop.
After the instance stops, click Edit.
In the Shielded VMsection, modify the Shielded VM options:
- Toggle Turn on Secure Bootto enable Secure Boot. Learn more about Secure Boot .
- Toggle Turn on vTPMto enable the virtual trusted platform module (vTPM). Learn more about vTPM .
- Toggle Turn on Integrity Monitoringto enable integrity monitoring. Learn more about integrity monitoring .
Click Save.
Click Startto start the instance.

To avoid incurring charges to your Google Cloud account for the resources used on this page, follow these steps.

In the Google Cloud console, go to the VM instancespage.

Go to VM instances
In the row for the VM instance you created for this exercise, click More Actions, and then select Delete.