1. Create a VM instance from GCP console

Create a suitable instance from the list of available regions and instance type. Below is an example of an instance created asia-south1(Mumbai) region.

2. Create ssh keygen

Create an ssh key pair which will be used to access the vm using a private key. Below is the command.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/gcp_vm -C jarvis -b 2048

Add the public ssh key in the vm instance under security section.

3. Login to server via ssh

To login into the newly created vm, use the generated ssh public key with user and vm’s IP address.

ssh -i ~/.ssh/gcp_vm jarvis@[vm-ip]

4. Configure package manager Homebrew

In Linux there are many ways to install packages and software’s. We can use Homebrew as package manager which will be easy to deal with while installing most of the software’s and packages.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

After successful installation, run the below two commands to add Homebrew to your PATH.

(echo; echo 'eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"') >> /home/jarvis/.profile
eval "$(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

You can run additional commands to install Homebrew’s dependencies.

sudo apt-get install build-essential
brew install gcc

From here on we will be installing all the required software’s using Homebrew. Any unsupported packages will be installed manually.

brew install <package>

5. Install fish shell

Fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for Linux.

brew install fish

Install Oh My Fish package to extend and modify the look of your shell.

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish/master/bin/install | fish

Install the neolambda theme to change the look.

omf install neolambda

6. Install nvm and node v18

nvm is a version management tool for installing node.js. We can install multiple versions of node and switch between them.

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash

Now add these lines to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.zshrc file to have it automatically sourced upon login:

export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"  # This loads nvm bash_completion

Switch to bash shell and install node v18.

nvm install 18.16.0

7. Install pnpm

pnpm is fast, disk space efficient package manager.

brew install pnpm

8. Install openjdk@17

Development kit for the Java programming language.

brew install openjdk@17

For setting the path, run the below command and source the profile file.

echo 'export PATH="/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/openjdk@17/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile
source ~/.profile

9. Install gradle and maven

Gradle: Open-source build automation tool based on the Groovy and Kotlin DSL

brew install gradle

Maven: Java-based project management

brew install maven

10. Install docker and docker-compose

Installing docker and docker-compose is a bit tricky in ubuntu and linux machines. Below are the steps to follow.

Installing Docker:

1. Firstly, it’s important to update the packages on the machine. Use the following command.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

2. Install necessary packages.

sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common

3. Add docker GPG key.

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

4. Then add the Docker repository with the signed-by option.

echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

5. Update package lists again.

sudo apt update

6. Now install docker.

sudo apt install docker-ce

7. To verify Docker has been installed correctly, run below command.

docker version

8. Enable docker to start on boot.

sudo systemctl enable docker

Installing Docker-compose:

1. Download the docker-compose binary from the compose repository release page on Github.

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.18.0/docker-compose-linux-x86_64" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

2. Apply executable permissions to the downloaded binary.

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

3. To verify Docker Compose has been installed correctly, run below command.

docker-compose --version

By default, Docker requires administrator privileges. If you want to run Docker commands as a non-root user without prepending sudo, add your user to the docker group.

sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}