page_title: Installation on Google Cloud Platform
page_description: Installation instructions for Docker on the Google Cloud Platform.
page_keywords: Docker, Docker documentation, installation, google, Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Platform

# Google Cloud Platform

1. Go to [Google Cloud Console](https://cloud.google.com/console) and
   create a new Cloud Project with [Compute Engine
   enabled](https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/signup).
2. Download and configure the [Google Cloud SDK](
   https://developers.google.com/cloud/sdk/) to use your project
   with the following commands:

    ```
    $ curl https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/release/install_google_cloud_sdk.bash | bash
    $ gcloud auth login
    Enter a cloud project id (or leave blank to not set): <google-cloud-project-id>
    ```

3.  Start a new instance, select a zone close to you and the desired
    instance size:

    ```
    $ gcutil addinstance docker-playground --image=backports-debian-7
    1: europe-west1-a
    ...
    4: us-central1-b
    >>> <zone-index>
    1: machineTypes/n1-standard-1
    ...
    12: machineTypes/g1-small
    >>> <machine-type-index>
    ```

4.  Connect to the instance using SSH:

    ```
    $ gcutil ssh docker-playground
    $ docker-playground:~$
    ```

5.  Install the latest Docker release and configure it to start when the
    instance boots:

    ```
    $ docker-playground:~$ curl get.docker.io | bash
    $ docker-playground:~$ sudo update-rc.d docker defaults
    ```

6.  Start a new container:

    ```
    $ docker-playground:~$ sudo docker run busybox echo 'docker on GCE \o/'
    $ docker on GCE \o/
    ```