Getting your computer set-up for Aptos — GCP

You need to first get your computer set-up for Aptos in general — Follow steps here

This post is on how you get your set-up for Aptos nodes running on GCP.

Go to GCP and create an account. Google is offering a 90 day $300 free trial for every new user

Get all your CLI stuff sorted.

1. First you need to install the google CLI

Install the gcloud CLI | Google Cloud

2. Next you need to get all the kubernetes stuff installed. You need to finish step one first

gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin

^ Through the terminal is my preferred way of doing it.

3. Download your terraform

Downloads | Terraform by HashiCorp

Brew install is the way to go here.

4. Download a code editor. You will thank me for this

A hackable text editor for the 21st Century

Using something like Atom saves you having to do weird shit like edit text in a terminal via the vim function, which is honestly like pulling teeth.