Self-deploy a Bold Reports^® Server on Google Cloud Platform

The following steps guide you through deploying Bold Reports^® on a GCP VM instance. Follow the steps according to your instance type.

Deploying Bold Reports^® on a GCP Windows Instance

Go to Google Cloud Console. and log in to your GCP account.
Navigate to Compute Engine and click on VM Instances.
On the VM Instances page, click on the Create Instance button to start creating a new VM instance.

create instance

Enter a name for your VM instance. Select the region and zone where you want to create the VM instance. Select the machine type for your VM instance.
Click on Change in the Boot disk section to begin configuring your boot disk. Select Windows Server from the Operating system list on the Public images tab. Choose Windows Server 2019 or later from the Version list. Refer to the recommended system configuration for Bold Reports^® Server and click Select.
Within the Firewall section, allow specific network traffic. Then click on Create to create the VM.
Wait a short while for the VM instance to start. Once it’s ready, its status will change to running.

Find your Windows VM instance and make note of its external IP address.
On your local machine (Windows), search for Remote Desktop Connection in the Start menu and open the application.
In the Remote Desktop Connection window, enter the external IP address of your Windows VM. Click Connect to establish the RDP connection.
You may be prompted for credentials. Enter the username and password for the Windows user account on the VM, then click Yes in the prompted window.
Once connected, you will see the Windows desktop of your VM, allowing you to interact with it as if you were using a local Windows machine.
Other methods are available for connecting to your Windows instance. Refer to the Google Cloud documentation:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-windows

This section provides instructions on how to install and run the Bold Reports^® Server on a virtual machine (VM).

Install Bold Reports^® Enterprise Reporting Server on the created Windows virtual machine (VM) using the Windows installation documentation.
Launch the Bold Reports^® application from the desktop shortcut or IIS hosted URL after the installation.
Complete the application startup and configuration process.

Go to Google Cloud Console and log in to your GCP account.
Navigate to Compute Engine and click on VM Instances.
On the VM Instances page, click on the Create Instance button to start creating a new VM instance.
Enter a name for your VM instance, select the region and zone where you want to create the VM instance, and choose the machine type for your VM instance.
Click on Change in the Boot disk section to begin configuring your boot disk. Under the Public images tab, choose Ubuntu from the Operating system list. Select Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later from the Version list. Refer to the recommended system configuration for Bold Reports^® Server and click Select.
Within the Firewall section, allow specific network traffic. Then click on Create to create the VM.
Wait a short while for the VM instance to start. Once it’s ready, its status will change to running.

Navigate to the VM Instances page.
Locate the VM instance you want to connect to and click the SSH button next to it. Click Open in browser window. This will open a new browser window with an SSH connection to your VM.
When connecting to the VM instance for the first time, SSH may prompt you to confirm the connection.
Once connected, you will have a terminal window open that allows you to interact with your Linux VM.
Other methods are available for connecting to your Linux instance. Refer to the Google Cloud documentation:

https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/connect/standard-ssh

This section provides instructions on how to install and run the Bold Reports^® Server on a Linux virtual machine (VM).

Install Bold Reports^® Enterprise Reporting Server on the created Linux virtual machine (VM) using the Linux installation documentation.
After the installation, access the server using the VM IP address or configured domain name through a web browser.
Complete the application startup and configuration process to begin creating and managing reports.