How-to guides
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These guides provide instructions for performing different operations related to our products on Google Cloud.

GCE - Launching and using Ubuntu instances
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While using Ubuntu on GCP, you'll need to perform tasks such as finding the right image to use, launching different instance types, creating golden images and containers, using Ubuntu Pro and doing upgrades.

* :doc:`Find images <gce/find-ubuntu-images>`
* :doc:`Create instances <gce/create-different-instance-types>`
* :doc:`Launch a desktop <gce/launch-ubuntu-desktop>`
* :doc:`Build a Pro golden image <gce/build-ubuntu-pro-golden-image>`
* :doc:`Create customised docker containers <gce/create-customised-docker-container>`
* :doc:`Upgrade to Pro <gce/upgrade-in-place-from-lts-to-pro>`
* :doc:`Enable Pro features <gce/enable-pro-features>`
* :doc:`Upgrade from Focal to Jammy <gce/upgrade-from-focal-to-jammy>`
* :doc:`Set hostname <gce/set-hostname-using-cloudinit>`

GKE and Kubernetes
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If you want to use Ubuntu Pro on your Kubernetes cluster, you can deploy it on GCE using these instructions.

* :doc:`Deploy Kubernetes on GCE <gke/deploy-kubernetes-with-ubuntu-pro>`

Contributing to the docs
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If you come across any problems with this documentation and you want to help with corrections, suggestions or new content, here's how you can do that:

* :doc:`contribute-to-these-docs`
   
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