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title: "Configure Instance Size and Image"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforGCP/736297824/Configure%20Instance%20Size%20and%20Image"
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1. Type a name for your instance.
2. Select the desired **Region** and **Zone**. *Note: This should be the same region your VPC subnets are in.*

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3. In the Machine configuration section, select **General purpose**.
4. For Series, select **N1**.
5. Use the Machine type dropdown to select the instance size corresponding to desired NIOS model. Supported models and instance types are found in <u>[Supported vNIOS for GCP Models](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/vniosgcpca/pages/32243757)</u> (the example used in this guide is an IB-V825).

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6. For Boot disk, click **Change**.

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7. Switch to the **Custom images** tab.
8. Select the custom image for your vNIOS for GCP appliance image from the dropdown.
9. For Boot disk type, select **Standard persistent disk**.
10. Set the **Size (GB) **field to match the size required for the appliance model type being deployed. Refer to <u>[Supported vNIOS for GCP Models](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/vniosgcpca/pages/32243757)</u> for the supported disk sizes.
11. Click** Select**.

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