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title: "Upload vNIOS for GCP Image"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforGCP/736364813/Upload%20vNIOS%20for%20GCP%20Image"
format: markdown
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Before you can deploy your Infoblox vNIOS for GCP appliance, you will need to create a storage bucket and upload the appliance image.

### **Create Bucket**

To create a bucket using the GCP Console:

1. In the GCP Console Navigation menu, expand **Cloud Storage**; select **Buckets**.

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2. Click **CREATE**.

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3. Type a name, click **CONTINUE**.

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4. Select **Region** for Location type and choose a Location from the dropdown.
5. Click **CONTINUE**.

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6. Use the default **Standard** storage class.
7. Click **CONTINUE**.

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8. Choose your desired access control options.
9. Click **CREATE**.

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### **Upload Image File to Bucket**

Once the bucket creation completes, your new bucket will be open in the browser.

1. Click **UPLOAD FILES**.

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2. Follow the prompts to browse to and upload your Infoblox vNIOS for GCP appliance image file. This file can be over 2 GB in size and the upload may take a while to complete.
3. Verify that the file upload completed successfully.

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4. To get the URI of your uploaded image, which you will need to create a custom image, click on the file name in your bucket.
5. On the Object details page, click the copy button next to gsutil URI to copy this to your clipboard.

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