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title: "Uploading Images to the Project"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/vniosgcp/32243781/Uploading%20Images%20to%20the%20Project"
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> ⚠️ **Note**
> ⚠️ 
> ⚠️ <span style="color: #000000">You must use the following commands to upload images to the project as the </span>`MULTI_IP_SUBNET `<span style="color: #000000">flag is currently not available in the GCP user interface.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">To deploy vNIOS for GCP, complete the following:</span>

1. Download the **NIOS GCP ddi.tar.gz** image from <span style="color: #0000ff">[*Infoblox Support site*](https://support.infoblox.com)</span>.
2. Use the following commands to log in to the Google Cloud CLI:  
`gcloud auth login <use your gcloud account>`  
`gcloud config set project <project name>`
3. Use the following link to create a bucket in Google Cloud Storage:  
*<span style="color: #0000ff">[https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil/commands/mb](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil/commands/mb)</span>*
4. Use the following command to upload the image to the GCP project bucket:  
`gsutil cp "<NIOS GCP ddi.tar.gz file>" gs://<path to gcp bucket>`  
  
Example:  `gsutil cp nios-8.4.0-EA-379714-2019-01-14-12-19-23-ddi.tar.gz gs://nios-bucket`
5. Use the following command to create an image from the NIOS tarball. You can use the image to create a NIOS instance in later steps:  
`gcloud beta compute images create "<image name>" --guest-os-features MULTI_IP_SUBNET --source-uri gs://<bucket path>/<NIOS GCP ddi.tar.gz filename>`  
  
Example:  `gcloud beta compute images create "nios-840-ea" --guest-os-features MULTI_IP_SUBNET --source-uri gs://nios-bucket/nios-8.4.0-EA-379714-2019-01-14-12-19-23-ddi.tar.gz`