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+# Goolge Cloud Platform
+
+## Deploying to a VM
+
+TODO: add username and password behind nginx
+
+### Create VM
+
+First set some environment variables:
+
+```bash
+# Set these to your own values where they are empty
+
+# Set this to your own project id
+export PROJECT_ID=
+# Set this to your own IP address or 0.0.0.0 to allow all
+export YOUR_IP_ADDRESS=
+
+# Set these to your own values or leave as is
+export REGION=us-central1
+export ZONE=us-central1-a
+export INSTANCE_NAME=anomstack
+export MACHINE_TYPE=e2-standard-2
+export RANGE=10.0.0.0/24
+```
+
+Create a service account:
+
+```bash
+gcloud iam service-accounts create anomstack-service-account \
+    --project=$PROJECT_ID \
+    --description="Anomstack service account" \
+    --display-name="Anomstack service account"
+```
+
+Create the VPC network for Anomstack:
+
+```bash
+# Create the VPC network
+gcloud compute networks create anomstack-network --subnet-mode=custom --project=$PROJECT_ID
+
+# Create the subnet
+gcloud compute networks subnets create anomstack-subnet \
+    --network=anomstack-network \
+    --region=$REGION \
+    --range=$RANGE \
+    --project=$PROJECT_ID
+
+# Create the firewall rule to allow traffic
+gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-anomstack-internal \
+    --network=anomstack-network \
+    --allow=tcp,udp,icmp \
+    --source-ranges=$RANGE \
+    --project=$PROJECT_ID
+
+# Create the firewall rule to allow SSH traffic
+gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-ssh \
+    --network=anomstack-network \
+    --allow=tcp:22 \
+    --source-ranges=$YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/0 \
+    --project=$PROJECT_ID
+
+# Create the firewall rule to allow traffic to Dagster UI
+gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-anomstack-3000 \
+    --network=anomstack-network \
+    --allow=tcp:3000 \
+    --source-ranges=$YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/0 \
+    --project=$PROJECT_ID
+```
+
+Create the VM:
+
+```bash
+# Create the VM
+gcloud compute instances create $INSTANCE_NAME \
+--project=$PROJECT_ID \
+--zone=$ZONE \
+--machine-type=$MACHINE_TYPE \
+--service-account="anomstack-service-account@$PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com" \
+--network-interface="network-tier=PREMIUM,stack-type=IPV4_ONLY,subnet=anomstack-subnet" \
+--create-disk="auto-delete=yes,boot=yes,device-name=$INSTANCE_NAME,image=projects/ubuntu-os-cloud/global/images/ubuntu-2004-focal-v20231101,mode=rw,size=50,type=projects/$PROJECT_ID/zones/$ZONE/diskTypes/pd-balanced"
+```
+
+### Configure VM
+
+After the VM is created, SSH into it:
+
+```bash
+# SSH into the VM
+gcloud compute ssh $INSTANCE_NAME --zone=$ZONE --project=$PROJECT_ID
+```
+
+Install Docker:
+
+```bash
+
+# Add Docker's official GPG key:
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
+sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+
+# Add the repository to Apt sources:
+echo \
+  "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
+  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+sudo apt-get update
+
+# Install Docker Engine:
+sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+
+# Verify that Docker Engine is installed correctly by running the hello-world image:
+sudo docker run hello-world
+
+```
+
+### Install Anomstack
+
+```bash
+
+# clone anomstack
+git clone https://github.com/andrewm4894/anomstack.git
+
+# or 
+
+# clone repo at specific release tag
+# git clone -b v0.0.1 https://github.com/andrewm4894/anomstack.git
+
+# cd into anomstack
+cd anomstack
+
+# copy .env file
+cp .example.env .env
+
+# edit .env as needed or leave as is for local duckdb based setup
+
+# start anomstack
+sudo docker compose up -d --build
+```
+
+Once the containers are up and running, you can access the UI at `http://<your-vm-ip>:3000`.
+
+### Adding Your Metrics
+
+After you add whatever environment variables you need to the `.env` file, you can add your metrics to the `metrics` folder.
+
+Once ready you can stop and then rebuild the containers:
+
+```bash
+# from within anomstack folder
+
+# stop anomstack
+sudo docker compose down
+
+# rebuild anomstack with latest metrics and changes
+sudo docker compose up -d --build
+
+```