Android 7.1 Image on Google Cloud

[hassan96]

Hello,

I am currently  trying to download a vmdk android 7.1 vm on google compute engine but was facing some issue.

1. I tried creating the image and the VM off the image created but was getting a firewall error even when the firewall rule was created

2. I tried created a ubuntu 16.04 and from inside the vm download the zip containing the vmdk file and running the image through the ubuntu vm and wasnt able too

3. I created a windows 2022 vm and downloaded virtual box with the vmdk in the virtual box when I start up ubuntu 16.04, the vm crashes and reboots

Any ideas on what I can do to get this issue resolved?

[DamianS]

Hello @hassan96  ,Welcome on Google Cloud Community.

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@hassan96 wrote:

1. I tried creating the image and the VM off the image created but was getting a firewall error even when the firewall rule was created

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1. Would be good to get info:
*  what kind of FW rules you have in your VPC already
* Do your VM is using external IP or not
* What OS you've picked up to create VM

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@hassan96 wrote:

I tried created a ubuntu 16.04 and from inside the vm download the zip containing the vmdk file and running the image through the ubuntu vm and wasnt able too

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Most probably you didn't enabled "nested virtualization" for particular VM

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@hassan96 wrote:

3. I created a windows 2022 vm and downloaded virtual box with the vmdk in the virtual box when I start up ubuntu 16.04, the vm crashes and reboots

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This is because:

* your VM is to small ( vCPU and MEM ) to handle virtualization
* your VM does not have enabled nested virtualization

More info about nested virtualization: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/nested-virtualization/overview

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cheers,
DamianS
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