# Create a Deep Learning VM instance by using the Google Cloud console

This page shows you how to create a Deep Learning VM Images instance
by using Google Cloud Marketplace in the Google Cloud console.

## Before you begin

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** This quickstart assumes that all settings will remain at their defaults. For more information about the VM options available to you, see [Choose an
> Image](https://docs.cloud.google.com/deep-learning-vm/docs/images).

## Create a new instance

1. Go to the Deep Learning VM Cloud Marketplace page in
   the Google Cloud console.

   [Go to the Deep Learning VM Cloud Marketplace page](https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/details/click-to-deploy-images/deeplearning)
2. Click **Get started**. If you see a project selection window,
   choose the project in which to create the instance. If this is the first
   time you've launched a Compute Engine VM, you must wait for the initial API
   configuration process to complete.

3. On the **New Deep Learning VM deployment** page, enter a
   **Deployment name** . This will be the root of your virtual machine name.
   Compute Engine appends `-vm` to this name when naming your instance.

4. Select a **Zone**, or keep the default.

5. Under **Machine type**, select the specifications that you
   want for your VM, or keep the default.

6. Under **GPUs** , select the **GPU type** and **Number of GPUs** ,
   or keep the default values.
   If you don't want to use GPUs,
   click the **Delete GPU** button.

7. You have the option to select **Enable access to JupyterLab via URL
   instead of SSH (Beta)**. Enabling this Beta feature lets you
   access your JupyterLab
   instance using a URL. Anyone who is in the Editor or Owner role in your
   Google Cloud project can access this URL. This feature
   only works in the United States, the European Union, and Asia.

8. Select a machine learning **Framework**, or keep the default.

9. Click **Deploy**.

You've just created your first Deep Learning VM instance.
After the instance is deployed, the Google Cloud console opens
the [Deployment Manager page](https://console.cloud.google.com/dm/deployments)
where you can manage your
Deep Learning VM instances and other deployments.

## Access your new instance

Once you've created your Deep Learning VM instance, it starts
automatically. To access it:

1. Go to the VM Instances page in the Google Cloud console.

   [Go to the VM
   Instances page](https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances)
2. Under the **Name** column,
   click the name of your virtual machine instance.

3. In the **Remote Access** section, click the first drop-down list and
   choose how you'd like to access the instance. You can choose to interact
   with a graphical user interface or on the command line.

   [![A VM instance's Remote access drop-down menu. (click to enlarge)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/deep-learning-vm/images/dlvm-qs1.png)](https://docs.cloud.google.com/deep-learning-vm/images/dlvm-qs1.png)

   <br />

Compute Engine will propagate your SSH keys and create your user. For more
information, see [Connecting to
Instances](https://docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/connecting-to-instance).

## Stop the instance

1. Go to the VM Instances page in the Google Cloud console.

   [Go to the VM
   Instances page](https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances)
2. Select the checkbox next to the Deep Learning VM instance.

3. Click **Stop**.

## Start the instance

After an instance is created, the instance starts automatically. To start the instance
manually when it's stopped:

1. Go to the VM Instances page in the Google Cloud console.

   [Go to the VM
   Instances page](https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances)
2. Select the checkbox next to the Deep Learning VM instance.

3. Click **Start**.

## Clean up


To avoid incurring charges to your Google Cloud account for
the resources used on this page, follow these steps.

1. Go to the Deployments page in the Google Cloud console.

   [Go to the
   Deployments page](https://console.cloud.google.com/dm/deployments)
2. Select the checkbox next to the Deep Learning VM deployment.

3. Click **Delete**.

## What's next

- Read a more in-depth description of this process in [Creating a
  Deep Learning VM instance from
  Google Cloud Marketplace](https://docs.cloud.google.com/deep-learning-vm/docs/cloud-marketplace).
- Learn more about [Images, image families, and
  instances](https://docs.cloud.google.com/deep-learning-vm/docs/concepts-images).