Exasol on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) provides a suite of infrastructure services that enable you to deploy Exasol in a highly available, scalable, and affordable way. This section provides you with step-by-step instructions for deploying Exasol on GCP.

Before you begin

Read the following sections before you start setting up Exasol on GCP.

Step 1: Deploy Exasol

Option 1: Using the Cloud Deployment Wizard

Exasol recommends using the Cloud Deployment Wizard to install Exasol on GCP. To know how to install Exasol on GCP using the wizard, see Using Exasol Cloud Deployment Wizard.

To learn more about the Cloud Deployment Wizard, watch the following video.

Option 2: Using the Cloud Deployment Manager templates

If you don't want to use the configuration recommendations of the wizard, you can use the Cloud Deployment Manager templates to install Exasol. For detailed instructions, refer to Using Cloud Deployment Manager Template.

Step 3: Connect tools and install drivers

After installing Exasol on GCP, you can do the following:

Step 4: Load data

After you have connected your choice of tool to Exasol, you can load your data into Exasol and process further. To learn more about loading data into Exasol, see Loading Data.

Step 5: Administration

Once you have all the configurations in place and started using Exasol, you may have to perform some administration task on your setup. To learn more about the administrative activities that you can perform on your Exasol instance, see Administration on Google Cloud Platform.

Support, troubleshooting, software updates

The Exasol PAYG subscription includes the Enterprise 24x7 (Gold) support level. To get help from our Support team, create a case.