Today I learned how to install the Google Cloud Operations agent on a GCP VM instance to enable Cloud Monitoring and Logging.
Install the Cloud Monitoring Agent
Run the Monitoring agent install script command in the SSH terminal of your VM instance:
curl -sSO https://dl.google.com/cloudagents/add-google-cloud-ops-agent-repo.sh
sudo bash add-google-cloud-ops-agent-repo.sh --also-install
If asked if you want to continue, press Y.
Verify Installation
Check the status of the Google Cloud Operations agent:
sudo systemctl status google-cloud-ops-agent"*"
