Get Started with Genymotion PaaS

We offer ARM64 and x86_64 images with the following Android versions:

We offer ARM64 and x86_64 images with the following Android versions:

We offer ARM64 and x86_64 images with the following Android versions:

We offer ARM64 and x86_64 images for the following Android versions:

1. Go to Google Cloud Platform marketplace.
2. Select the version of Android OS for your Genymotion instance.

3. Click Launch:

   

You will then be redirected to the configuration page:

You may want or need to change a few settings before deploying the instance. Also, any incoming connection from outside the virtual network will be blocked - to connect to from the Internet, you need to set firewall tags before deploying the new instance.

• Deployment name: The name of the virtual device. You can change it to your liking.
• Zone: Select your geographical area. The zone determines what computing resources are available and where your data is stored and used.

• Machine type: Select the machine type from the drop-down list or by clicking Customize. We recommend the following types depending on your usage:

  Usage	ARM64	x86_64
  Basic Android environment Automation, monitoring, testing, no graphical interactions	t2a-standard-2	e2-small
  Low-profile Android environment Basic interactions, not suitable for video streaming or games	t2a-standard-2	e2-medium
  Standard Android environment Common usage, suitable for low-res video streaming or 2D games	c3a-standard-4	n2-standard-2
  Professional Android environment Better performance for basic video streaming and 2D games	c3a-standard-8	n2-standard-4
  High-end Android environment High-res Video streaming, 3D games	c3a-standard-16	n2-standard-8

• Boot Disk: Select the boot disk type and Storage space.

  An SSD persistent disk is better for random IOPS or streaming throughput with low latency. Persistent disk performance is tied to the size of the persistent disk volume. You are charged for the actual amount of provisioned disk space.

In the Firewall/Networking section, you can change the following settings:

• Network interfaces: Click on the default network interface to change the Network, Subnetwork and External IP to be used by the instance. This assigns the instance an IPv4 address from the subnetwork range. Instances in different subnetworks can communicate with each other using their internal IPs as long as they belong to the same network.

  The External IP allows the instance to communicate outside of the virtual network. Selecting "None" will result in the instance having no external Internet access.

• Firewall: Add firewall tags (rules) to allow specific network traffic from the Internet. For recommended firewall rules, please refer to Requirements.

• IP forwarding: Enable or Disable IP forwarding. This allows the instance to help route packets.

When done, click Deploy.

Select your image and subscription plan:

1. Go to Alibaba Cloud Marketplace
2. Select an image (Android version + architecture) for your Genymotion instance.
3. Click Choose Your plan and proceed to select your subscription plan.

Setup your instance:

1. In Elastic Compute Service select the Custom Launch selection:

   

2. In Billing Method, select Pay-As-You-Go.

3. In Region, select your geographical area. The zone determines what computing resources are available and where your data is stored and used.
4. In Network and zone, select a VPC and a vSwitch.

In the Instance section, you need to select the Instance type that matches your image architecture (x86 or arm64) and your need:

We recommend the following instance types depending on your usage:

In the Image section, make sure that Marketplace Image is selected:

Setup the storage:

In the Storage section, select the System Disk type and size (default: Ultra Disk). Minimum is 40GiB.

Bandwidths & Security Groups:

In the Public IP Address section, check Assign Public IPv4 Address to assign a public IP to your instance. Please note that without a public IP, your instance will not be reachable outside of Alicloud VPC!

In Secrity Group, select the custom Security Group you want to use. If you already have Security Groups, click Select Security Group.

Otherwise, select the New Security Group tab to create a new group. You can create a Basic Security Group with SSH, HTTPS and HTTP for basic access. Or you can use an Advanced Security Group for more refined security settings.

For details about security settings, please refer to Requirements - Network security settings.

Management:

In the Management section, you can set or create a key pair to access the instance via SSH. For more details about SSH access, please refer to Accessing an instance with SSH.

Finally, create and launch your instance:

Read Alibaba ECS Terms of Service and the Terms of Service carefully, check ECS Terms of Service | Terms of Service and click Create Order to get started.

You will be prompted when your instance is ready:

Once the initial setup is done, the instance automatically starts. It can take up to two minutes before the instance can be accessed through the web browser.

1. Go to MS Azure marketplace:

   

   For an overview of the available software plans, go to the Plans + Pricing tab.

2. Click Get It Now and select a software plan and an Android image version.

3. Click Continue, review your selection and click Create:

   

4. In the Basics section, fill in the appropriate information:

   • Subscription: Only pay-as-you-go is available at the moment.
   • Resource group: Select a resource group. If you don't have any, you need to create a new one.
   • Virtual machine name: Set a name to your virtual machine.
   • Region: Select a region. Choose a region similar or close to your own location for best results.
   • Availability options: Please refer to Availability options in Azure.
   • Image: This is the Genymotion Device image which corresponds to the plan you chose.
   • Azure spot instance: Please refer to Azure spot instance overview. Default is No.

   • Size: This is the instance type (CPU architecture, number of virtual CPUs, RAM) of your virtual machine. We recommend the following sizes depending on your usage:

     Usage	ARM64	x86_64
     Basic Android environment Automation, monitoring, testing, no graphical interactions	Standard_D2ps_v5	Standard_B2s
     Low-profile Android environment Basic interactions, not suitable for video streaming or games	Standard_D2ps_v5	Standard_B2s
     Standard Android environment Common usage, suitable for low-res video streaming or 2D games	Standard_D4ps_v5	Standard_D2s_v5
     Professional Android environment Better performance for basic video streaming and 2D games	Standard_D8ps_v5	Standard_D4s_v5
     High-end Android environment High-res Video streaming, 3D games	Standard_D16ps_v5	Standard_D8s_v5

   • Authentication type: This is the type of authentication to connect remotely to the virtual machine. Select SSH public key to access the instance with SSH.

   • Username: Set the username to shell in order to access the virtual device with SSH.
   • SSH public key source: Generate a new key pair, use existing key pair in Azure or use existing public key. See Accessing instances with SSH for more details.

5. Click Next : Disks. In this section, you can change the virtual machine main storage and/or add more storage disks.

6. Click Next : Networking. There, you need to setup your VM network:

   • Virtual Network: This is the VM internal (private) network. You need to select an existing virtual network or create a new one.
   • Subnetwork: This is the VM virtual network subnetwork. This can be used to isolate a VM from the others or set several VMs in the same virtual network.
   • Public IP: Sets a public IP to communicate inbound and outbound (without network address translation (NAT)) with the Internet and other Azure resources not connected to a virtual network.
   • NIC network security group: Select Advanced to enable the Configure network security groups option.
   • Configure network security groups: These are lists of Access Control List (ACL) rules that allow or deny network traffic to subnets, network interfaces, or both.
   • Load balancing: You can place your virtual machine in the backend pool of an existing Azure load balancing solution.

7. Click Next : Management. This section is related to monitoring and management options for your VM.​ Change the settings according to your needs.

8. Click Next : Advanced. These are specific options for advanced users. We are not going to detail them here.
9. Click Next : tags and set tags to your VM to your liking.
10. Finally, click Next : Review + create: your selections will be reviewed and your VM validated. Once validation is complete, click on Create to create the VM.

When finished, your new VM will be deployed and started. It will be available in your Dashboard, in the All resources section or in the Virtual machines section:

Ports access is configured in a security group that contains all the firewall rules. To edit those rules:

1. Go to Network & Security > Security groups.
2. Select the security group associated with your virtual device.
3. From tabs Inbound or Outbound, click Edit.
4. Edit rules according to your needs.

By default, all incoming traffic from outside a network is blocked. To access the instance from outside, you need to change or add a series of firewall rules:

1. From GCP dashboard, go to VPC network > Firewall
2. Add or edit your rules to match the Network Security Settings requirements.

In the Public IP Address section, check Assign Public IPv4 Address to assign a public IP to your instance. Please note that without a public IP, your instance will not be reachable outside of Alicloud VPC!

In Secrity Group, select the custom Security Group you want to use. If you already have Security Groups, click Select Security Group.

Otherwise, select the New Security Group tab to create a new group. You can create a Basic Security Group with SSH, HTTPS and HTTP for basic access. Or you can use an Advanced Security Group for more refined security settings.

For details about security settings, please refer to the Requirements section.

Ports access is configured in Network security groups (NSG). NSGs are usually defined during a virtual machine setup and Network Security Groups but can also be changed afterwards:

1. Go to Network security groups.
2. Select the NSG associated with your virtual machine (your_virtual_machine_name.nsg).
3. Edit or add rules according to your needs and the required network settings in Inbound security rules and Outbound security rules.