01 · Start here: your first useful result
VibePackr governs what AI can execute. It runs as a dedicated virtual machine (VM) in your organization’s Google Cloud project. A VM is the cloud computer that hosts the product; it is operated through supported commands and services by default, rather than assuming a public administration website.
For a proof of concept (PoC)—a small evaluation with an agreed goal—choose one permitted work item and define how you will judge its result and cost. Your team prepares the project, responsible people and non-secret sample input. The supplier must provide the matching delivery package and supported setup instructions. The product checks its own state and, once the necessary access and connections are established, the work can be evaluated through the supported procedure.
Your first useful result today is a clear PoC plan: the work you want to evaluate, who owns each setup step, and which supplier instructions are still needed. The later operational milestone is one permitted work result reviewed against that plan; this draft does not yet provide a complete route to that milestone.
First reading: find your role → see a small PoC example → prepare your evaluation → check the first-administrator dependency. Use the later steps when the matching delivery instructions are available. Common questions and the glossary are at the end.
02 · People, access and the parts you will configure
The PoC owner decides what a useful result is. The cloud administrator manages the Google Cloud resources. An authorized maintenance operator connects to the VM. The product administrator uses the customer-administration functions permitted by VibePackr. One person may do several jobs, but each job needs its own access.
A concrete example: a cloud administrator may be allowed by Cloud IAM (Google Cloud’s access-control system) to create a VM. SSH gives an authorized operator a terminal session on that VM, for example to run the supplied health check. Neither action creates the first VibePackr product administrator. That separate access must come from the supported product procedure, which is still pending.
| Part | What it contributes | What to prepare |
|---|---|---|
| VM and network | A place for the appliance to run and the connections it uses | Cloud owner, project, location and network choices; confirm the final package’s permissions and resources |
| Product administration | Access to permitted functions inside VibePackr | A named organizational contact and a request for the supported first-admin procedure |
| Vertex AI | Google Cloud’s AI service, used for the selected AI model when configured through the supported integration | AI owner, intended model/location, service identity and cost/access review; installation alone does not configure it |
| Storage | The boot disk hosts the system; separate durable state storage and object storage have different retention roles | Data owner and retention/cost decisions for each resource; exact customer connection and deletion instructions are pending |
If your PoC includes an external integration, the Developer Guide explains the Integration Helper, SDK and Contract/Document roles. Cloud access is preparation for that work, not evidence that the integration is ready.
03 · A small PoC, from intention to review
Illustrative planning scenario—not an executable product example. Your team wants to assess one supplier-supported AI work item using a short, non-confidential sample. First agree on the permitted task and what a useful result would look like; a candidate task still needs the supplier’s supported input and submission route.
The PoC owner brings the goal, sample and acceptance criteria. The cloud/AI owner brings the project, intended location/model and cost limit. The data owner decides what may be retained. The supplier must supply the matching deployment and first-admin instructions, followed by the customer AI/storage procedure and a first-work example.
The journey is prepare → deploy and check base health → establish product access and required connections → run one permitted item → review its state, result and cost. At the health checkpoint you learn whether the base appliance check passed. At the final checkpoint you would inspect the returned work state and result against your goal; a specific payload or output is not promised here. Today the first-admin dependency prevents completing this journey, so record that dependency and request the missing procedure through support.
For the integration part of this PoC, use the same status.read document example. For assistant-led review, choose an agent recipe. These local document exercises do not require or complete a customer VM deployment.
04 · Before you begin: owners, costs and PoC scope
Planning
A small, agreed scope makes the PoC result useful: everyone knows which work is permitted, who pays for it and what would count as success.
05 · Enter Marketplace
Final package/procedure pending
The listing ties the software offer to a specific delivery package. Checking it before deployment prevents the team from following instructions for a different version.
06 · Deploy the VM
Final package/procedure pending
Deployment creates the cloud resources that host the appliance. Review what will be created and paid for before starting; a VM’s running state only tells you that the cloud computer is on.
Reference sizing: e2-standard-2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GiB · Debian 13 x86_64 · 20 GiB boot disk. A separate 50 GiB durable disk and 100 GiB live Cloud Storage data are planning figures, not minimum requirements, performance guarantees or provisioned resources. Support across all regions is not established.
07 · Establish access
Bounded retained evidence
A maintenance session lets the authorized operator check the VM and run the supplied diagnostics. Keep this access separate from the product-administration access needed later. IAP is Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy, used for the retained SSH access path.
08 · Initialize and check base health
Bounded retained evidence
First boot sets up the appliance automatically. The health command below is the first checkpoint for its base state, helping you report a setup problem before attempting product use.
sudo /opt/vibepackr/health09 · Request the first product administrator
Approval / implementation / validation pending
The first product administrator is the starting point for permitted customer administration inside VibePackr. A cloud account or SSH session cannot supply this product access. You can request the missing instructions now without sending credentials.
10 · Prepare Vertex AI configuration
Customer procedure/validation pending
An AI work item needs the intended model to be reachable under the correct cloud identity and billing conditions. The service identity is the account the software uses to access Google Cloud; agree on these choices before configuring it.
Continue with the AI setup worksheet and step-by-step Vertex explanation, including request shape, identity differences and failure checks. GAPE structure observation itself does not call Vertex AI.
11 · Configure storage and retention
Customer procedure/validation pending
VMs, disks and stored objects can have different lifetimes. Decide which data should remain when compute stops or is replaced, then confirm how the delivered product actually uses each storage resource.
12 · Verify readiness
Overall readiness unproven
Readiness brings the separate checks together. Product entitlement means permission to use the product under the agreed offer; a Marketplace VM license is a different check. Both access and the connections required for your chosen work must be established.
13 · Run the first work item and review the PoC
Customer procedure/validation pending
One small work item connects the setup to your PoC goal. Agree on the input and how to inspect the result before running it, so a completed operation can be judged against a useful outcome.
14 · Stop and restart
Customer procedure/validation pending
Stopping a VM, restarting a product service and resuming interrupted work are different actions. The right procedure depends on which state you intend to change and what must be retained.
15 · Retire usage and delete resources
Customer procedure/validation pending
Ending a PoC should leave resources and data in the state your organization intended. Deleting the VM may leave disks, objects or ongoing charges, so review each resource before taking a permanent action.
16 · A few terms used in this guide
- PoC
- A small evaluation with agreed work, costs and success criteria.
- Headless appliance
- A product operated through supported commands and services by default; do not assume a public web console.
- Base health
- A limited check of the appliance’s base state. First-use readiness also requires product access and the connections needed for the chosen work.
- Entitlement
- The product-use permission associated with the agreed offer, checked separately from a VM license.
- Durable storage
- Storage intended to retain state beyond replaceable compute; the actual attachment and retention procedure must match the delivery package.
- Contract / Document
- A Contract describes a supported integration interface. A Document describes the integration you want checked against it; it does not grant permission to run it. See the developer explanation.
17 · Common first-use questions
I can SSH into the VM. Can I administer VibePackr?
You have a maintenance session. Product administration needs separate product access; see the first-administrator step.
The health command succeeded. Can I start the PoC?
That establishes the base-health checkpoint. Check administrator access, entitlement and required AI/storage connections before submitting work.
What can I do while the setup procedure is pending?
Agree on the goal, permitted sample, contacts, cost limit and retention needs. Ask support for the exact delivery version and the specific missing procedure. This gives your team a usable preparation plan without guessing commands.
Does stopping the VM stop all charges or delete my data?
Other resources may remain and continue to incur charges. Use the resource inventory and per-resource retention/deletion decisions; the final customer lifecycle procedure is still pending.
18 · Contact support
Support: support@vibepackr.com · VibePackr website
Name the missing procedure or failed stage in the subject, such as “First product administrator procedure” or “Base health check failed.” Include the product version, stage reached, expected result, observed result and a short sanitized error. If you have not installed yet, say that the version is unknown and request the exact delivery version/package.
Send SSH/cloud-access issues first to your cloud administrator; send product setup, procedure or health-check issues to VibePackr support. If ownership is unclear, use the same short description to identify the responsible contact. Do not send passwords, tokens, private keys, full logs or customer work content. Provide extra identifiers only after support specifies the minimum fields and private channel. Automatic log collection and response times are not guaranteed here.
For integration development, see the Developer Guide; for Google review navigation, see the Reviewer Guide.
19 · Continue with the operating guides
Use Headless for terminal operation, PackrGUI for desktop work, VibePackr Admin for appliance management and Packtory Admin for its separate management surface. Start with Troubleshooting when the observed state differs from the procedure.