This sample demonstrates how to use Stackdriver on Google Compute Engine

1. Create a compute instance on the Google Cloud Platform Developer's Console

2. SSH into the instance you created

3. Update packages and install required packages sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git-core openjdk-8-jdk maven

4. Follow the instructions to Install the Stackdriver Logging Agent

5. Create /etc/google-fluentd/config.d/forward.conf and add

   <source>
     type forward
     port 24224
   </source>

6. Restart the logging agent

   sudo service google-fluentd restart

7. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples.git

8. Navigate to the Stackdriver sample folder

   java-docs-samples/compute/stackdriver

9. Make sure that openjdk 8 is the selected java version

   sudo update-alternatives --config java

10. Use maven to package the class as a jar

    mvn clean package

11. Switch to the target folder and execute the jar file

    java -jar compute-stackdriver-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar

12. On the Developer's Console, navigate to Stackdriver Error Reporting and verify that the sample error was logged.