Create GCP project

Creating a GCP account is managed through the google cloud platform website. You can go that web site using this URL

https://console.cloud.google.com

If you already have an account, and you are logged into your chrome browser, this will bring you to your account's dashboard.

Create an account

If you don't have an account, the link above will take you to a site where you can creating one. To set up an account, you (or your lab) needs to provide a credit card and fill out some information on the web page. Setup is fairly straightforward and you can follow the instructions given on the Google Cloud webpage.

Create project

Once you have an account, you create a project from the cloud console web page. Click on the project pull down at the upper left of the web page and add a project, giving it a reasonable name. (Google adds some numbers to your name to insure uniqueness).

You can then configure the project resources, mainly the properties of the storage bucket. You can find more instructions on how to set this up on the Data-management page. The compute cluster used for running kubernetes (k8s) will be created using isetcloud functions. You don't have to worry about that just now.

Add user to the project

You control who has access to your project from the console page. Select the IAM & admin tab on the left. Choose the 'Add' button at the top of the screen and fill out the forms. You will have to assign a role. Typically, lab members are Project -> Editors. One person is the Project -> Owner.