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Google Cloud

"Project" is used to refer to both the Google Cloud Project and the course Project, which is admittedly confusing.

Do these one-time setup steps to ensure you don't have to pay for Google Cloud use for this class. Credits are provided through the Google Cloud for Education program.

A Google Cloud Project has been created for your team, which the instructors have access to for troubleshooting. You redeem the credits, which creates a Billing Account. Someone then needs to associate their Billing Account with the existing Google Cloud Project, where the credits will be used to cover the group work.

  1. Retrieve the coupon code — you'll be sent a link.
  2. Redeem the credits - video walkthrough
    1. Fill in the form.
      • Use your UNI for your email, not an alias.
    2. When you get to the GCP Credit Application screen, make sure you've switched to your Columbia Google account.
  3. Dismiss the Free Trial banner — shouldn't need a credit card
  4. Confirm the credits were applied.
    1. Go to the Billing Accounts page.
    2. Click Billing Account for Education.
    3. In the sidebar, click Credits.
    4. You should see an Advanced Computing for Policy credit for $50.
  5. Switch to your Google Cloud Project (see below).
  6. One person per team: Change the Billing Account to Billing Account for Education.

Switching to your Google Cloud Project

From the Console:

  1. In the top navigation bar, on the left side, click the drop-down.

  2. You should see a Select a resource modal pop up.

  3. From the drop-down, you may need to switch COLUMBIA.EDU to No organization.

    Project selection modal

  4. Click the ALL tab.

  5. Click sipa-adv-c-<name1>-<name2>.

Accidentally redeemed the credit with the wrong Google account

If you missed the step above about switching to your Columbia Google account, the easiest fix is to follow these steps and make your <uni>@columbia.edu user a Billing Account Administrator on the Billing Account for Education.

Use of Google Cloud outside this class

If you're using Google Cloud for something outside of this group work / course, we suggest creating a separate Google Cloud Project to keep things isolated. The Billing Account for Education is yours, so you're welcome to associate it with other Google Cloud Projects to use those credits.

We won't use the full $50 credit for this class, so you're welcome to take advantage of the remainder for other things. If you use it up, you'll start spending against your Free Trial. Beyond that, you'll have to pay.