gcp-setup.md

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Console Setup Guide

Step 1: Create a Google Cloud Platform Project

Your CNDI project should be created in a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) project. We recommend that you creating a new Create a new Google Cloud Platform Project to keep things organized.

Step 2: Create a service account for CNDI

CNDI will use a service account to interact with GCP and create cloud resources on your behalf. You are always free to call cndi destroy to clean up any resources you no longer want.

1. Go to Navigation menu > IAM & Admin, select Service accounts and click on + Create Service Account.

2. Fill necessary details

3. Now click Create and Continue and then add the following roles: Role: Compute Admin,Compute Network Admin, Compute Load Balancer Admin, Service Management Administrator, Quota Admin, and if your using an GKE cluster add the Kubernetes Engine Service Agent role as well

4. Click Continue and then click Done.

5. At the top, click Key > Add Key > Create new key.

6. Make sure the key type is set to JSON and click Create.

7. You'll get a message that the service account's private key JSON file was downloaded to your computer. Make a note of the file name and where your browser saves it. You'll need it later.

8. Click Close.