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• Purpose and Audience
• Signing into your GCP for the first time
• Creating your first GCP project
• IAM (Identity and Access Management) basics for your project

Purpose and Audience

This guide provides clear instructions on how to sign into GCP, create a project, and IAM basics for your GCP projects. This guide is intended for UW staff who have previously read through the UW GCP page and has completed the ordering process through the UW Ordering GCP via Workday page. 

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Signing into GCP for the first time

Step 1: Sign into GCP

1. Go to: https://console.cloud.google.com and sign in with your @uw.edu email address. 
   1. If you are unable to login or see a message saying that account does not exist, ensure that Google services are enabled for your NetID
      1.  Activating your UW Google account  
   2. If Google services are enabled and you still are unable to login, email Help@uw.edu.  

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Creating your first GCP project

Step 1: Create a project 

•  Once signed into the GCP console, look near the top left corner and click the button that says "Select a project"

Step 2: Click "New project" on the top right corner

Step 3: Name your project*

Step 4: Select your billing account*

• If you don’t have a Billing account in the drop down, that means you haven’t requested a Billing ID (BID) using our cloud intake form. If you have requested a BID, our reseller might still be configuring access. You can send an email to help@uw.edu requesting we investigate the status of the BID from our reseller if it has been over 72 hrs since requested. 

Step 5: Select "uw.edu" as the organization*

Step 6: Select "uw.edu" as the location*

*Image for steps 3-6*

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IAM (Identity and Access Management) basics for your first project

Step 1: In the GCP console, type "IAM" in the search bar located in the top center of the screen

Step 2: Click on "IAM"

Step 3: If you have multiple projects, double check that you are giving access to the correct project.

Step 4: Click "Grant access"

Step 5: The text box that says “New principals”, add the email address of the user you would like to grant access to. 

Step 6: Click on "Select a role"

1. You have many options. The “Basic” roles are very broad but will cover the IAM needs for most projects. You can find more information here about GCP Roles. Roles and permissions  |  Identity and Access Management (IAM)  |  Google Cloud Documentation 
2. If you are unsure which IAM role(s) should be used, you can request a consultation using this form: Research Computing Consulting Intake Form 

Step 7: Click "Save"