Overview #

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services provided by Google. It offers a wide array of tools and services that enable individuals and businesses to build, deploy, and manage applications, data storage, and various computing resources in the cloud.

Requirements for Google Cloud Platform #

To successfully establish a connection between your Taikun and GCP accounts:

• Ensure that you have created a Service account in GCP
• Add a new principal for a Billing account

Create a Service account in GCP #

1. Go to console.cloud.google.com
2. Select your project from the folder

3. elect IAM & Admin from the hamburger menu

4. Switch to the Service Accounts tab

5. Add a new Service Account and specify the necessary parameters in the Google section:
   
   
   • As you add the service account name it will automatically generate a service account id which you can copy for further steps
   • In the Service account description, you need to describe what this service account will do (optional)
   • Click Create and continue
   • Region – choose a suitable region
   • Grant this service account access to the project so that it has permission to complete specific actions on the resources in your project. (optional)
   • Grant access to users or groups that need to perform actions within this Service Account. (optional)
   • Add id in selected project IAM – add – principal id what we created in service account with owner or editor role.

6. Click on KEYS and ADD KEY:
   
   • You need to create a new key in a .json format for a new Service Account. If you have any existing key, you can add it, but the Principal ID should be the same in the .json file as the service ID

7. Select the project’s folder and click on IAM from the hamburger menu

8. Click on add to roles for service account: in the new principal, you have to add the ID that you created in the service account

Billing Account

9. Select your project and select Billing from the hamburger menu

10. Click on Manage button located next to the Billing account section

11. Hit the Add principal button

12. Add your Service account ID with the Billing Account User role

Taikun added support for importing existing google project when creating a google cloud credential, the procedure is the following:

import project:
1 – enable billing on the project (edited)
2 – enable the following apis on the project

cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com iam.googleapis.com logging.googleapis.com cloudbilling.googleapis.com compute.googleapis.com serviceusage.googleapis.com

To add normal google cc in taikun:

--- billing user permission
--- iam for folder 

Folder Admin
Project Creator
--- sa's project must have API enabled

cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com iam.googleapis.com logging.googleapis.com cloudbilling.googleapis.com compute.googleapis.com serviceusage.googleapis.com
--- sa's project must have billing enabled

Adding GCP connection to Taikun #

To add your GCP credentials in Taikun:

1. Switch to the Cloud credentials in the left-hand navigation panel
2. Hit the Add Cloud Credentials button in the top-right corner
3. Specify the necessary parameters in the Google section:
   • Cloud Name – choose a name for your Cloud Credentials (3-30 characters, e.g. cloud-test)
   • Import Project – Configure your GCE account without folder ID and billing account details
   • Folder ID and Config file – find credentials in your GCE account (under My Security Credentials)
   • Region – choose a suitable region
   • Zone Cont – choose availability for the region
   • Billing Account – Here you will see the billings account which is configured with your project and user