How to Create a project in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
As we have already been introduced to the Google Cloud Platform it’s time to create a project. But let’s first discuss what a project in GCP is and why does one actually exist?
What is a Project in GCP?
Google Cloud projects form the basis for creating, enabling, and using all Google Cloud services including managing APIs, enabling billing, adding and removing collaborators, and managing permissions for Google Cloud resources.
In a project is formed through which the resources like the user, the Google APIs, the billing, the Authentication and the monitoring settings are well managed. It is as if you have a bucket where your cloud storage, objects or any other resources in the cloud are placed together with the user rights to access resources on the clouds.
Creating a New Project
To create a project, you must have the resourcemanager.projects.create permission. This permission is included in roles like the Project Creator role (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator). The Project Creator role is granted by default to the entire domain of a new organization resource and to free trial users.
To create a new project follow the following steps:
Go to the top left end of the GCP console then click “Select a Project”.

This will create a new window of screen that will display all the existing projects. If you have no projects in hand, you do not have to worry at all. That is about to change since we are going to create one.

Setting Up a New Project
At the top right corner of the screen there is a button titled “New Project” – click on it.

It is recommended you name your project, for example, “My Project 80428” or “Skill Curb Project 1”. You can also set the organization to “skillcurb.com”, which is recognized from the email id used by the program.

Setting the Location and Parent Organization
Then enter the location of where you would like the project to be made and choose the parent org or folder. Here, we do not have a choice and therefore we choose the only option that is available.


Creating the Project
Now, click on the “Create” button And, it would take GCP a few moments to create the project.

Once the project is created, it will be displayed in the console where you can be able to view it.

Viewing Your Project
When a project is created then you can select it and see it under projects in the left pane of the console. Here you will be able to see the name of the project, its number and ID, list of APIs used for the project, the Manager of API and the monitoring also.
