Set up a Google Cloud Project

Follow these steps to set up your GCP project:

1. Select or create a project on the GCP Console.

2. Make sure that you have the for the project in Cloud IAM (Identity and Access Management). The deployment process creates various service accounts with appropriate roles in order to enable seamless integration with GCP services. This process requires that you have the owner role for the project in order to deploy Kubeflow.

3. Make sure that billing is enabled for your project. Refer to the guide to modifying a project’s billing settings.

4. • Kubernetes Engine API
   • Cloud Resource Manager API
   • Cloud Build API (It’s required if you plan to use in your Kubeflow cluster)

   You can also enable these APIs by running the following command in Cloud Shell:

5. If you are using the GCP Free Tier or the 12-month trial period with $300 credit, note that you can’t run the default GCP installation of Kubeflow, because the free tier does not offer enough resources. You need to .

   For more information, see the following issues:

   • kubeflow/website #1065 reports the problem.
   • requests a Kubeflow configuration to work with a free trial project.

6. Refer to Anthos Service Mesh documentation for details.

   If you encounter a error, refer to the following issue:

   • describes that creating and then removing a temporary Kubernetes cluster may be needed for projects that haven’t had a cluster set up beforehand.

You do not need a running GKE cluster. The deployment process creates a cluster for you.

• Set up an OAuth credential to use . Cloud IAP is recommended for production deployments or deployments with access to sensitive data.