Prerequisites and GCP basics
The main prerequisites for this chapter are to have a GCP account and to set up your developer environment. For that, you need to create a Google account or use an existing one. You will use this account to sign up with Google Cloud. You will be given $300 worth of credit for free as a one-time offer from GCP. If you have already used this up, you will have to provide additional payment options. There is the concept of a billing account, where you must add your payment information and then connect it to your cloud accounts or projects. Google Cloud can also be managed via its web console or using the CLI, in addition to its APIs. We will mostly stick to using the command line for our work as it is easier to replicate and less prone to changes over time.
Before we set up an account, here are a few basics so that you can understand the concepts that will be discussed:
- Most of Google Cloud’s resources are hosted in all or a large number of...
