GCP Project First Steps

For teams or individuals that are creating a GCP account, here are some essential first steps that you should take. This guide assumes your account is a UCSB Campus Cloud account and that you have received an email from the Campus Cloud team saying your account is now ready for use.

1. Log in to your GCP Project. The Campus Cloud team has configured new accounts to use the UCSB Identity system (netid credentials) for user authentication. Your account will come with a few pre-defined roles.
2. Verify Billing. Set up a Billing Budget alert for GCP.
3. Verify Security/Compliance/Guardrails
4. Verify Network Connectivity
5. Support for Production Services. Groups running productions services may want to consider an GCP Customer Care Plan beyond the included Basic plan.