Getting started with GCP

Saksham Taneja
4 min readMar 17, 2021

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GCP

Google Cloud is a suite of Cloud Computing services offered by Google. The platform provides various services like compute, storage, networking, Big Data, and many more that run on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end users like Google Search and YouTube.

GCP is a leading platform in the industry of pubic cloud with high-end services and support.

Let's get started with google cloud! This blog post will cover step by step Guide on How to register on Google cloud Platform and avail 300$ credits and free trial.
Visit https://cloud.google.com/ and know more about GCP.

This is how the landing page looks like

Landing page GCP

NOTE! you should have a credit card which should be accepted by a google cloud platform with an email id and phone number

Follow these steps to register on Google Cloud.

Go to the Home page of GCP →
Click on Get started for free on the centre of the page or top right corner.

you would land up to a registration form where general details are asked
Go ahead and agree on terms and Conditions.

GCP registration form

Click Continue and enter basic details like name, email, account type and credit card details and click on Start my free trial.

registration form

Enter Account type, tax info., Name and Address, and Payment details.

Note!. when proceeding with payment details it will charge you 1 rs which is used for user verification and will be added back in your account within a week.

After this, you have to verify your payment details by clicking on proceed to Verification.
you just need to fill out some general details and you are ready to start with GCP.

erification

Note: you will get 300$ for free when you register on GCP.

you can use these credits in any of the services.

Free tier on GCP

  1. Google cloud offer 12-month free trial and $300 credit is for new customers. Make sure to check through the full list of eligibility requirements on Google’s website
  2. Google cloud always free services.
    This offering provides access to many services with limited usage.
    Not all services are provided for free
  3. You can also get credits from the educational offering. you can visit the GCP education page
  4. Through events and other promotion, you can get some resources. Visit Google cloud event page

Check how the console looks like in GCP

GCP console

See Services section in Google cloud

Here are some of the services you can check in the GCP console

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Saksham Taneja
Saksham Taneja

Written by Saksham Taneja

Community Intern @ Skillenza | PM enthusiast

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