
For more information, see gcloud command-line tool overview. Note: The gcloud command-line tool comes preinstalled in Cloud Shell and you'll surely enjoy its support for tab completion. Once connected to Cloud Shell, you should see that you are already authenticated and that the project is already set to your PROJECT_ID.

If you're not a new user, then don't worry because the codelab shouldn't cost you more than a few dollars. New users of Google Cloud are eligible for a $300 free trial.

Next, you'll need to enable billing in the Cloud Console to use Google Cloud resources. It will be referred to as PROJECT_ID later. Remember, the project ID is a unique name across all Google Cloud projects (the name above has already been taken and will not work for you, sorry!). Sign into Google Cloud Console and create a new project. If you don't already have a Google Account, then you must create one.

Due to problems with scaling and outages, you're tasked with deploying your application to GKE! Imagine a tool that could help you do all that and even allow you to automate it! With GKE, all of that is not only possible, it's easy! In this codelab, you assume the role of a developer running an ecommerce website for a fictional company-Fancy Store. Things go wrong when they shouldn't, servers crash, increase in demand causes more resources to be utilized, and making changes without downtime is complicated and stressful. Running websites and applications is hard.
