Chapter 3
Projects, Service Accounts, and Billing
THIS CHAPTER COVERS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES OF THE GOOGLE ASSOCIATE CLOUD ENGINEER CERTIFICATION EXAM:
1.1 Setting up cloud projects and accounts
1.2 Managing billing configuration
Before delving into computing, storage, and networking services, we need to discuss how Google Cloud Platform (GCP) organizes resources and links the use of those resources to a billing system. This chapter introduces the GCP organizational hierarchy, which consists of organizations, folders, and projects. It also discusses service accounts, which are ways of assigning roles to compute resources so they can carry out functions on your behalf. Finally, the chapter briefly discusses billing.