Note: If you are deploying a new Node.js web service to Google Cloud,we recommend getting started withCloud Run.

To deploy your app on App Engine, you must create a Google Cloud project,which is a top level container that holds your App Engineapplication resources as well as other Google Cloud resources.

In this task, you create a Google Cloud project and an App Engineapplication to store settings, computing resources, credentials, and metadatafor your app.

If you already have a Google Cloud project with App Engine and theCloud Build API enabled, continue toWriting Your Web Service.

Create a Google Cloud project

Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.

In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

Roles required to select or create a project

• Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
• Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator role (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains theresourcemanager.projects.create permission.Learn how to grant roles.

Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

Go to project selector

Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

Enable the Cloud Build API.

Roles required to enable APIs

To enable APIs, you need the Service Usage Admin IAM role (roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageAdmin), which contains theserviceusage.services.enable permission.Learn how to grant roles.

Enable the API

Install the Google Cloud CLI.

If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

Toinitialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:

gcloudinit

In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

Roles required to select or create a project

• Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
• Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator role (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains theresourcemanager.projects.create permission.Learn how to grant roles.

Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

Go to project selector

Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

Enable the Cloud Build API.

Roles required to enable APIs

To enable APIs, you need the Service Usage Admin IAM role (roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageAdmin), which contains theserviceusage.services.enable permission.Learn how to grant roles.

Enable the API

Install the Google Cloud CLI.

If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

Toinitialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:

gcloudinit

1. Create an App Engine application for your Google Cloud project in the Google Cloud console.

   Open app creation

2. Select a region where you want your app's computing resources located.

   Note: After you create your App Engine app, you cannot change the region. To reduce latency, choose the region closest to your app's intended users. For more information on the available regions, seeApp Engine Locations.

3. Due tochanges in the defaultbehavior for how Cloud Build uses service accounts in new projects, andsecure-by-defaultorganization policy changes, you might need to grant additional roles toyour deploying service account. For more information on granting specific roles,see thetroubleshooting guide.

Next steps

Now that your Google Cloud project is set up, you're ready towrite a basic web service with Node.js.