Initial GCP Setup Workflow

# Login to GCP
gcloud auth login
 
# Verify authentication
gcloud auth list

# List existing projects
gcloud projects list
 
# Set active project
gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

# Create project
gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID --name="Project Name"
 
# Set as active
gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID
 
# Link billing (required for most services)
gcloud billing projects link PROJECT_ID \
  --billing-account=BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID

# Core APIs (always needed)
gcloud services enable \
  run.googleapis.com \
  cloudbuild.googleapis.com \
  artifactregistry.googleapis.com \
  secretmanager.googleapis.com
 
# Database (if needed)
gcloud services enable sqladmin.googleapis.com
 
# Networking (if using Cloud SQL with Cloud Run)
gcloud services enable \
  vpcaccess.googleapis.com \
  servicenetworking.googleapis.com

# Set default region
gcloud config set run/region australia-southeast1
gcloud config set compute/region australia-southeast1
gcloud config set compute/zone australia-southeast1-a

# Create Docker repository
gcloud artifacts repositories create docker-repo \
  --repository-format=docker \
  --location=australia-southeast1 \
  --description="Docker images"
 
# Configure Docker authentication
gcloud auth configure-docker australia-southeast1-docker.pkg.dev

# Create VPC connector
gcloud compute networks vpc-access connectors create app-connector \
  --region=australia-southeast1 \
  --network=default \
  --range=10.8.0.0/28 \
  --min-instances=2 \
  --max-instances=3

# Create MySQL instance
gcloud sql instances create app-db \
  --database-version=MYSQL_8_0 \
  --tier=db-f1-micro \
  --region=australia-southeast1 \
  --storage-size=10GB \
  --storage-type=SSD \
  --backup \
  --backup-start-time=03:00
 
# Create database
gcloud sql databases create app_database --instance=app-db
 
# Create user
gcloud sql users create app_user \
  --instance=app-db \
  --password=SECURE_PASSWORD

# Create secrets
echo -n "your-secret-value" | \
  gcloud secrets create SECRET_NAME \
  --data-file=-
 
# Grant Cloud Run access
gcloud secrets add-iam-policy-binding SECRET_NAME \
  --member="serviceAccount:PROJECT_NUMBER-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com" \
  --role="roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor"

# Create budget (recommended)
gcloud billing budgets create \
  --billing-account=BILLING_ACCOUNT_ID \
  --display-name="Monthly Budget" \
  --budget-amount=50USD \
  --threshold-rule=percent=50 \
  --threshold-rule=percent=80 \
  --threshold-rule=percent=100