Create a Linux VM instance in Compute Engine

Before you begin

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

   Go to project selector

2. Make sure that billing is enabled for your Trusted Cloud project.

3. Make sure that you have the following role or roles on the project: Compute Instance Admin (v1), Compute Security Admin, OSPolicyAssignment Admin, Service Account User, Service Usage Admin

   Check for the roles

   1. In the Trusted Cloud console, go to the IAM page.

      Go to IAM
   2. Select the project.

   3. In the Principal column, find all rows that identify you or a group that you're included in. To learn which groups you're included in, contact your administrator.

   4. For all rows that specify or include you, check the Role column to see whether the list of roles includes the required roles.

   Grant the roles

   1. In the Trusted Cloud console, go to the IAM page.

      Go to IAM
   2. Select the project.
   3. Click person_add Grant access.

   4. In the New principals field, enter your user identifier. This is typically the identifier for a user in a workforce identity pool. For details, see Represent workforce pool users in IAM policies, or contact your administrator.

   5. In the Select a role list, select a role.
   6. To grant additional roles, click add Add another role and add each additional role.
   7. Click Save.
4. Enable the Compute Engine API.

   Enable the Compute Engine API