Google Cloud account setup

If you don't already have a Google Cloud account, create an account or use an existing account.

Configure your credentials locally (see official documentation)

Check your configuration:

$ gcloud auth list

Credentialed Accounts
ACTIVE  ACCOUNT
*       your_email@gmail.com

Quotas

You may need to increase quota to create the desired instance type. If you get an error related to quota, see Google Cloud Quota doc to update your quotas.