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Stendert
Stendert

Reputation: 97

Making a GCP project in CLI without being able to make a parent as a trial user

I am using a trial version of Google CLoud. In the command line, I am logged in with a .json key file.

gcloud projects create training_project

returns

ERROR: (gcloud.projects.create) PERMISSION_DENIED: Service accounts cannot create projects without a parent.

But with a trial account, I can neither create an organization nor a folder to serve as a parent. So, how can I make a new project with the command line interface as a trial user?

I have read this question that concerns doing this with a REST API whereas I want to use the command line interface. Furthermore, that question is not about using a trial account.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 672

Answers (1)

LundinCast
LundinCast

Reputation: 9810

As shown in the error message (this is also documented here), service accounts are not allowed to create projects outside of an organization and must specify the parent resource when creating a project. There is no workaround for this. Since a trial user cannot create an organization as you mentioned, you won't be able to use a service account to create a project.

Having said that, you can create a project via CLI when logged in as a user instead. You can log in by running:

gcloud auth login

and following the instructions. The gcloud projects create command will then run successfully.

Upvotes: 2

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