GCP Set-up
Now that you understand how to run different parts of the pipeline and have seen how the data flows through the system, let's set up your environment to work with GCP. This will allow you to access the full range of data and compute resources available in the Matrix platform.
Warning
Note that this section is only applicable for users who are part of Matrix Project & Matrix GCP infrastructure; if you have set up MATRIX codebase on your own cloud platform, these instructions might not be directly applicable for you
Prerequisites
Make sure you have installed gcloud SDK as mentioned the first steps.
Prerequisited
Before proceeding, ensure you have: 1. A Google Cloud account with access to the Matrix project (if you don't have that, please create an onboarding issue) 2. The Google Cloud SDK installed see this section of installation 3. Basic knowledge of Kubernetes and Docker
Authentication and Access
First, authenticate with Google Cloud:
gcloud auth login
Then, set up your application default credentials:
gcloud auth application-default login
More
To learn more about GCP or Kubernetes within Matrix, go to Infrastructure section. Note that this part is also a pre-requisite for a cluster setup