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If you're new to Google Cloud, [create an account](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial) to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.\n\nIn the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page,\nselect or create a Google Cloud project.\n| **Note**: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.\n\n[Go to project selector](https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector2/home/dashboard)\n\n\n[Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project](/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project).\n\n\nEnable the Cloud Workstations API.\n\n\n[Enable the API](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=workstations.googleapis.com) \nIn the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page,\nselect or create a Google Cloud project.\n| **Note**: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.\n\n[Go to project selector](https://console.cloud.google.com/projectselector2/home/dashboard)\n\n\n[Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project](/billing/docs/how-to/verify-billing-enabled#confirm_billing_is_enabled_on_a_project).\n\n\nEnable the Cloud Workstations API.\n\n\n[Enable the API](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=workstations.googleapis.com)\n1.\n\n\n Enable the Cloud Workstations API.\n\n\n [Enable the API](https://console.cloud.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=workstations.googleapis.com)\n2. Make sure that you have a Cloud Workstations Admin IAM role on the\n project so that you can create workstation configurations.\n To check your IAM roles in the Google Cloud console, go to the\n **IAM** page:\n\n [Go to IAM](https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/iam)\n3. Cloud Workstations are hosted on VMs booted from Compute Engine's preconfigured public [Container-Optimized OS (COS)](/compute/docs/images/os-details#container-optimized_os_cos) images. If the `constraints/compute.trustedimageProjects` organization policy constraint is enforced, you must [set image access constraints](/compute/docs/images/restricting-image-access#trusted_images) to allow users to create boot disks from `projects/cos-cloud` or all public images.\n4. **Optional:** Enable the Container File System API to allow faster workstation startup.\n\n\n [Enable the Container File System API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/containerfilesystem.googleapis.com?q=container%20file%20system)\n\n \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n For more information, see\n [Reduce workstation startup time with\n Image streaming](/workstations/docs/architecture#image-streaming).\n\nCreate your workstation cluster\n-------------------------------\n\nWorkstation clusters define a group of workstations in a particular region,\nmanage workstations during their lifecycle, and provide configurable\nnetwork connectivity.\n\nWorkstation clusters aren't related to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters.\n\nTo create a workstation cluster, follow these steps:\n\n1. In the console,\n navigate to the **Cloud Workstations** \\\u003e\n **Cluster management** page.\n\n\n [Go to Cluster management](https://console.cloud.google.com/workstations/clusters)\n\n \u003cbr /\u003e\n\n2. From the workstations **Cluster management** page, click\n add_box**Create**.\n\n3. In the **Name** field, enter a name for your workstation cluster.\n\n4. Select the **Region** that is closest to you.\n\n5. Optional: To create your workstations inside a\n [VPC](/vpc/docs/vpc),\n expand the **Network settings** section and select your custom network.\n\n 1. In the **Network** field, enter the name for your network---for example,\n `test-network`.\n\n 2. In the **Subnetwork** field, enter the name for your subnetwork---for\n example, `test-subnetwork`.\n\n 3. In the **Gateway type** section, select **Public gateway** or\n **Private gateway**.\n\n - To make your workstations accessible from public networks, select\n **Public gateway**.\n\n - If you require [data residency](/assured-workloads/docs/data-residency)\n for data in transit, select **Private gateway**.\n\n - To allow ingress and egress to the workstations service from inside\n the selected network, select **Private gateway** .\n For more information about creating a private clusters, see\n [Configure VPC Service Controls and private clusters](/workstations/docs/configure-vpc-service-controls-private-clusters)\n\n6. Click **Create**, which begins the cluster creation process.\n\nWorkstation cluster creation can take up to 20 minutes, but in most\ncases is only needed once.\n\n\nClean up\n--------\n\nTo delete a workstation cluster from the Google Cloud console:\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, go to **Cloud Workstations \\\u003e Clusters**.\n2. Select the checkbox beside the cluster that you want to delete.\n3. Click themore_vert**More** options menu and select **Delete** to delete the selected workstation cluster.\n\nFor more about deleting workstations, workstation configurations, and Google Cloud projects, see [Delete resources](/workstations/docs/delete-resources).\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Learn more about configuring options in your\n [workstation configuration](/workstations/docs/create-configuration).\n\n- Use the\n [Cloud Workstations base editor](/workstations/docs/base-editor-overview)."]]
