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This page shows how to create a Google Cloud project, enable the
Live Stream API, createauthentication credentials, and grant
your account one or moreIAM roles. This page also shows how
to create a Cloud Storage bucket to hold the live stream output files and
how to install an encoder to generate input streams that the API processes.
Create a project
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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-\n [Install](/sdk/docs/install) the Google Cloud CLI.\n\n- If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first\n [sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity](/iam/docs/workforce-log-in-gcloud).\n\n-\n To [initialize](/sdk/docs/initializing) the gcloud CLI, run the following command:\n\n ```bash\n gcloud init\n ```\n- [Create or select a Google Cloud project](https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects).\n\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 - Create a Google Cloud project:\n\n ```\n gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID\n ```\n\n Replace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROJECT_ID\u003c/var\u003e with a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.\n - Select the Google Cloud project that you created:\n\n ```\n gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID\n ```\n\n Replace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROJECT_ID\u003c/var\u003e with your Google Cloud project name.\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-\n\n\n Enable the Live Stream API:\n\n\n ```bash\n gcloud services enable livestream.googleapis.com\n ```\n-\n\n If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user\n account:\n\n ```bash\n gcloud auth application-default login\n ```\n\n You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.\n\n\n If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider\n (IdP), confirm that you have\n [signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity](/iam/docs/workforce-log-in-gcloud).\n-\n Grant roles to your user account. Run the following command once for each of the following\n IAM roles:\n `roles/livestream.editor`\n\n ```bash\n gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member=\"user:\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eUSER_IDENTIFIER\u003c/var\u003e\" --role=ROLE\n ```\n\n Replace the following:\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROJECT_ID\u003c/var\u003e: your project ID.\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eUSER_IDENTIFIER\u003c/var\u003e: the identifier for your user account---for example, `myemail@example.com`.\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eROLE\u003c/var\u003e: the IAM role that you grant to your user account.\n\n-\n [Install](/sdk/docs/install) the Google Cloud CLI.\n\n- If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first\n [sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity](/iam/docs/workforce-log-in-gcloud).\n\n-\n To [initialize](/sdk/docs/initializing) the gcloud CLI, run the following command:\n\n ```bash\n gcloud init\n ```\n- [Create or select a Google Cloud project](https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects).\n\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 - Create a Google Cloud project:\n\n ```\n gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID\n ```\n\n Replace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROJECT_ID\u003c/var\u003e with a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.\n - Select the Google Cloud project that you created:\n\n ```\n gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID\n ```\n\n Replace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROJECT_ID\u003c/var\u003e with your Google Cloud project name.\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-\n\n\n Enable the Live Stream API:\n\n\n ```bash\n gcloud services enable livestream.googleapis.com\n ```\n-\n\n If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user\n account:\n\n ```bash\n gcloud auth application-default login\n ```\n\n You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.\n\n\n If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider\n (IdP), confirm that you have\n [signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity](/iam/docs/workforce-log-in-gcloud).\n-\n Grant roles to your user account. Run the following command once for each of the following\n IAM roles:\n `roles/livestream.editor`\n\n ```bash\n gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member=\"user:\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eUSER_IDENTIFIER\u003c/var\u003e\" --role=ROLE\n ```\n\n Replace the following:\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003ePROJECT_ID\u003c/var\u003e: your project ID.\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eUSER_IDENTIFIER\u003c/var\u003e: the identifier for your user account---for example, `myemail@example.com`.\n - \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eROLE\u003c/var\u003e: the IAM role that you grant to your user account.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| **Note:** Add the IAM role `roles/storage.admin` to your Google Account for more control over your project's Cloud Storage buckets.\n\nCreate a Cloud Storage bucket\n-----------------------------\n\nCreate a Cloud Storage bucket to hold the live stream manifest and segment\nfiles.\n- Create a Cloud Storage bucket and configure it as follows:\n - Set the storage class to `S` (Standard).\n - Set the storage location to the following: `US` (United States).\n - Replace \u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eBUCKET_NAME\u003c/var\u003e with a unique bucket name. Don't include sensitive information in the bucket name because the bucket namespace is global and publicly visible.\n\n ```bash\n gcloud storage buckets create gs://BUCKET_NAME --default-storage-class STANDARD --location US\n ```\n\nInstall an encoder\n------------------\n\n- To use the API, you need an encoder to generate input streams that the API processes.\n- Install [`ffmpeg`](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html) as this page covers how to use `ffmpeg` to generate input streams. You can install this in Cloud Shell using the following command. \n\n sudo apt install ffmpeg"]]
