Create a New Billing Account and Link it to Your Google Cloud Platform Project |

How to Link a New Billing Account to an Existing Google Cloud Platform Project |

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You need to create a new billing account and then link it with an existing Google Cloud Platform project.

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A. B. C. D.

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To create a new billing account and then link it with an existing Google Cloud Platform project, you can follow the steps below:

Step 1: Verify your permissions Firstly, you need to make sure that you have the required permissions to create a new billing account and link it to an existing project. Specifically, you need to be either a Billing Account Administrator or Project Billing Manager for both the billing account and the project.

Step 2: Create a new billing account If you don't have a billing account already, you need to create a new one. To create a new billing account, you can follow the steps in the Google Cloud documentation:

  • Go to the Billing page in the Cloud Console.
  • Click "Create billing account".
  • Follow the prompts to enter the required information and create the billing account.

Step 3: Link the billing account to the project Once you have a billing account, you can link it to your existing project. To do this, follow these steps:

  • Go to the Billing page in the Cloud Console.
  • Select the billing account you want to link to the project.
  • Click "Link a project".
  • Select the project you want to link.
  • Click "Set as billing account".

At this point, the project is linked to the billing account and charges will be applied to the billing account. However, you may also need to specify a billing project if you have multiple projects associated with the billing account.

Step 4: Set a billing project If you have multiple projects associated with the billing account, you can specify a billing project to manage the billing for all the projects. To set a billing project, follow these steps:

  • Go to the Billing page in the Cloud Console.
  • Click the name of the billing account you want to manage.
  • In the "Billing navigation" menu, select "Billing projects".
  • Click "Link a project".
  • Select the project you want to use as the billing project.
  • Click "Set as billing project".

This will designate the selected project as the billing project for the billing account, and all charges from the associated projects will be billed to that project.

Based on the above steps, it can be seen that answer option B is correct: Verify that you are Project Billing Manager for the GCP project. Create a new billing account and link the new billing account to the existing project.