Most of these notes were created from configuring the kube-cert-manager. setting up Google Cloud SDK (gcloud config) This first section touches upon configuring Google Cloud, the Google Cloud SDK, and the GKE cluster. Create an example project in Google Cloud, then configure your gcloud CLI: gcloud config configurations create EXAMPLE gcloud config set project EXAMPLE-123456 gcloud config set account youremail@example.org creating the GKE cluster With the Google Cloud account setup and the Google Cloud SDK installed and configured, Create a Kubernetes cluster.