> +2. [Authentification](#auth) > +2. [Running examples](#examples) > + > + > +## <a id="intro"></a>Introduction > +This guide helps you to get started with [Google Cloud > Platform](https://cloud.google.com/) development using jclouds. > + > +Currently, [Google Compute Engine](https://developers.google.com/compute/) > is covered. This is a service that allows you to run vitual machines on > Google's infrastructure. > + > +This guide assumes you have a Google Cloud project. If not yet, you can sign > up on the [Developer Console](https://console.developers.google.com/). For > GCE, you need to set up billing. > + > +## <a id="auth"></a>Authentification > +Google Cloud Platform uses OAuth which gives a variety of choices how to > authentificate: > + * One can ask a user for consent to perform operations in his/her name. > + * One can create a service account and use its private key to > authentificate. > + * Unless configured otherwise, programs running on a GCE instance can > perform operations as the project's default service account > ([documentation](https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/authentication)).
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