Create a new Google Cloud project using gcloud - google-compute-engine

Question

As per the documentation at https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/init gcloud init myproject command does not work.
google-cloud> gcloud init myproject
Initialized gcloud directory in [/Users/arungupta/workspaces/google-cloud/myproject/.gcloud].
Cloning [https://source.developers.google.com/p/myproject/r/default] into [default].
Cloning into '/Users/arungupta/workspaces/google-cloud/myproject/default'...
fatal: remote error: Repository not found.
You may need to create a repository for this project using the Source Code tab at https://console.developers.google.com
ERROR: Command '['git', 'clone', 'https://source.developers.google.com/p/myproject/r/default', '/Users/arungupta/workspaces/google-cloud/myproject/default', '--config', 'credential.helper=gcloud.sh']' returned non-zero exit status 128
ERROR: Unable to initialize project [myproject], cleaning up [/Users/arungupta/workspaces/google-cloud/myproject].
ERROR: (gcloud.init) Unable to initialize project [myproject].
Creating a project using gcloud init minecraft-server --project minecraft-server-183 creates the project with the name minecraft-server-183.
The project so created is then not visible at https://console.developers.google.com/project.
What is the correct gcloud command to create a new project, without going to the console?

Answer 1

It is now possible with the gcloud alpha projects create command.
For more information see: https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/

Answer 2

Just wanted to complete the circle here.
Google Cloud CLI tool 'gcloud' supports creating of projects without the need for the 'alpha' component installed from the version 147.0.0 (March 15, 2017) onwards.
Official Reference Link: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/projects/create
Release Notes for v147.0.0:
https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/release-notes#14700_2017-03-15
It is mentioned under subheading of Google Cloud Resource Manager
For quick reference
Synopsis
gcloud projects create [PROJECT_ID] [--no-enable-cloud-apis] [--folder=FOLDER_ID] [--labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]] [--name=NAME] [--organization=ORGANIZATION_ID] [--set-as-default] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
Description
Creates a new project with the given project ID. By default, projects are not created under a parent resource. To do so, use either the --organization or --folder flag.
Sample Code
gcloud projects create example-foo-bar-1 --name="Happy project" --labels=type=happy

Answer 3

Here's a script that will create a project that is editable by a user (for many reasons, such as for auditability of service accounts, you might want to create per-user projects):
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$#" -lt 3 ]; then
echo "Usage: ./create_projects.sh billingid project-prefix email1 [email2 [email3 ...]]]"
echo " eg: ./create_projects.sh 0X0X0X-0X0X0X-0X0X0X learnml-20170106 somebody#gmail.com someother#gmail.com"
exit
fi
ACCOUNT_ID=$1
shift
PROJECT_PREFIX=$1
shift
EMAILS=$#
gcloud components update
gcloud components install alpha
for EMAIL in $EMAILS; do
PROJECT_ID=$(echo "${PROJECT_PREFIX}-${EMAIL}" | sed 's/#/-/g' | sed 's/\./-/g' | cut -c 1-30)
echo "Creating project $PROJECT_ID for $EMAIL ... "
# Create project
gcloud alpha projects create $PROJECT_ID
# Add user to project
gcloud alpha projects get-iam-policy $PROJECT_ID --format=json > iam.json.orig
cat iam.json.orig | sed s'/"bindings": \[/"bindings": \[ \{"members": \["user:'$EMAIL'"\],"role": "roles\/editor"\},/g' > iam.json.new
gcloud alpha projects set-iam-policy $PROJECT_ID iam.json.new
# Set billing id of project
gcloud alpha billing accounts projects link $PROJECT_ID --account-id=$ACCOUNT_ID
done
Explanation of the script is on medium: https://medium.com/google-cloud/how-to-automate-project-creation-using-gcloud-4e71d9a70047#.t58mss3co and a github link to the above code (I'll update it to remove the alpha when it goes beta/GA, for example) is here: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/training-data-analyst/blob/master/blogs/gcloudprojects/create_projects.sh

Answer 4

Update: as of 10/24/2016 #poolie says the gcloud command mentioned in Stephen's answer is now publicly accessable, will leave this answer here as I give some other usage suggestions.
I also have the problem, and was extremely discouraged by #Stephan Weinberg's remark, but I noticed when doing gcloud init that it asks where to put a "default" repository. so I looked at that one's config and see that it's slightly different from what's documented.
try pushing to https://source.developers.google.com/p/YOUR-PROJECT-NAME/r/default instead, it worked for me!