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This page shows you the first steps that you need to take to start using
Filestore.
Select or create a project
In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a
Google Cloud project.
If you are testing out Filestore and don't plan to keep the resources
that you create, we recommend that you create a project instead of selecting an
existing project. Once you're done testing, you can delete the project,
removing all resources associated with the project.
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