Project setup

This part of the workshop is to provide basic setup for your project on Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.

• Project setup
• 1. Sign up for IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a service
• 2. Project setup
• FAQ

1. Sign up for IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a service

• Launch a web browser and navigate to IBM Cloud Pak for Data

• You can leave the pre-selected region or select the region nearest to you.

• You can then log in using your IBMid if you have one or create a new IBMid.

• If you do not have an IBMid, enter your email address and accept the terms checkbox in the Create a new IBM Cloud Account section. Then click the Next button to complete the process of creating a new account.

• If you are a returning user, click on the Log in with your IBMid link. > Note: If you are a returning user and you have watson services in a different region than the pre-selected one, you will see an error message telling you to select that region instead. See the FAQ section for help.

• The services required for IBM Cloud Pak for Data will be automatically provisioned for you. Once you see a message that says that the apps are ready to use, click on Go to IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

2. Project setup

In Cloud Pak for Data, we use the concept of a project to collect / organize the resources used to achieve a particular goal (resources to build a solution to a problem). Your project resources can include data, collaborators, and analytic assets like notebooks and models, etc.

• Once you are on Cloud Pak for Data as a Service. Click on the (☰) navigation menu on the top left, expand Projects and click on the View all projects link.

• Click on the New project button on the top. Note: If you already have existing projects, your screen will look different from the screenshot below. In that case, click on the New project + button on the top right.

• Click on Create an empty project:

• Give the project a name and optional description. You also need to provide an object storage instance for this project. If you have not previously created a Cloud Object Storage instance in your IBM Cloud account, you can create one now by clicking Add. Note: If you do have an existing storage service, select it from the drop down list and click the Create button.

• A new tab opens up, where you can create the Cloud Object Service. By default, a Lite (Free) plan will be selected. Scroll down and update the name of your Cloud Object Storage service if you wish, and click Create.

• The browser tab will automatically close when the Cloud Object Storage instance has been created. Back on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service, click Refresh.

• The newly created Cloud Object Storage instance will now be displayed under "Storage". Click Create to finish creating the project.

• Once the project is succesfully created you will be brought to the project overview page (Note:You may be presented with a project tour pop up window, go ahead and close it)

FAQ

Q1: I don't have all the services needed.

A: In some rare cases, the services may not automatically provision for you. You can do that manually by following these instructions:

• Go the (☰) navigation menu on the top left corner of the Cloud Pak for Data UI. Expand Services and then click on Service instances.

• If you do not have an instance of Watson Machine Learning, or any service that you need, click on the Add service + button.

• Search or scroll until you find the tile for Machine Learning,or whichever service you need, and click on it.

• Choose the same region as you chose for your Cloud Pak for Data as a Service platform, select the Free tier unless your organization has already used their 1 free tier, change the name and add tags if you like. The Default resource group should be correct, and then click Create.

Q2: I get the That email address is already registered to an IBM Cloud account. messsage.

A: You must already have an IBMid account. Follow the login link provided in the error message to login to your existing account.

Q3: I get the Your Watson Studio, Watson Knowledge Catalog, and Watson Machine Learning Lite services must be created in the same service region. error.

A: This means you have previously created some Watson services in a different region. To resolve this, go to the CP4DaaS Login page, select the region you had previously used and then login using the login link at the bottom right. Alternatively, you can create a new account and proceed as a new user to follow along.

Conclusion

At this point we are done with this section. We have completed creating an IBM Cloud account, a Cloud Pak for Data as a Service instance, and the project that we will use in the rest of this workshop.