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# Create a New Project

If you want to add a new project, use the upper right button<img src="/files/-MM_vMMbJGavXPvaYWSd" alt="" data-size="original">in **Projects** tab.

![Fig. 1: Add Project](/files/tjkmVhu88YlspMr6HRRR)

*Project Name* - fill in your project name (only alphanumeric lowercase characters and dash are allowed, 3-30 characters; **not** underscore; e.g. my-project1)

*Organization* - choose organization

*Cloud* - choose where you want to store your Project, create a new Cloud in [**Cloud Credentials**](https://itera.gitbook.io/taikun/user-guide-1/partner/cloud-credentials)

*Access Profile* - choose profile which can access the project, create a new profile in [**Access Profiles**](https://itera.gitbook.io/taikun/user-guide-1/partner/access-profiles)

*Alerting Profile* - if you have created profile in [**Alerting Profiles**](https://itera.gitbook.io/taikun/user-guide-1/partner/alerting-profiles), you can choose it from the drop-down selection

*Kubernetes Profile* - first create a new profile in [**Kubernetes Profiles**](https://itera.gitbook.io/taikun/user-guide-1/partner/kubernetes-profiles) and than choose from drop down selection

* for openstack: if you choose profile with enabled Taikun Load Balancer, you also have to fill in *Taikun Load Balancer Flavor*, *Router Id Start Range* and *Router Id End Range*

*Enable Auto Upgrade* - Kubespray version will be automatically upgraded if new version is available

*Enable Monitoring* - monitoring a Kubernetes cluster allows easy management of containerized infrastructure by tracking utilization of cluster resources including memory, CPU, and storage.

*Enable Backup* - choose credentials, you can create a new one in [**Backup Credentials**](https://itera.gitbook.io/taikun/user-guide-1/partner/backup-credentials)**.** If you choose not to enable it, you can change it later, see [Projects **-** Project Details - **Backup**](https://itera.gitbook.io/taikun/user-guide-1/partner/projects/project-details#enable-disable-backup).

*Add Policy Profile* - choose profile created in [**Policy Profile**](/taikun/manager/policy-profiles.md) page. You can enforce or disable the gatekeeper later.

*Add Expiration Date* - set project durability, by default it is set to infinity. After the expiration date, your project is **NOT** affected, deleted or lock. It will stays the same.

*Add Flavor* - bind the flavor to the project, you can bind more than one flavor and un/bind them later in [**Flavor Info**](https://itera.gitbook.io/taikun/user-guide-1/partner/flavor-info)