In a newly created project, you attempt to run gcloud compute instances create web-1 but receive the message "compute.googleapis.com API has not been used in project PROJECT_ID before or it is disabled." From your workstation, which single gcloud command will remove this blocker so the VM can be created?
The error indicates that the Compute Engine API is not yet enabled for the project. Google Cloud services are disabled by default in new projects and must be explicitly activated. The gcloud services enable SERVICE_NAME command turns on an API for the specified project, allowing subsequent calls that depend on it-such as creating a VM-to succeed. The other commands either reference non-existent subcommands, try to change IAM bindings (which does not enable an API), or invoke the API Gateway command group, none of which will activate the Compute Engine API.
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