A. Firebase Initialization

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Create a new Firebase project for the development environment of the new region. Follow the steps in the 03 Create Firebase Projects (opens in a new tab) video tutorial for more information.

Copy the contents of the /client/storage.rules file to the Storage Rules tab
Set the Firebase Storage's Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) permissions using the Google Cloud Shell.
- Go to your Firebase project’s google cloud console on https://console.cloud.google.com/home (opens in a new tab).
- Activate the cloud shell by clicking the Activate Cloud Shell button on the upper right menu.
- Create a cors.json file on the cloud shell using any of it's cloud-based text editors. Copy and paste the following contents to the JSON file:
```
[
  {
      "origin": ["*"],
      "method": ["GET"],
      "maxAgeSeconds": 3600
    }
]
```
- Run the command on cloud shell. Replace BUCKET_NAME with your Firebase Storage bucket name.
```
gsutil cors set cors.json gs://<FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID>.appspot.com
```
- View the current cors configuration of a bucket:
```
gsutil cors get gs://<FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID>.appspot.com
```

Copy the contents of the /client/firestore.rules file to the Firestore Rules tab