# Step 3: Create a Service
In this exercise, we will create a simple Google Cloud Nginx service. When you run the application, DuploCloud accesses Docker images in a preconfigured Docker Hub.
When you run your own applications, you will choose a public image or provide credentials to access your private repository. Before you deploy your own applications, [configure your Docker Registry credentials in DuploCloud](https://docs.duplocloud.com/docs/automation-platform/overview/aws-services/containers/docker-registry-credentials).
*Estimated time to complete Step 3: 10 minutes.*
## Prerequisites
Before creating a Service, verify that you accomplished the tasks in the previous tutorial steps. Using the DuploCloud Portal, confirm that:
* An [Infrastructure and Plan](https://docs.duplocloud.com/docs/automation-platform/overview-1/quick-start/step-1-infrastructure) exist, both with the name that you chose.
* The Infrastructure has [GKE **Enabled**](https://docs.duplocloud.com/docs/automation-platform/overview-1/quick-start/step-1-infrastructure).
* A Tenant with the [name you chose has been created](https://docs.duplocloud.com/docs/automation-platform/overview-1/quick-start/step-2-tenant).
### Select the Tenant you created
In the **Tenant** list box, on the upper-left side of the DuploCloud Portal, select the Tenant that you created.
## Adding a Service
1. In the DuploCloud Portal, navigate to **Kubernetes** -> **Services**. The **Services** page displays.
2. Click **Add**. The **Add Service** page displays.
3. In the **Service** **Name** field, enter a name for the service (in the example below, the name is "myservice").
4. In the **Docker image** field, enter the docker image (`nginx:latest`).
The Kubernetes, Add Service page.
5. Click **Next**. The **Advanced Options** page is displayed.
6. At the bottom of the **Advanced Options** page, click **Create**. Your Service is created and initialized.
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It may take approximately five (5) minutes for the Service to initialize. Use the **Containers** page (**Kubernetes** -> **Containers**) to monitor the Service creation status, between **Desired** (**Running**) and **Current**.
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## Checking your work
From the DuploCloud portal, navigate to **Kubernetes** -> **Services**, and verify that your DuploCloud Service has a **Current** status of **Running**.
