Google Cloud Authentication

Information on google cloud auth.

Documentation

• Getting Started - https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started

• Google Cloud Auth Overview - https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication

• Create service account key - https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials/serviceaccountkey

• APIs & Services Credentials - https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials

• Installing Google Cloud SDK - https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install

Steps for Service Account

• Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts

• Click “+ CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT”

  • create a new service account name

  • Role = project owner

  • Grant admin over this service account to appropriate parties.

• After created, select this service account and scroll down to “KEys”

  • Click “Add Key”

  • Click “Create new Key”

  • Choose JSON

  • This will download a private key - grab and save that somewhere (e.g. wci-deploy)

• See “Authenticating as a Service Account” - https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production

Steps for API Key

• Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials

• Click “+ CREATE CREDENTIALS” at the top

• Choose “API Key”

• Once created, you can click the pencil (edit) icon to restrict the key to use with particular APIs (e.g. Natural Language) .

• See “Using API Keys” - https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/api-keys