# GCP

#### **For GCP as Your Cloud Service Provider** <a href="#for-aws-as-your-cloud-service-provider" id="for-aws-as-your-cloud-service-provider"></a>

If you've selected GCP as your cloud service provider, you'll require the following credentials:  **JSON private key** for your GCP service account

To obtain these credentials, follow the steps below:

**Step 1: Navigate to Service Accounts page in IAM & Admin section**

* Log in to your GCP Cloud Console.
* Click on the left menu dropdown in the upper-left corner.
* Select “IAM & Admin” from the dropdown menu.

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* Click on the "Service Accounts" from the sub menu of the dropdown.
* You should be navigated to your service accounts page.

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**Step 2: Check permissions for your service account**

* First make sure that your service account has the right permissions to create VMs
* Click on the service account and check the "Permissions" tab.
* The service account should have "Editor" role as shown in the below image.

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**Step 3: Create new key for your service account**

* Go back to the service accounts page and select your service account
* Click on "Actions" button to see the dropdown menu.

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* Click on "Manage Keys" and you should be navigated to keys page.
* Click on "Add Key" button to add a new private key

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**Step 4: Create a JSON private key**&#x20;

* Select "Create new key" option from the dropdown menu
* A modal with the recommended option to create a JSON should be displayed

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* Click on "CREATE" button
* The key should be generated and automatically downloaded to your "Downloads" folder

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**Step 5: Copy & paste the entire JSON to Neverinstall's GCP Cloudlink**

* Open the JSON file and copy the entire json object including the {} braces.
* Go to Neverinstall's dashboard and click on GCP
* Enter the copied JSON in the text box and click on "Connect"
* Refresh the page after few seconds
* Your GCP account should now be successfully linked to Neverinstall.


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