# GCP
#### **For GCP as Your Cloud Service Provider**
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.
* Click on the "Service Accounts" from the sub menu of the dropdown.
* You should be navigated to your service accounts page.
**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.
**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.
* Click on "Manage Keys" and you should be navigated to keys page.
* Click on "Add Key" button to add a new private key
**Step 4: Create a JSON private key**
* Select "Create new key" option from the dropdown menu
* A modal with the recommended option to create a JSON should be displayed
* Click on "CREATE" button
* The key should be generated and automatically downloaded to your "Downloads" folder
**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.
