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Google Cloud – Improving Security with Impersonation

Introduction A common practice in Google Cloud is to create one or more service accounts to authorize the Google Cloud CLI. Using service accounts is recommended by Google instead of user accounts. However, a service account JSON or P12 file… Continue Reading →

Google Cloud – Creating and Authorizing Service Account Credentials with the CLI

This article is written for Windows, but the same principles apply to Linux and Mac. A service account is a special Google account that is used with applications or services, such as Google Compute Engine. Service account credentials are stored… Continue Reading →

Google Cloud – Where are my credentials stored

Google Cloud stores your credentials in a database on your system. These credentials can then be used over and over. Google’s choice of a database means that the CLI and SDK tools can manage a huge number of credentials efficiently…. Continue Reading →

Google Cloud – Setting up Gcloud with Service Account Credentials

In this article, we will download and install the Google gcloud CLI. Then we will set up gcloud with Google Service Account credentials. This article is for Windows-based systems but the same principles apply to Linux and Mac systems. Step… Continue Reading →

Google Cloud – Understanding Gcloud Configurations

This article is written for Windows, but the same principles apply to Linux and Mac. I need to work with multiple Google Cloud accounts and be able to easily switch my credentials between accounts. For those of you with AWS… Continue Reading →

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