Tag Google Authentication
Application Default Credentials This article will cover Google Cloud Application Default Credentials (ADC) and how to create credentials using various methods in PHP. I wrote another article on ADC that includes Python examples. This article is more technical and includes… Continue Reading →
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 →
Date created: March 1, 2019 Last updated: March 3, 2019 Note: This article is evolving as I document my deep dive. Contents: Introduction March 1, 2019 – Day #1 – Basics and FAQ March 2, 2019 – Day #2 – Auditing, Alerting & Stackdriver… Continue Reading →
Date created: February 27, 2019 Last updated: March 2, 2019 Introduction This month I completed two beta Google certification exams (Security, Network) with another exam scheduled for March 11th. In preparing for these exams I realized that it is important… Continue Reading →
Google Cloud IAM supports several member types that can be authorized to access Google Cloud resources. The following member types can be added to Google Cloud IAM to authorize access to your Google Cloud Platform services. Google IAM Member Types:… Continue Reading →
The following example shows several important steps to call Google Cloud APIs without using an SDK in Python. Similar code works in just about any language (c#, java, php, nodejs). Change the source code with the filename of your service… Continue Reading →
Application Default Credentials Google Cloud Application Default Credentials (ADC) are not credentials. ADC is a strategy to locate Google Cloud Service Account credentials. Environment: If the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS is set, ADC will use the filename that the value contains for… Continue Reading →
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 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 →
In this article we will download and install the Google gcloud CLI. Then we will setup gcloud with Google Service Account credentials. This article is for Windows based system but the same principles apply to Linux and Mac systems. Step… Continue Reading →
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 →