Creating and copying a GCP service account key

You can create and copy a GCP service account key from the Google Cloud Platform console.

Procedure

To create and copy a GCP service account key, complete the following steps:
  1. Log in to the Google Cloud Platform console.
  2. From the menu bar drop-down, select your project where the IBM Cloud® Edition is to be created.
  3. From the Menu icon, select IAM& admin > Service accounts.

    The Compute Engine default service account is listed.

  4. Browse for a Google service account (in the gserviceacount.com domain) and under Options, select the more icon, then select Create key.
  5. Under key type, select JSON and click CREATE.
  6. Record the path where JSON key file is downloaded. You have to upload this file while deploying Cloud Edition GCP in Data Management.