How to authenticate gcloud using a service account in GCP

If you want to use #gcloud to perform tasks and activities that require #automation in #GCP, then you can do this easily using a service account.

There are multiple methods for you to authenticate your gcloud and #Googel #Cloud #SDK installation with GCP. First you can of course use a Google account for this - Google accounts are either Gmail, Google Workspace, or Cloud Identity accounts - or you can use a service account.

When you use a service account, you don't have to worry about the authorization expiration or user account compromise for the gcloud setup. You will use a JSON key file to grant access to the tools, and you will be having full control over the account and you will get to control and change the permissions easily and even revoke the access if you no longer need that.

In this video and to authenticate gcloud using a service account, I explain how you can create the service account and what are the steps you need to do in order to give the service account permissions and authorize it to use GCP services with gcloud.

Links mentioned in the video:
- Google Cloud SDK homepage - cloud.google.com/sdk
- Get $300 free GCP credits - console.cloud.google.com/freetrial

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