gcloud beta auth application-default
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- NAME
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- gcloud beta auth application-default - manage your active Application Default Credentials
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud beta auth application-defaultCOMMAND[GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(BETA)Application Default Credentials (ADC) provide a method to get credentials used in calling Google APIs. The gcloud beta auth application-default command group allows you to manage active credentials on your machine that are used for local application development.These credentials are only used by Google client libraries in your own application.
For more information about ADC and how it works, see Authenticating as a service account.
- EXAMPLES
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To use your own user credentials for your application to access an API, run:
gcloudbetaauthapplication-defaultloginThis will take you through a web flow to acquire new user credentials.
To create a service account and have your application use it for API access, run:
gcloudiamservice-accountscreatemy-accountgcloudiamservice-accountskeyscreatekey.json--iam-account=my-account@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.comexportGOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=key.json./my_application.sh - GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands:
--help.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - COMMANDS
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COMMANDlogin-
(BETA)Acquire new user credentials to use for Application Default Credentials. print-access-token-
(BETA)Print an access token for your current Application Default Credentials. revoke-
(BETA)Revoke previously generated Application Default Credentials. set-quota-project-
(BETA)Update or add a quota project in application default credentials (ADC).
- NOTES
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This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:
gcloudauthapplication-defaultgcloudalphaauthapplication-default