The GCP Profile is used for setting up the access credentials and properties to be used to connect to a Google Cloud Platform service. Currently, the profile can be used with the following profile and agents:

Menus

The contents of the menus in the menu bar may change depending on which configuration type has been opened in the currently displayed tab. The GCP Profile uses the standard menu items and buttons that are visible for all configurations, and these are described in Build View.

The Edit menu is specific for the GCP Profile configurations.

Item	Description

Item

Description

External References

Select this menu item to enable the use of External References in the GCP Profile configuration. This can be used to configure the following fields:

Use JSON File

Credentials File

Form

Project Id
Private Key Id
Private Key
Client Email
Client Id
Other Information

For further information, see Using External Reference in Agent Profile Fields and External Reference Profile.

Configuration

JSON File

The following settings are available when you have selected Use Json File as the Input Option in the GCP Profile.

GCP Profile - Use Json File configuration

Setting	Description

Setting	Description
Environment-Provided Service Account	When is deployed in the GCP environment, such as in Compute Engine, enable this option to retrieve the Service Account credentials provided by the environment.
Input Option	Allows you to select the method for connecting to the GCP service. For the Use JSON File option, you need to create the GCP Service Account Key as a JSON file and download it into the Platform and EC servers.
Credentials File	The location of the GCP Service Account JSON file containing the credential keys.

Note!

The JSON file option is not recommended for production dgcp_profile_jsoneployments. It is meant to facilitate ease of testing of the GCP Profile by the workflow designer during development.

Form

The following settings are available when you have selected Form as the Input Option in the GCP Profile.

GCP Profile - Form configuration

Setting	Description

Setting	Description
Environment-Provided Service Account	When is deployed in the GCP environment, such as in Compute Engine, enable this option to retrieve the Service Account credentials provided by the environment.
Input Option	Allows you to select the method for connecting to the GCP service. For Form, the GCP Profile will take the role of the Service Account Key file. It will parse all the credentials in order to connect to the GCP service.
Project Id	The GCP Project Id that hosts the GCP service that should access.
Private Key Id	The Private Key Id to be used for the service account.
Private Key	The full content of the private key.
Client Email	The email address given to the service account.
Client Id	The Id for the service account client.
Other Information	The Auth URI, Token URI and info about the certs are to be added into this field.