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  5. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Setup

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Setup

The Pulumi Google Cloud Platform Provider needs to be configured with Google credentials before it can be used to create resources.

When developing locally, we recommend that you use gcloud login to configure your account credentials. First, install the Google Cloud SDK, which includes the gcloud command line tool. Then, execute the following:

$ gcloud auth login
$ gcloud config set project <YOUR_GCP_PROJECT_HERE>
$ gcloud auth application-default login

If you are using Pulumi in an non-interactive setting (such as a CI/CD system) you will need to configure and use a service account instead.

Optional Settings

The Pulumi Google Cloud Platform Provider accepts these environment variables to further configure the provider:

  • GOOGLE_PROJECT - The default project for new resources, if one is not specified when creating a resource
  • GOOGLE_REGION - The default region for new resources, if one is not specified when creating a resource
  • GOOGLE_ZONE - The default zone for new resources, if one is not specified when creating a resource.

If these values are not provided, some resources may require you to provide these values as project, region, or zone properties. You may also set these values per project using pulumi config:

$ pulumi config set gcp:project <your-project-here>
$ pulumi config set gcp:region <your-region-here>
$ pulumi config set gcp:zone <your-zone-here>