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The Google Cloud provider is used to interact with Google Cloud services. The provider needs to be configured with the proper credentials before it can be used.
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# Google Cloud Provider
The Google Cloud provider is used to interact with
[Google Cloud services](https://cloud.google.com/). The provider needs
to be configured with the proper credentials before it can be used.
Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.
## Example Usage
```js
// Configure the Google Cloud provider
provider "google" {
credentials = "${file("account.json")}"
project = "my-gce-project"
region = "us-central1"
}
// Create a new instance
resource "google_compute_instance" "default" {
// ...
}
```
## Configuration Reference
The following keys can be used to configure the provider.
* `credentials` - (Optional) Contents of the JSON file used to describe your
account credentials, downloaded from Google Cloud Console. More details on
retrieving this file are below. Credentials may be blank if you are running
Terraform from a GCE instance with a properly-configured [Compute Engine
Service Account](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/authentication). This
can also be specified using any of the following environment variables
(listed in order of precedence):
* `GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS`
* `GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON`
* `GCLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON`
* `project` - (Required) The ID of the project to apply any resources to. This
can be specified using any of the following environment variables (listed in
order of precedence):
* `GOOGLE_PROJECT`
* `GCLOUD_PROJECT`
* `CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT`
* `region` - (Required) The region to operate under. This can also be specified
using any of the following environment variables (listed in order of
precedence):
* `GOOGLE_REGION`
* `GCLOUD_REGION`
* `CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION`
## Authentication JSON File
Authenticating with Google Cloud services requires a JSON
file which we call the _account file_.
This file is downloaded directly from the
[Google Developers Console](https://console.developers.google.com). To make
the process more straightforwarded, it is documented here:
1. Log into the [Google Developers Console](https://console.developers.google.com)
and select a project.
2. The API Manager view should be selected, click on "Credentials" on the left,
then "Create credentials", and finally "Service account key".
3. Select "Compute Engine default service account" in the "Service account"
dropdown, and select "JSON" as the key type.
4. Clicking "Create" will download your `credentials`.