Connect a GCP cloud account

This guide walks through creating a GCP service account and connecting it to Vantage for cluster provisioning.

Prerequisites

• A Vantage account with admin permissions
• A GCP project with permission to create service accounts and assign IAM roles

Create a service account in GCP

1. Open the GCP Console and navigate to IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
2. Click Create Service Account. Enter a name (for example, vantage-connector) and click Create and Continue.
3. Grant the service account the following roles:
   • Compute Admin -- manage VMs and networking
   • Kubernetes Engine Admin -- create and manage GKE clusters (if using Kubernetes)
   • Storage Admin -- read/write to Cloud Storage buckets
   • Service Account User -- allow the account to act as other service accounts
4. Click Done.
5. Click the new service account, navigate to Keys > Add Key > Create new key, select JSON, and click Create. A key file downloads to your machine.

Connect to Vantage

1. Click the Settings gear icon in the bottom-left sidebar and select Cloud Accounts.
2. Click + Create Cloud Account and select GCP.
3. Enter an Account Name and optional Description.
4. Upload or paste the service account key file contents.
5. Click Create Cloud Account.

Validate the connection

Click the ... menu on the account row and select Validate. If validation fails, verify the service account key is valid and the required IAM roles are granted.

Related

• Manage cloud accounts
• GCP reference