diff --git a/index.html.markdown b/index.html.markdown index 6eafafbc..3014125c 100644 --- a/index.html.markdown +++ b/index.html.markdown @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources. # Configure the Google Cloud provider provider "google" { account_file = "account.json" - client_secrets_file = "client_secrets.json" project = "my-gce-project" region = "us-central1" } @@ -39,33 +38,23 @@ The following keys can be used to configure the provider. your account credentials, downloaded from Google Cloud Console. More details on retrieving this file are below. -* `client_secrets_file` - (Required) Path to the JSON file containing - the secrets for your account, downloaded from Google Cloud Console. - More details on retrieving this file are below. - * `project` - (Required) The name of the project to apply any resources to. * `region` - (Required) The region to operate under. -## Authentication JSON Files +## Authentication JSON File -Authenticating with Google Cloud services requires two separate JSON -files: one which we call the _account file_ and the _client secrets file_. +Authenticating with Google Cloud services requires a JSON +file which we call the _account file_. -Both of these files are downloaded directly from the +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. +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. Under the "APIs & Auth" section, click "Credentials." -3. Create a new OAuth client ID and select "Installed application" as the - type of account. Once created, click the "Download JSON" button underneath - the account. The file should start with "client\_secret". This is your _client - secrets file_. - -4. Create a new OAuth client ID and select "Service account" as the type - of account. Once created, a JSON file should be downloaded. This is your - _account file_. +3. Create a new OAuth client ID and select "Service account" as the type + of account. Once created, and after a P12 key is downloaded, a JSON file should be downloaded. This is your _account file_.