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@@ -34,13 +34,19 @@ resource "google_compute_instance" "default" {
The following keys can be used to configure the provider.
-* `account_file` - (Required) Path to the JSON file used to describe your
- account credentials, downloaded from Google Cloud Console. More details on
- retrieving this file are below. The _account file_ can be "" 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 with the `GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE` shell environment
- variable.
+* `account_file` - (Required, unless `account_file_contents` is present) Path
+ to the JSON file used to describe your account credentials, downloaded from
+ Google Cloud Console. More details on retrieving this file are below. The
+ _account file_ can be "" 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 with the `GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE` shell environment variable.
+
+* `account_file_contents` - (Required, unless `account_file` is present) The
+ contents of `account_file`. This can be used to pass the account credentials
+ with a Terraform var or environment variable if the account file is not
+ accessible. This can also be specified with the `GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_FILE_CONTENTS`
+ shell environment variable.
* `project` - (Required) The ID of the project to apply any resources to. This
can also be specified with the `GOOGLE_PROJECT` shell environment variable.