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Document that TF falls back to using the application default credentials.
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@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ 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):
retrieving this file are below.
Credentials can also be specified using any of the following environment
variables (listed in order of precedence):
* `GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS`
* `GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON`
@ -50,6 +49,17 @@ The following keys can be used to configure the provider.
environment variable can also contain the path of a file to obtain credentials
from.
If no credentials are specified, the provider will fall back to using the
[Google Application Default
Credentials](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/application-default-credentials).
If you are running Terraform from a GCE instance, see [Creating and Enabling
Service Accounts for
Instances](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/authentication) for
details. On your computer, if you have made your identity available as the
Application Default Credentials by running [`gcloud auth application-default
login`](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/application-default/login),
the provider will use your identity.
* `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):