NAME

gcloud auth application-default - manage your active Application Default Credentials

SYNOPSIS

gcloud auth application-default COMMAND [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...]

DESCRIPTION

Application Default Credentials (ADC) provide a method to get credentials used in calling Google APIs. The gcloud auth application-default command group allows you to manage active credentials on your machine that are used for local application development.

These credentials are only used by Google client libraries in your own application.

For more information about ADC and how it works, see Authenticating as a service account https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production.

EXAMPLES

To use your own user credentials for your application to access an API, run:

$ gcloud auth application-default login

This will take you through a web flow to acquire new user credentials.

To create a service account and have your application use it for API access, run:

$ gcloud iam service-accounts create my-account $ gcloud iam service-accounts keys create key.json \ --iam-account=my-account@my-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com $ export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=key.json $ ./my_application.sh

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS

These flags are available to all commands: --help.

Run $ gcloud help for details.

COMMANDS

COMMAND is one of the following:

login

Acquire new user credentials to use for Application Default Credentials.

print-access-token

Print an access token for your current Application Default Credentials.

revoke

Revoke previously generated Application Default Credentials.

set-quota-project

Update or add a quota project in application default credentials (ADC).

NOTES

These variants are also available:

$ gcloud alpha auth application-default

$ gcloud beta auth application-default