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You received a JSON file that contained a private key of a Service Account in order to get access to several resources in a Google Cloud project. You downloaded and installed the Cloud SDK and want to use this private key for authentication and authorization when performing gcloud commands. What should you do?

A. Use the command gcloud auth login and point it to the private key.
B. Use the command gcloud auth activate-service-account and point it to the private key.
C. Place the private key file in the installation directory of the Cloud SDK and rename it to ג€credentials.jsonג€.
D. Place the private key file in your home directory and rename it to ג€GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALSג€.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by ravixkumar at March 11, 2021, 5:35 p.m.

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GCP_Student1

Highly Voted 4 years, 3 months ago

B. Use the command gcloud auth activate-service-account and point it to the private key. Authorizing with a service account gcloud auth activate-service-account authorizes access using a service account. As with gcloud init and gcloud auth login, this command saves the service account credentials to the local system on successful completion and sets the specified account as the active account in your Cloud SDK configuration. https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#authorizing_with_a_service_account

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TAvenger

Highly Voted 4 years, 3 months ago

B. gcloud auth activate-service-account --help NAME) gcloud auth activate-service-account - authorize access to Google Cloud Platform with a service account SYNOPSIS gcloud auth activate-service-account [ACCOUNT] --key-file=KEY_FILE [--password-file=PASSWORD_FILE | --prompt-for-password] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG ...] DESCRIPTION To allow gcloud (and other tools in Cloud SDK) to use service account credentials to make requests, use this command to import these credentials from a file that contains a private authorization key, and activate them for use in gcloud. gcloud auth activate-service-account serves the same function as gcloud auth login but uses a service account rather than Google user credentials.

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eBooKz

2 years, 4 months ago

See below information suggesting that service account can be used to authorize with the command "gcloud auth login". Not sure if this is a recent update: "The gcloud auth login command authorizes access by using workload identity federation, which provides access to external workloads, or by using a service account key." "To activate your service account, run gcloud auth login with the --cred-file flag: gcloud auth login --cred-file=CONFIGURATION_OR_KEY_FILE Replace CONFIGURATION_OR_KEY_FILE with the path to one of the following: A credential configuration file for workload identity federation A service account key file" https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#authorize_with_a_service_account

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itsimranmalik

1 year, 10 months ago

As per google - gcloud auth activate-service-account serves the same function as gcloud auth login but uses a service account rather than Google user credentials. Ref: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account

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yomi95

Most Recent 8 months, 1 week ago

Selected Answer: A

A works https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#auth-login Check this sub menu: "Authorize a service account using a service account key"

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yomi95

8 months, 1 week ago

Correction, B also works, But for the question at hand, B seems to be more relatable. Question seems to be confusing.

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denno22

9 months ago

Selected Answer: A

Authorize with a service account The gcloud auth login command can authorize access with a service account by using a credential file stored on your local file system. This credential can be a user credential with permission to impersonate the service account, a credential configuration file for workload identity federation, or a service account key. https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/authorizing#auth-login

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denno22

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Now, I see that while A works, B is a better answer.

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blackBeard33

1 year, 4 months ago

Selected Answer: B

The Answer is A. The command to use service account for authentication is precisely gcloud auth activate-service-account where you can point out to the key file using the flag --key-file. https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account

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Cynthia2023

1 year, 6 months ago

Selected Answer: B

• The command syntax is gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=PATH_TO_KEY_FILE, where PATH_TO_KEY_FILE is the path to the JSON file containing the service account's private key.

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scanner2

1 year, 10 months ago

Selected Answer: B

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account

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N_A

2 years, 1 month ago

D. This method is for application default credentials. See: https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/application-default-credentials A. This method is to obtain credentials for a user account. C. This does nothing. Useless. B. Is the correct answer. See: https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account

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Abhi00754

2 years, 3 months ago

Selected Answer: B

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/auth/activate-service-account B

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abirroy

2 years, 11 months ago

Selected Answer: B

Use the command gcloud auth activate-service-account and point it to the private key

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skrjha20

3 years ago

ANswer is B To activate your service account, run gcloud auth activate-service-account: gcloud auth activate-service-account [ACCOUNT] --key-file=[KEY_FILE]

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