GCP IAM
To create and manage GKE clusters, complete the following configuration in GCP console
- GCP Project
- IAM Policy
- Cloud Credentials
- Enable APIs
Step 1: GCP Project¶
Important
Skip this step if you would like to use an "existing" GCP project
- Login to the GCP Console
- Click on IAM & Admin and select IAM
- Click Create Project
- Provide a project name and select an organization
- Browse for a required location and click Create
Step 2: IAM Policy¶
Create Service Account¶
- Click on IAM & Admin and select Service Accounts
- Click Create Service Account
- Provide a Service Account Name and the Service Account ID (auto generated)
- Optionally, provide a Service account description and click Create and Continue
Add Roles to SAs¶
Add the below roles to the created Service Account
- Compute Admin
- Kubernetes Engine Admin
- Service Account User
Click Continue
Grant User Access¶
Optionally, add one or more users to this service account and click Done
On successful creation, you can view the service account listed in the table as shown below
Step 3: JSON Credential¶
Once the Service Account is created,
- Select the service account from the list and click the Keys tab
- Click Add Key and select Create new Key
By default, JSON key type is selected
- Click Create
On successful creation, the json file will be downloaded automatically. We will use this json file to create a Cloud Credential in Controller for GKE lifecycle management.
Step 4: Enable APIs¶
Enable the following APIs on your Google Cloud Platform to allow the controller to interact with GCP progammatically using GCP's APIs.
In the GCP Console,
- Click APIs & Services
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Enable APIs And Services
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Search for the below three (3) APIs from a list of APIs and enable
- Compute Engine API
- Cloud Resource Manager API
- Kubernetes Engine API
Below is an example showing what this looks like for the Compute Engine API
