Add a Google Cloud Platform Cloud Account

To create a

Google Cloud Platform

(GCP) cloud account, you make a POST request. The request body includes parameters specific to

Google Cloud Platform

that are required to create the cloud account.

Verify that all general prerequisites and prerequisites for the

Automation Assembler

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) service have been satisfied. See Prerequisites for API Use Case Examples.

Verify that you have the following parameters for the new cloud account:

GCP project ID

GCP private key ID

GCP private key

GCP client email

Assign the GCP account variables.

gcp_project_id='<your_gcp_projct_id>'
gcp_private_key_id='<your_gcp_private_key_id>'
gcp_private_key='<your_gcp_private_key>'
gcp_client_email='<your_gcp_client_email>'

Submit a request to create a GCP cloud account with default cloud zones.

curl -X POST \
  "$url/iaas/api/cloud-accounts?apiVersion=$api_version" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $access_token" \
  -d '{
    "cloudAccountType":"gcp",
    "privateKeyId":"'$gcp_private_key_id'",
    "privateKey":"'$gcp_private_key'",
    "cloudAccountProperties":{
      "projectId":"'$gcp_project_id'",
      "clientEmail":"'$gcp_client_email'"
    },
    "regionIds":["<your_region_id>"],
    "createDefaultZones":true,
    "name":"<your_gcp_cloud_account>",
    "description": "This is a demo GCP cloud account",
  }' | jq "."

List all cloud accounts.

curl -X GET $url/iaas/api/cloud-accounts?apiVersion=$api_version -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H "Authorization: Bearer $access_token" | jq "."

Examine the response and verify that the name and ID of the GCP cloud account you created is listed.

Create a

Google Cloud Platform

Cloud Account

Assign the required variables.

$ url='https://appliance.domain.com'
$ api_version='2021-07-15'
$ gcp_project_id='Example-e2e'
$ gcp_private_key_id='defg3c20c85abcde6a95b44222c4c1d68554b87e'
$ gcp_private_key='-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\\nMIIEvQIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAA
...
3izE4KDeebLh7SkWFbUt7lFW25UL20\\nKAY7FRTKpvbO+6Z/BnVePVI=\\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\\n'
$ gcp_client_email='123456789123-example@developer.gserviceaccount.com'

Create the cloud account.

$ curl -X POST \
  "$url/iaas/api/cloud-accounts?apiVersion=$api_version" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $access_token" \
  -d '{
    "cloudAccountType":"gcp",
    "privateKeyId":"'$gcp_private_key_id'",
    "privateKey":"'$gcp_private_key'",
    "cloudAccountProperties":{
      "projectId":"'$gcp_project_id'",
      "clientEmail":"'$gcp_client_email'"
    },
    "regionIds":["us-west2"],
    "createDefaultZones":true,
    "name":"demo-gcp-account",
    "description": "This is a demo GCP cloud account",
  }' | jq "."

A snippet of the response from your request shows the account ID.

...      
"tags": [],
"name": "demo-GCP-account",
"id": "c8c3c9bfdb449475-7f703c5265a63d87-f8e705d89b2569e1aac66c6d00bf4fc7ef4b1c44100f0e944af31eb8ba3d2a5a-f4226a20b65c4675574bc5fbff6c0",
"updatedAt": "2022-04-02",
"organizationId": "8327d53f-91ea-420a-8613-ba8f3149db95",
...

Adding Cloud Accounts

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Add a Google Cloud Platform Cloud Account