# Service Account Setup A service account and a key are created for each GCP project to be onboarded. ## Disabling Restriction on the Service Account Key 1. Login to the [GCP Console](http://console.cloud.google.com/) and select the desired project. 2. Open the navigation pane at the top left of the home page (

), and select **IAM & Admin** -> **Organization Policies**. 3. **Filter** and search for **iam.disableServiceAccountKeyCreation**. 4. Click the options menu (

) and select **Edit policy**. 5. Add a **Rule (Rule 1** in the graphic below**)** to turn off enablement.

Filtering for **iam.disableServiceAccountKeyCreation**

**Configured Policy** area with **Rule 1** defined to turn off enablement

## Creating a Service Account 1. In the left navigation pane, click **IAM & Admin** -> **Service Accounts**. The **Service Accounts** page for your project displays. 2. Click **Create Service Account**. The **Create service account** wizard opens. 3. Complete **Service Account Details**. 4. In the **Grant this service account access to project** step, assign the **Owner** role as shown below, giving the account owner permission to the project. Complete the wizard, and click **Done**.

Assign **Owner** role to grant account owner permission to the project

3. Select the Service Account you created and add a new **JSON** Key. 4. Download the JSON file and give it a meaningful name, such as `my-gcp-project-sa-key.json`. 5. Open a Terminal window and navigate to the location of the downloaded JSON file. 6. Run the following command. This copies the key contents on your clipboard. You can verify the contents by pasting it into a text editor. ```shell-session jq -r .private_key < my-gcp-project-sa-key.json| pbcopy ``` ## Adding the Service Account Private Key to the DuploCloud Portal To add the private key to DuploCloud: 1. Login to the DuploCloud and navigate to **Administrator** -> **Cloud Credentials**. The **Cloud Credentials** page displays. 2. Paste the key in the **Service Account Private Key** field. 3. Enter a **Display name** for easy reference. Ideally, this name should include the project name. 4. Enter the **Project ID** and **Service Account Email** from the JSON key file you downloaded. 5. Click **Submit**.