Overview of Creating a GCP Controller Service Account
The Multicloud Defense Controller uses the controller service account to access and manage resources in your GCP project. You must create the account and generate a key. The key is added to the controller as part of Account onboarding to the controller.
Procedure
Step 1 | In the Security Cloud Control platform menu, choose . |
Step 2 | In your GCP dashboard, open IAM in your GCP project. |
Step 3 | Click Service Accounts. |
Step 4 | Create Service Account. |
Step 5 | Provide a name and ID, such as |
Step 6 | Add Compute Admin and Service Account User roles. |
Step 7 | Click Continue. |
Step 8 | Click Done. |
Step 9 | Click on the newly created account, scroll down to Keys and in the dropdown for Add Key and select Create New Key. |
Step 10 | Choose JSON (default option) and click Create. |
Step 11 | A file is downloaded to your computer. Save this file to your local drive. |