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30 changes: 2 additions & 28 deletions guides/common/modules/proc_adding-a-google-gce-connection.adoc
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.CLI procedure
. In Google GCE, generate a service account key in JSON format.
For more information, see https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-managing-service-account-keys[Create and manage service account keys] in the GCE documentation.
. Copy the file from your local machine to {ProjectServer}:
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# scp _My_GCE_Key_.json root@{foreman-example-com}:/etc/foreman/_My_GCE_Key_.json
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. On {ProjectServer}, change the owner for your service account key to the `foreman` user:
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# chown root:foreman /etc/foreman/_My_GCE_Key_.json
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. On {ProjectServer}, configure permissions for your service account key to ensure that the file is readable:
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# chmod 0640 /etc/foreman/_My_GCE_Key_.json
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ifndef::foreman-deb[]
. On {ProjectServer}, restore SELinux context for your service account key:
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# restorecon -vv /etc/foreman/_My_GCE_Key_.json
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endif::[]
. Use the `hammer compute-resource create` command to add a GCE compute resource to {Project}:
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$ hammer compute-resource create \
--key-path "/etc/foreman/_My_GCE_Key_.json" \
# hammer compute-resource create \
--key-path "_My_GCE_Key_.json" \
--name "_My_GCE_Compute_Resource_" \
--provider "gce" \
--zone "_My_Zone_"
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