dnscontrol/documentation/providers/gcloud.md
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DOCS: Organize the assets by page or provider (#1964)
Co-authored-by: Tom Limoncelli <tlimoncelli@stackoverflow.com>
2023-01-21 17:25:01 -05:00

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## Configuration
To use this provider, add an entry to `creds.json` with `TYPE` set to `GCLOUD`.
For authentication you can either include a Service Account Key in the file or use Application Default Credentials (ADC)
### Using a Service Account Key
Copy the full JSON object into your `creds.json`. Newlines in the private key need to be replaced with `\n`.
Example:
```json
{
"gcloud": {
"TYPE": "GCLOUD",
"type": "service_account",
"project_id": "mydnsproject",
"private_key_id": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvAIBADL00000000000000000OX\nih0DbxhiQ==\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
"client_email": "dnscontrolacct@mydnsproject.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
"client_id": "000000000000000000000",
"auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
"token_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
"auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
"client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/dnscontrolsdfsdfsdf%40craigdnstest.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
"name_server_set": "optional_name_server_set_name (contact your TAM)"
}
}
```
**Note**:
* Don't confuse the `TYPE` and `type` fields. `TYPE` is set to `GCLOUD` and specifies which provider type to use. `type` specifies the type of account in use.
* The JSON object that Google sends includes many, many fields. The `project_id`, `private_key`, and `client_email`, are the only fields that are required. The example above includes all fields.
* `name_server_set` is optional and requires special permission from your TAM at Google in order to setup (See [Name server sets](#name-server-sets) below)
See [the Activation section](#activation) for some tips on obtaining these credentials.
### Using Application Default Credentials
If you prefer to authenticate using ADC you only need to specify `project_id` in your `creds.json` file.
Example:
```json
{
"gcloud": {
"TYPE": "GCLOUD",
"project_id": "mydnsproject"
}
}
```
**Note:** To use ADC, make sure to not add any `private_key` value to your configuration as that will prevent DNSControl from attempting to use ADC.
## Metadata
This provider does not recognize any special metadata fields unique to google cloud dns.
## Usage
An example `dnsconfig.js` configuration:
```javascript
var REG_NONE = NewRegistrar("name.com");
var DSP_GCLOUD = NewDnsProvider("gcloud");
D("example.tld", REG_NONE, DnsProvider(DSP_GCLOUD),
A("test", "1.2.3.4")
);
```
## Activation
1. Go to your app-engine console and select the appropriate project.
2. Go to "API Manager > Credentials", and create a new "Service Account Key"
![Create new Service Accoun](../assets/gcloud/create-credentials-service-account-key.png)
3. Choose an existing user, or create a new one. The user requires the "DNS Administrator" role.
4. Download the JSON key and copy it into your `creds.json` under the name of your gcloud provider.
## New domains
If a domain does not exist in your Google Cloud DNS account, DNSControl
will *not* automatically add it with the `push` command. You'll need to do that via the
control panel manually or via the `create-domains` command.
## Name server sets
This optional feature lets you pin domains to a set of GCLOUD name servers. The `nameServerSet` field is exposed in their API but there is
currently no facility for creating a name server set. You need special permission from your technical account manager at Google and they
will enable it on your account, responding with a list of names to use in the `name_server_set` field above.
> `name_server_set` only applies on `create-domains` at the moment. Additional work needs to be done to support it during `push`
# Debugging credentials
You can test your `creds.json` entry with the command: `dnscontrol check-creds foo GCLOUD` where `foo` is the name of key used in `creds.json`. Error messages you might see:
* `googleapi: Error 403: Permission denied on resource project REDACTED., forbidden`
* Hint: `project_id` may be invalid.
* `private key should be a PEM or plain PKCS1 or PKCS8; parse error:`
* Hint: `private_key` may be invalid.
* `Response: {"error":"invalid_grant","error_description":"Invalid grant: account not found"}`
* Hint: `client_email` may be invalid.