Setup: Google Cloud Service Account for Connecting plenigo

    Content of this article

    1. Preliminary Remarks
    2. Create Service Account
    3. Create Key for Service Account

    1. Preliminary Remarks

    Service accounts are used for applications such as plenigo for authorized API calls. If an application has authenticated itself as a service account, it has access to all resources (topic, subscription, etc.) to which the service account has access.

    In the context of in-app purchases a service account is used for authenticating plenigo to the Google services.

    2. Create Service Account

    In the Google Play Console:
    • Open IAM and Management / Service accounts
    • Select the desired Google Cloud project.
    • Click on "+ Create service account".
    • Create a service account:
      - Choose the name for the service account. This name is visible only internally and can also be changed.
      - The service account ID is automatically created based on the name.
      - Description for the service account is optional.
      - Click on "Create and continue".
    • Determine access and roles for the service account:
      - In Service accounts, select the role service account user.
      -  Alternatively, select the role owner.
      - Click on Continue.
    • Connect the service account with users:
      - This option is not required for using plenigo, however, depending on the organization structure, it might be necessary.
    • Click on "Done" to finish creating the service account.

    3. Create Key for Service Account

     A key must be created so that the created service account can be used as authentication by plenigo.
    In the Google Play Console:
    • Open the created service account.
    • Select the "Key" tab.
    • Click on "Add key".
    • Select option "Create new key".
    • Select "JSON" as key type.
    • Click on "Create".
    • The key is now downloaded as file.
    The content of the key file must then be stored in the Merchant Backend.
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