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# GCP Cloud Storage

* Creation of Buckets
* Service Account Creation
* Grant Access to  Service Account on Buckets
* Updating environment variables in .env file

### Creation of Buckets

<details>

<summary>Navigate to Google Cloud Storage - Buckets</summary>

<img src="/files/1pBQpw4jNReAVL48rmSX" alt="" data-size="original">

</details>

<details>

<summary>Create Bucket</summary>

Click on CREATE Button

<img src="/files/lsST44bpujAyMVnJ3JFt" alt="" data-size="original">

Follow defaults and Provide "Public to internet " access by Granting "Storage Object Creator" Role to user "allUsers"

<img src="/files/ZD9grPo4fH2EoN81CFlg" alt="" data-size="original">

</details>

Two Buckets needs to be created - one for Storing videos and other for storing Profile images

### Service Account Creation

<details>

<summary>Navigate to IAM &#x26; Admin - Service Accounts</summary>

<img src="/files/56CEygZVBZxdNKbfuEIU" alt="" data-size="original">

</details>

<details>

<summary>Create Service Account</summary>

Click on CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT Button

<img src="/files/yP1rwVUBIC2Sw6DfGvtR" alt="" data-size="original">

Follow the defaults and create account

</details>

<details>

<summary>Create Key</summary>

For the Service Account, create key and download it for updating it in .env file

<img src="/files/MzzLBDt3rvX4w3Aa8hJC" alt="" data-size="original">

</details>

### Grant Access to Service Account on Buckets

<details>

<summary>Navigate to Buckets created in last step</summary>

<img src="/files/t6q6YhJsnrGXOsdPz3rj" alt="" data-size="original">

Select PERMISSIONS tab and then click on GRANT ACCESS

Assign "Storage Object Admin" Role to the Service Account Created in last step

<img src="/files/gP6hu2MPWebY2ZXUHNuy" alt="" data-size="original">

</details>

### Updating environment variables

Set following environments variables in .env file

gcp\_image\_bucket\_name=\<Bucket name for storing Profile images>

gcp\_video\_bucket\_name=\<Bucket name for storing Videos>

gcp\_credentials='\<Paste contents of the Key file of Service Account>'


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