# Google Cloud Platform

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [cloud-data-platform-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform-full.txt)

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<!-- Source: https://docs.redpanda.com/cloud-data-platform/develop/connect/guides/cloud/gcp.md -->

There are many components within Redpanda Connect which utilize Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. You will find that each of these components require valid credentials.

When running Redpanda Connect inside a Google Cloud environment that has a [default service account](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts#default), it can automatically retrieve the service account credentials to call Google Cloud APIs through a library called Application Default Credentials (ADC).

Otherwise, if your application runs outside Google Cloud environments that provide a default service account, you need to manually create one. Once you have a service account set up which has the required permissions, you can [create](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials/serviceaccountkey) a new Service Account Key and download it as a JSON file. Then all you need to do set the path to this JSON file in the `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable.

Please refer to [this document](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production) for details.