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Manage deployment credentials for GCP

A deployment credential for GCP in CelerData provides information about the grant of permissions to CelerData's public service account for launching necessary resources required for your deployment and follow-up scaling.

CelerData automatically generates a deployment credential upon each successful cluster deployment on GCP. You can manage these deployment credentials for GCP, including creating, viewing, and deleting a deployment credential.

To ensure a successful cluster deployment in your own VPC, you must have a deployment credential to select, or create one, during the deployment process.

Create a deployment credential​

The instructions below show you how to create a deployment credential from the Cloud settings page in the CelerData Cloud BYOC console before you create a deployment. You can also create a deployment credential in a similar way as part of the workflow of creating a deployment. See Deployment on GCP.

NOTE

  • Before proceeding to create a new deployment credential, you must create a Google Cloud Project and enable necessary APIs.
  • If you create a deployment without selecting an existing deployment credential, CelerData automatically creates a deployment credential based on your input during deployment and saves it for future use.

To create a deployment credential before deployment, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the CelerData Cloud BYOC console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cloud settings > GCP.

  3. On the Deployment credentials tab of the GCP Cloud settings page, click Create deployment credential.

  4. In the Create deployment credential dialog box, configure the following parameters and click Submit.

    ParameterRequiredDescription
    Deployment credential nameYesEnter the name of the deployment credential.
    NOTE
    The name must be unique within your CelerData Cloud account.
    Credential methodYesSelect the type of deployment credential that you use to control the permissions of CelerData to launch and manage resources in GCP.
    NOTE
    CelerData supports only RAM roles as deployment credentials. Therefore, you can select only IAM Role.
    Grant access toN/ACelerData's public service account used to launch and manage resources in GCP. You need to grant necessary permissions to this service account.
    Project IDYesEnter the ID of the Google Cloud project that you have created to launch and manage resources in GCP.

    You need to follow the instructions provided in Grant Google Cloud Resource Permissions to CelerData to authorize CelerData's public service account to launch and manage cloud resources for your CelerData clusters.

    For Project ID, you can copy the Project ID from the Project info section of your project dashboard.

On the Deployment credential tab of the GCP Cloud settings page, the deployment credential that you just created is shown.

When you create a cluster, you can select and reuse a deployment credential that you have already created.

View a deployment credential​

Before you start a deployment, you can view all of the deployment credentials created within your CelerData Cloud account and find the one that best suits your deployment requirements. Then, you can select that deployment credential during the deployment process.

To view a deployment credential, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the CelerData Cloud BYOC console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cloud settings > GCP.

  3. On the Deployment credentials tab of the GCP Cloud settings page, click the deployment credential whose details you want to view.

  4. On the right-side pane that appears, view the details about the deployment credential.

Delete a deployment credential​

Deployment credentials cannot be edited after they are created. If a deployment credential has incorrect data or if you no longer need a deployment credential, follow these steps to delete it:

  1. Sign in to the CelerData Cloud BYOC console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cloud settings > GCP.

  3. On the Deployment credentials tab of the GCP Cloud settings page, click the deployment credential that you want to delete.

  4. In the right-side pane that appears, click Delete.

  5. In the dialog box that appears, enter Delete and click Delete.

    NOTE

    A deployment credential cannot be deleted if there are still CelerData clusters created based on it. Therefore, before you delete a deployment credential, make sure all CelerData clusters that are created by using the deployment credential are released.

Usage notes​

When you are creating a deployment, you cannot edit an existing deployment credential that you select. If no existing deployment credentials can meet your deployment requirements, we recommend that you create a new deployment credential.