Unless otherwise configured, the client libraries use Application Default Credentials to authenticate with Google Cloud Services. While this works for most applications, in some cases you may need to override this default. You can do so by providing the UnifiedCredentialsOption The following example shows how to explicitly load a service account key file:
[](std::string const& keyfile) {
auto is = std::ifstream(keyfile);
is.exceptions(std::ios::badbit); // Minimal error handling in examples
auto contents = std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(is.rdbuf()), {});
auto options =
google::cloud::Options{}.set<google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOption>(
google::cloud::MakeServiceAccountCredentials(contents));
return google::cloud::edgecontainer_v1::EdgeContainerClient(
google::cloud::edgecontainer_v1::MakeEdgeContainerConnection(options));
}
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-05-07 UTC."],[[["The latest version of the edgecontainer documentation is 2.37.0-rc, with the page providing access to documentation for multiple previous versions, down to 2.11.0."],["Client libraries typically use Application Default Credentials for authentication with Google Cloud Services, but there is an option to override this behavior if necessary."],["To override default credentials, users can provide the UnifiedCredentialsOption, which allows for loading credentials from a service account key file, as demonstrated in the provided code example."],["For best practices regarding service account keys, users should consult the guide provided."],["For further information about creating `google::cloud::Credentials` objects, users are directed to the Authentication Components section."]]],[]]
