lego/docs/content/dns/zz_gen_gcloud.md

title	date	draft	slug	dnsprovider
Google Cloud	2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00	false	gcloud	since code url v0.3.0 gcloud https://cloud.google.com

Configuration for Google Cloud.

• Code: gcloud
• Since: v0.3.0

Here is an example bash command using the Google Cloud provider:

GCE_PROJECT="gc-project-id" GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE="/path/to/svc/account/file.json" lego \
    --email="abc@email.com" \
    --domains="example.com" \
    --dns="gcloud" \
    --path="${HOME}/.lego" \
    run

Credentials

Environment Variable Name	Description
Application Default Credentials	Documentation
GCE_PROJECT	Project name (by default, the project name is auto-detected by using the metadata service)
GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT	Account
GCE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_FILE	Account file path

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

Additional Configuration

Environment Variable Name	Description
GCE_ALLOW_PRIVATE_ZONE	Allows requested domain to be in private DNS zone, works only with a private ACME server (by default: false)
GCE_POLLING_INTERVAL	Time between DNS propagation check
GCE_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT	Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation
GCE_TTL	The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge
GCE_ZONE_ID	Allows to skip the automatic detection of the zone

The environment variable names can be suffixed by _FILE to reference a file instead of a value. More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).

More information

• API documentation
• Go client