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how to generate a google private key for salesforce

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How to Generate Private Key in Salesforce?

  1. Click on your username in the top-right corner, and choose "Setup" from the menu.
  2. In the left-hand navigation, you'll see App Setup Click "Create" Click "Apps" Scroll down to the bottom, and you'll see "Connected Apps" Click "New."
  3. Fill out the the required fields Connected App Name is "Uservoice Service Hook" API Name= UserVoice_Service_Hook (filled automatically) Enter the contact email
  4. Click the checkbox to enable OAuth settings. The callback URL is not used in the integration. Enter https://your-subdomain-name.uservoice.com (enter your actual UserVoice subdomain in place of your-subdomain-name). ...
  5. On the next page, under OAuth Settings, you'll see Consumer Key and the option to reveal and get your Consumer Secret.

First, add Google's API site, https://www.googleapis.com, to Remote Site Settings in Salesforce Setup. Next, have your Google admin prepare your Google Enterprise™ account to connect with Salesforce. That process generates a Google private key, which your Google admin has to upload here.Mar 7, 2017

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How to generate an access&secret key in Google Cloud Platform?

Please follow the below steps to generate an access & secret key in Google Cloud Platform Login with your Google account credentials. When you click on CREATE, it may take a couple of seconds to create a new project. Once a project is created, you will get a notification that it’s created.

How do I create a private key and digital certificate?

You can use your own private key and certificate issued by a certification authority. Alternatively, you can use OpenSSL to create a key and a self-signed digital certificate. This process produces two files. server.key —The private key. You specify this file when you authorize an org with the auth:jwt:grant command.

How to get API access key and secret key?

Click on Go to API overview under APIs and the screen will look like the below screen – Click on OAuth Consent Screen. Enter Product Name & click on SAVE When you click on enter, it will provide you with an access key and a secret key.

How do I create a key for a service account?

1 In the Cloud Console, go to the Service Accounts page. 2 Select a project. 3 Click the email address of the service account that you want to create a key for. 4 Click the Keys tab. 5 Click the Add key drop-down menu, then select Create new key. 6 Select JSON as the Key type and click Create.

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What is server key?

server.key —The private key. You specify this file when you authorize an org with the auth:jwt:grant command.

How to check if OpenSSL is installed?

If necessary, install OpenSSL on your computer. To check whether OpenSSL is installed on your computer, run this command. In Terminal or a Windows command prompt , create a directory to store the generated files, and change to the directory. Generate a private key, and store it in a file called server.key.

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Before you begin

If you plan to use OAuth2.0 JWT Bearer authentication for your Salesforce connection, follow the steps below before configuring the connection.

When can you get a private key?

You can only get the private key data for a service account key when the key is first created.

How to create a key for a service account?

Click the email address of the service account that you want to create a key for. Click the Keys tab. Click the Add key drop-down menu, then select Create new key. Select JSON as the Key type and click Create. Clicking Create downloads a service account key file.

How long do you have to wait to use a key?

Note: After you create a key, you might need to wait for 60 seconds or more before you perform another operation with the key. If you try to perform an operation with the key immediately after you create the key, and you receive an error, you can retry the request with exponential backoff.

How to allow a user to manage service account keys?

To allow a user to manage service account keys, grant the Service Account Key Admin role ( roles/iam.serviceAccountKeyAdmin ). For more information, see Service Accounts roles.

What is serviceAccount.keys.list?

The serviceAccount.keys.list () method is commonly used to audit service accounts and keys, or to build custom tooling for managing service accounts.

What does it mean when you disable a service account key?

Disabling a service account key prevents you from using the key to authenticate with Google APIs. You can enable a disabled key at any time.

What happens if you delete a Google account key?

If you delete a key, your application will no longer be able to access Google Cloud resources using that key. A security best practice is to rotate your service account keys regularly. You can rotate a key by creating a new key, updating applications to use the new key, and deleting the old key.

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