From 104ef3fc22d2a8248185c750c05c0d79b4b06a39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Sawchuk Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 21:45:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] docs: faq: link to Auth guide to dedupe steps --- docs/faq.md | 13 ++----------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index e5aca93c52c..beaf7908523 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -4,17 +4,7 @@ If you are running this client on Google Compute Engine, we handle authorization ## I'm not using Compute Engine. What do I need to do? -If you are not running this client on Google Compute Engine, you need a Google Developers service account. To create a service account: - -1. Visit the [Google Developers Console][dev-console]. -2. Create a new project or click on an existing project. -3. Navigate to **APIs & auth** > **APIs section** and turn on the following APIs (you may need to enable billing in order to use these services): - * Google Cloud Datastore API - * Google Cloud Storage - * Google Cloud Storage JSON API -4. Navigate to **APIs & auth** > **Credentials** and then: - * If you want to use a new service account, click on **Create new Client ID** and select **Service account**. After the account is created, you will be prompted to download the JSON key file that the library uses to authorize your requests. - * If you want to generate a new key for an existing service account, click on **Generate new JSON key** and download the JSON key file. +If you are not running this client on Google Compute Engine, you need a Google Developers service account. To create a service account, please see our [Authorization][auth-guide] guide. ## Does this replace [Google Cloud Node.js Client][googleapis]? @@ -23,3 +13,4 @@ Google Cloud Node.js Client is a client library for using the broad set of Googl [dev-console]: https://console.developers.google.com/project [gce-how-to]: https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/authentication#using [googleapis]: https://github.com/google/google-api-nodejs-client +[auth-guide]: #/authorization