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title: "Setup: Google Cloud service account for linking with Frisbii Media"
slug: "setup-google-cloud"
description: "Learn how to create a Google Play Console service account and JSON key for Frisbii Media In-App Purchases authentication."
updated: 2025-07-10T08:33:29Z
published: 2025-07-10T08:33:29Z
canonical: "help.frisbii.com/setup-google-cloud"
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# Setup: Google Cloud service account for linking with Frisbii Media

## Preliminary Remarks

Service accounts are used by applications such as Frisbii Media for authorized API calls. If an application authenticates itself as a service account, it has access to all resources (theme, subscription, etc.) to which the service account has access.

In the context of In-App Purchases, a service account is used for the authentication of Frisbii Media to the Google services.

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## Create service account

**In the Google Play Console:**

- Open [IAM and administration / service accounts](https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts) area
- Select the desired Google Cloud project
- Click the "+ Create service account" button
- Create service account: - Select name for service account. This name is only visible internally and can also be changed - The service account ID is automatically assigned based on the selected name - The description for the service account is optional - Click on "Create and continue"
- Specify access and role for service account: - Select the "Service account user" role in the Service accounts area ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b84e1b5d-2ba6-4465-8c62-fb45a2f31314/Images/Documentation/a923f793-63e1-4bc4-a28f-40a8bcafc0a2?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-07T09%3A38%3A26Z&se=2026-11-07T10%3A38%3A26Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=j41%2BXbxdUOtkVcfTWrIusYYsKHofQ3XiSGnNiV%2BMgVI%3D)- Alternatively, the "Owner" role can also be selected - Click on the "Next" button
- Link service account with users: - This option is not mandatory for the use of Frisbii Media, but may be necessary depending on the organizational structure
- Complete creation: - Click on the "Done" button to complete the creation of the service account

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## Create key for service account

A key must be created so that the created service account can be used as authentication by Frisbii Media. **In the Google Play Console:**

- Open created service account
- Select "Key" tab
- Click the "Add key" button
- Select the "Create new key" option
- Select key type "JSON
- Click the "Create" button to finish creation
- The key is now downloaded as a file

The content of the key file is then [stored](/frisbii-media/docs/setup-verknüpfung-von-Frisbii Media-mit-der-google-api) in the [Frisbii Media Merchant Backend](/frisbii-media/docs/setup-verknüpfung-von-Frisbii Media-mit-der-google-api).