Difficulty Downloading Google’s Indexing API Key

  • First off, I’m loving SEOPress and the more I play around with I am considering purchasing the Pro plan. It’s exactly what I’ve been looking for so thank you for putting together a wonderful plugin.

    The only issue for me for right now is that I’m having a problem downloading the Service Account API Key from Google Cloud. I followed your instructions but them it gave me this message when I selected the JSON option and clicked ok to get the key.

    I read a little bit on how to enable the service key creation from Google but I’ll be honest it’s super complicated from what Google says I’m suppose to do.

    It would be great if SEOPress could summarize and clarify exactly the steps to take to successfully download the key. Maybe even add it to the existing instructions guide from SEOPress that I followed.

    If that’s possible. I would really appreciate it.

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  • Plugin Author Benjamin Denis

    (@rainbowgeek)

    Hi,

    these links might help you with that issue:

    https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Cloud-Hub/Service-account-key-creation-is-disabled/m-p/717869

    https://stackoverflow.com/a/52099420

    Thread Starter 1recovery

    (@1recovery)

    Hi Benjamin,

    Thanks for the information. I followed the instructions to change the policy but hit a roadblock when I’m required to add a condition to the rule. I have no idea what format to use for the rule to enable service account key creation authorization.

    Here is the step where I am overriding the parent policy. I not sure if I’m suppose to select Enforcement On or Off. I guess it depends on the rule that you want to generate.

    Here is where I could edit and add a specific conditional rule but I have no idea what it’s suppose to look like to get accepted and be able to move on with saving the policy change. If you could help me specify the right rule and format to enable service account key creation that would wonderful.

    Thread Starter 1recovery

    (@1recovery)

    Maybe the existing instructions from SEOPress could be updated to include specific steps for enabling the service account key. I think the steps have changed from the liinks that you forwarded to me or it’s just super confusing to me. I’m sorry for that but it would help if SEOPress had the complete steps. Thanks for considering this request.

    Plugin Author Benjamin Denis

    (@rainbowgeek)

    To be honest, we never had to do this specific step.

    For this reason, I wonder if this normal or not.

    Are you sure you’re an admin with full rights?

    Is this better if you try to use another Google account?

    Thx

    Thread Starter 1recovery

    (@1recovery)

    It’s a new requirement all service account creation keys are disabled by default. Google changed the requirements to increase the security of the keys.

    It might be good to have the documentation from SEOPress reflect these changes.

    The steps from Google are a bit complicated.

    Thread Starter 1recovery

    (@1recovery)

    To clarify further I have full admin rights to the account I created. I’m also the owner.

    It doesn’t matter. Google wants me to take additional steps that are not included in SEOpress’ instructions. That’s the part I’m missing.

    Plugin Author Benjamin Denis

    (@rainbowgeek)

    We have opened an issue on our side to double check this ??

    Thread Starter 1recovery

    (@1recovery)

    Thank you.

    Plugin Author Benjamin Denis

    (@rainbowgeek)

    Can you let us know if your Google Cloud project is linked to an “organization” or not?

    Thread Starter 1recovery

    (@1recovery)

    Hi Benjamin,

    Yes, it’s linked to an organization.

    Plugin Author Benjamin Denis

    (@rainbowgeek)

    Hi,

    Google has started to email every user account about this change.

    Here is the official documentation link to change this behavior: https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/organization-policy/restricting-service-accounts?hl=en

    I hope this will solve this issue.

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