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WIP: Improve authentication instructions in provider documentation #156

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Expand Up @@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ The provider configuration block accepts the following arguments.
In most cases it is recommended to set them via the indicated environment
variables in order to keep credential information out of the configuration.

* `credentials` - (Optional) Path to or string content of your credentials. If
you have authenticated using `gcloud auth login` and want to test using your
personal account you may leave this empty. May be set via the
`GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS`, `GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON`, `GOOGLE_KEYFILE_JSON`,
`GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variables.
* `credentials` - (Optional) Path to or string content of your credentials.
May be set via the `GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS`, `GOOGLE_CLOUD_KEYFILE_JSON`,
`GOOGLE_KEYFILE_JSON`, `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variables.
You can also use [application default credentials](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production)
by letting all of those empty. To test using your personal account, you can
set it as application default credentials with `gcloud auth application-default login`
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I think it's better to use the same wording as hashicorp/terraform-provider-google, not the test premise.

ref: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/google/latest/docs/guides/provider_reference#full-reference


* `impersonated_user_email` - (Optional) Service accounts cannot be granted
access to the Admin API SDK, therefore the service account needs to
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