Prepare credentials and permission in Google Cloud console

Certain credentials and permission are required for Validio to validate your data:

A service account with access and permissions to the specific Pub/Sub Lite stream.

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Permissions for service accounts
Certain permissions and roles are required for the service account.
For more information, refer to Access control with IAM for Pub/Sub Lite and Authenticate to Pub/Sub Lite.

Service account for Source config

We recommend that you create a service account where the Validio platform is granted access to the read data from your Pub/Sub Lite stream.

Service account key

Obtain a service account key in JSON file format for your service account.
For details, refer to Create and delete service account keys.
Provide the service account to the Credentials field in Validio by either:
- Upload the JSON file to the JSON file field.
- Paste the content of the JSON file into the JSON text field.

Credential parameters

Field	Required	Description	Example
Name	✅	Identifier for the credentials. Used when accessing Sources.
Service account	✅	Upload the JSON file or paste the content of the JSON file containing the service account key.

Configuration parameters

Field	Required	Description
Name	✅	Identifier for the Source. Used when setting up Validators.
Project id	✅	Id of the Pub/Sub Lite project to read data from.
Location	✅	Location of the Pub/Sub Lite stream to read from.
Subscription id	✅	Id of the Pub/Sub Lite stream to read data from.
Message format	✅	JSON, AVRO or PROTOBUF
Message schema	✅	JSON - Not needed, Validio automatically infers schema AVRO - Refer to Avro Schema Declaration. PROTOBUF - Refer to Protobuf Message Type.