Firebase Service Account Setup

Table of Contents

1. Creating a Service Account
2. Setting up Service Account in CI

Creating a Service Account

Prerequisites

• Firebase project admin access
• Google Cloud Console access
• Project owner or editor role

Steps to Create Service Account

1. Access Google Cloud Console

   • Go to Google Cloud Console
   • Select your Firebase project
   • Ensure you're using the same project as your Firebase app

2. Navigate to Service Accounts

   • In the left sidebar, go to "IAM & Admin" > "Service Accounts"
   • Look for the existing Firebase Admin SDK service account or create a new one

3. Create a New Service Account

   • Click "CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT"
   • Fill in the details:
     • Name: firebase-ci-service-account
     • ID: Will be auto-generated
     • Description: "Service account for CI/CD deployments"
   • Click "CREATE AND CONTINUE"

4. Grant Required Permissions

   • Add the following roles:
     • Firebase Admin
     • Firebase App Distribution Admin (if using App Distribution)
     • Firebase Hosting Admin (if using Hosting)
     • Firebase Test Lab Admin (if using Test Lab)
   • Click "CONTINUE"

5. Generate Key File

   • Click on the newly created service account
   • Go to the "KEYS" tab
   • Click "ADD KEY" > "Create new key"
   • Choose JSON format
   • Click "CREATE"
   • The key file will be automatically downloaded
   • Keep this file secure and never commit it to version control

Setting up Service Account in CI

GitHub Actions Setup

1. Encode Service Account Key

   On macOS/Linux:

   base64 -i path/to/service-account-key.json

   On Windows (PowerShell):

   [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("path/to/service-account-key.json"))

   Or navigate to the website to encode or decode here

2. Add to GitHub Secrets

   • Go to your GitHub repository
   • Navigate to Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions
   • Click "New repository secret"
   • Name: FIREBASE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT
   • Value: Paste the Base64 encoded string
   • Click "Add secret"