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path: "/docs/self-hosted/storage/configuring-gcs"
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title: "Configure GCS as storage in Chatwoot"
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---
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Chatwoot supports Google Cloud storage as the storage provider. To enable GCS in Chatwoot, follow the below mentioned steps.
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Set google as the active storage service in the environment variables
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```bash
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ACTIVE_STORAGE_SERVICE='google'
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```
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### Get project ID variable
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Login to your Google Cloud console. On your home page of your project you will be able to see the project id and project name as follows.
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```bash
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GCS_PROJECT=your-project-id
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```
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### Setup GCS Bucket
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Go to Storage -> Browser. Click on "Create Bucket". You will be presented with a screen as shown below. Select the default values and continue.
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Once this is done you will get the bucket name. Set this as GCS_BUCKET.
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```
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GCS_BUCKET=your-bucket-name
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```
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### Setup a service account
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Go to `Identity & Services -> Identity -> Service Accounts`. Click on "Create Service Account".
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Provice a name and an ID for the service account, click on create. You will be asked to "Grant this service account access to the project" Select Cloud Storage -> Storage Admin as shown below.
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### Add service account to the bucket
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Go to Storage -> Browser -> Your bucket -> Permissions. Click on add. On "New members" field select the service account you just created.
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Select role as `Cloud Storage -> Storage Admin` and save.
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### Generate a key for the service account
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Go to `Identity & Services -> Identity -> Service Accounts -> Your service account`. There is a section called **Keys**. Click on **Add Key**. You will be presented with an option like the one below. Select JSON from the option.
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Copy the json file content and set it as GCS_CREDENTIALS
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A sample credential file is of the following format.
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```json
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{
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"type": "service_account",
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"project_id": "",
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"private_key_id": "",
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"private_key": "",
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"client_email": "",
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"client_id": "",
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"auth_uri": "",
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"token_uri": "",
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"auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "",
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"client_x509_cert_url": ""
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}
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```
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