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# Create Service Account

**Step 1:** Go to the **URL** below to create a service account.&#x20;

<https://console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts>&#x20;

**Step 2:** Now **select your project** using either of the options as shown below.

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**Step 3:** Now click on **Create Service Account**.

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**Step 4:** Add **service account details** including **name**, **ID**, and **description**. Copy the whole service account ID that you will need later on in the Google Search Console. Then click on **Done**.

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**Step 5:** Now click on the **3 dots under the Actions tab** and select **Manage keys**.

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**Step 6:** Now click on **Add key** and **Create new key**.

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**Step 7:** In the next screen, make sure the **key type** is selected as **JSON**, and then click on the **Create** button. Doing so will automatically download the JSON file on your browser. This JSON file you need to upload in your Magento configuration.

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