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// * nodes/pods/nodes-pods-short-term-auth.adoc

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= {gcp-wid-short} authentication for applications on {gcp-short}

[role="_abstract"]
You can configure {gcp-wid-short} authentication so that applications on a {gcp-short} cluster can authenticate with Google Cloud services by using short-term credentials instead of long-lived service account keys.

To configure this authentication method, complete the following tasks:

* Configure access in {gcp-short}.
* Create an {product-title} service account that can use this access.
* Deploy customer workloads that authenticate with {gcp-wid-short}.
