Add a googleServiceAccountCredentials json config. Uses the credentials if present else fallback to default application credentials

Signed-off-by: Raghunandan Balachandran <raghunandan@spotify.com>

plugins/kubernetes-backend/config.d.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,13 @@ export interface Config {
       plural: string;
     }>;
 
+    /**
+     * (Optional) Google Service Account credentials for authentication
+     * JSON string containing the service account key
+     * @visibility secret
+     */
+    googleServiceAccountCredentials?: string;
+
     /**
      * (Optional) API Version Overrides
      * If set, the specified api version will be used to make requests for the corresponding object.

plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/auth/GoogleServiceAccountStrategy.ts

@@ -20,19 +20,70 @@ import {
   KubernetesCredential,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-node';
 import * as container from '@google-cloud/container';
+import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 
 /**
+ * GoogleServiceAccountStrategy provides authentication using Google Service Account credentials.
+ *
+ * Credentials can be provided via configuration:
+ * ```yaml
+ * kubernetes:
+ *   googleServiceAccountCredentials: |
+ *     {
+ *       "type": "service_account",
+ *       "project_id": "your-project-id",
+ *       "private_key_id": "key-id",
+ *       "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n...\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
+ *       "client_email": "your-service-account@your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
+ *       "client_id": "client-id",
+ *       "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
+ *       "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
+ *       "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
+ *       "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/..."
+ *     }
+ * ```
+ *
+ * If no credentials are provided in config, falls back to GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS or ADC.
  *
  * @public
  */
 export class GoogleServiceAccountStrategy implements AuthenticationStrategy {
+  private readonly credentials?: string;
+
+  constructor(config: Config) {
+    this.credentials = config.getOptionalString(
+      'kubernetes.googleServiceAccountCredentials',
+    );
+  }
   public async getCredential(): Promise<KubernetesCredential> {
-    const client = new container.v1.ClusterManagerClient();
+    let client: container.v1.ClusterManagerClient;
+
+    if (this.credentials) {
+      // Use credentials from config
+      try {
+        const credentialsObject = JSON.parse(this.credentials);
+
+        client = new container.v1.ClusterManagerClient({
+          credentials: credentialsObject,
+          scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
+        });
+      } catch (error) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Failed to parse Google Service Account credentials from config: ${
+            error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Invalid JSON'
+          }`,
+        );
+      }
+    } else {
+      // Fall back to Application Default Credentials or GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
+      client = new container.v1.ClusterManagerClient();
+    }
+
     const token = await client.auth.getAccessToken();
 
     if (!token) {
       throw new Error(
-        'Unable to obtain access token for the current Google Application Default Credentials',
+        'Unable to obtain access token for Google Cloud authentication. Check your credentials configuration.',
       );
     }
     return { type: 'bearer token', token };

plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/service/KubernetesBuilder.ts

@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ export class KubernetesBuilder {
       aws: new AwsIamStrategy({ config: this.env.config }),
       azure: new AzureIdentityStrategy(this.env.logger),
       google: new GoogleStrategy(),
-      googleServiceAccount: new GoogleServiceAccountStrategy(),
+      googleServiceAccount: new GoogleServiceAccountStrategy(this.env.config),
       localKubectlProxy: new AnonymousStrategy(),
       oidc: new OidcStrategy(),
       serviceAccount: new ServiceAccountStrategy(),