Set up ADC for a containerized development environment
Authentication for containerized applications running on Cloud Run
or Google Kubernetes Engine is handled differently between local testing environments
and Trusted Cloud environments.
Test containerized applications locally
To test your containerized application on your local workstation, you can
configure your container to authenticate with your
local ADC file. For more information, see
Configure ADC with your Google Account.
To test your implementation, use a local Kubernetes implementation such as
minikube and the gcp-auth addon.
Run containerized applications on Trusted Cloud
See
Access Trusted Cloud APIs from GKE workloads.
What's next
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Last updated 2025-07-02 UTC.
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