Enable the Binary Authorization service

This page explains how to enable Binary Authorization in your deployer project.

You first create or select a project. You enable Binary Authorization in the Google Cloud project where you deploy containers. This is the same project where you run your supported platforms, such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, or Google Distributed Cloud.

To enable Binary Authorization, follow these steps:

  1. In the Google Cloud console, on the project selector page, select or create a Google Cloud project.

    Roles required to select or create a project

    • Select a project: Selecting a project doesn't require a specific IAM role—you can select any project that you've been granted a role on.
    • Create a project: To create a project, you need the Project Creator role (roles/resourcemanager.projectCreator), which contains the resourcemanager.projects.create permission. Learn how to grant roles.

    Go to project selector

  2. Verify that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

  3. Enable the Binary Authorization API.

    Roles required to enable APIs

    To enable APIs, you need the serviceusage.services.enable permission. If you created the project, then you likely already have this permission through the Owner role (roles/owner). Otherwise, you can get this permission through the Service Usage Admin role (roles/serviceusage.serviceUsageAdmin). Learn how to grant roles.

    Enable the API

  4. Install the Google Cloud CLI.

  5. Configure the gcloud CLI to use your federated identity.

    For more information, see Sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

  6. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command: 

    gcloud init

Binary Authorization is enabled. You can now set it up with your container management platform.

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