Could not create google default credentials about cpp-samples HOT 5 CLOSED

Looks like you do not have your credentials configured:

https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/getting-started

Did you try using gcloud first to verify the authentication works?

https://cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs/quickstart-gcloud

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Hi @coryan I have followed the above links. I have a service account with owner role. and I have set up the gcloud.

I can access the gcloud commands from the google-cloud-sdk directory.

But I am not sure why do I need this. It did not make any visual difference in the behaviour of my question. Did I do it right?

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The error message is what you get from gRPC when the credentials are not setup, it is very hidden, but it says:

{"created":"@1549373148.360135072","description":
"Failed to load file",

"file":"src/core/lib/iomgr/load_file.cc","file_line":71,

"filename":"/root/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json",

That is, gRPC tried to open /root/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json and failed, and that file is where the application default credentials are usually stored for root.

And only after writing that I noticed that you are doing a sudo make. I suspect your account has credentials, but root does not (and probably should not). You probably want to run make tests without the sudo.

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Ohh genius ! Yay that worked :)

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Glad to hear that, closing this bug.

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