Firebase: How to setup a Firebase service account
Sep 27, 2020
To setup Firebase in a backend server, the Firebase-Admin SDK is required which needs a Firebase service account.
Follow the steps below to setup a Firebase service account.
Step#1: Create a Firebase project and add a web app.
Follow the steps here.
Step#2: Generate New private key
Go to Settings -> Service accounts in Firebase console and Press ‘Generate new private key’.
Step#3: Download the ServiceAccount.json file
Click on ‘Generate key’. This will download a service account JSON file. This JSON is required to setup the Firebase Admin SDK in a backend server.
Step#4: Start using in your app
Setup Firebase Admin SDK in a NodeJs backend. Follow the steps here.
