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Backport of Add note to gcp secrets docs to explan service account key encoding into release/1.13.x #19504

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions website/content/docs/secrets/gcp.mdx
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Expand Up @@ -294,8 +294,10 @@ $ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ya29.c.ElodBmNPwHUNY5gcBpnXcE4ywG4w1k..."

### Service Account Keys

To generate service account keys, read from `gcp/.../key`. The roleset or static
account must have been created as type `service_account_key`:
To generate service account keys, read from `gcp/.../key`. Vault returns the service
account key data as a base64-encoded string in the `private_key_data` field. This can
be read by decoding it using `base64 --decode "ewogICJ0e..."` or another base64 tool of
your choice. The roleset or static account must have been created as type `service_account_key`:

```shell-session
$ vault read gcp/roleset/my-key-roleset/key
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