# Google Cloud Prerequisites

To manage GKE clusters, the following requirements must be met, otherwise Platform9 will not be able to import and manage those GKE Clusters. A service account within your Google Cloud project with the following roles must be created:

* Compute Viewer: roles/compute.viewer
* Project Viewer: roles/viewer
* Kubernetes Engine Admin: roles/container.admin
* Service Account User: roles/iam.serviceAccountUser

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**Public VPC Requirement**

For Platform9 to connect and import a GKE Cluster, the Cluster must be running with a public Kubernetes API endpoint, and have a public VPC
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