Fetch-url-http-3a-2f-2fmetadata.google.internal-2fcomputemetadata-2fv1-2finstance-2fservice Accounts-2f Hot! Here

This returns a JSON access token you can use in Authorization headers when calling Google APIs:

: Alternatively, you can use the static IP address http://169.254.169.254/computeMetadata/v1/instance/service-accounts/ , which resolves to the same internal service. Security & Best Practices This returns a JSON access token you can

Your application wants to write to a Cloud Storage bucket or insert rows into BigQuery. Instead of downloading a service account key file, you fetch an access token from .../service-accounts/default/token and use it as a Bearer token in your API calls. This returns a JSON access token you can

If Zero could make the server visit that address, the server would spit out the temporary security tokens—the "keys to the kingdom"—allowing Zero to impersonate the server and access the company's private databases. This returns a JSON access token you can

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