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| author | Marat Boshernitsan <[email protected]> | 2025-07-08 09:37:10 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <[email protected]> | 2025-07-08 16:37:10 +0000 |
| commit | f1647d9e19bf6930bc50bd2e66d2929f8f771503 (patch) | |
| tree | 9419cbc6345c775f4c3bf21a9437a1614cf8fc33 /docs/cli/authentication.md | |
| parent | 5c759d48c7e49b84f35544478d86cfe60a41b569 (diff) | |
Improve auth env var validation logic and messaging to detect settings that confuse GenAI SDK (#1381)
Co-authored-by: Scott Densmore <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cli/authentication.md b/docs/cli/authentication.md index 3dddb897..f797e454 100644 --- a/docs/cli/authentication.md +++ b/docs/cli/authentication.md @@ -47,18 +47,16 @@ The Gemini CLI requires you to authenticate with Google's AI services. On initia gcloud auth application-default login ``` For more information, see [Set up Application Default Credentials for Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/provide-credentials-adc). - - Set the `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT`, `GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION`, and `GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI` environment variables. In the following methods, replace `YOUR_PROJECT_ID` and `YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION` with the relevant values for your project: + - Set the `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT` and `GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION` environment variables. In the following methods, replace `YOUR_PROJECT_ID` and `YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION` with the relevant values for your project: - You can temporarily set these environment variables in your current shell session using the following commands: ```bash export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT="YOUR_PROJECT_ID" export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION="YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION" # e.g., us-central1 - export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=true ``` - For repeated use, you can add the environment variables to your [.env file](#persisting-environment-variables-with-env-files) or your shell's configuration file (like `~/.bashrc`, `~/.zshrc`, or `~/.profile`). For example, the following commands add the environment variables to a `~/.bashrc` file: ```bash echo 'export GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT="YOUR_PROJECT_ID"' >> ~/.bashrc echo 'export GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION="YOUR_PROJECT_LOCATION"' >> ~/.bashrc - echo 'export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=true' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc ``` - If using express mode: @@ -66,12 +64,10 @@ The Gemini CLI requires you to authenticate with Google's AI services. On initia - You can temporarily set these environment variables in your current shell session using the following commands: ```bash export GOOGLE_API_KEY="YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY" - export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=true ``` - For repeated use, you can add the environment variables to your [.env file](#persisting-environment-variables-with-env-files) or your shell's configuration file (like `~/.bashrc`, `~/.zshrc`, or `~/.profile`). For example, the following commands add the environment variables to a `~/.bashrc` file: ```bash echo 'export GOOGLE_API_KEY="YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY"' >> ~/.bashrc - echo 'export GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI=true' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc ``` 4. **Cloud Shell:** |