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title: "Prerequisites"
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published: 2026-04-29T10:52:01Z
canonical: "docs.britive.com/prereq"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.britive.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Prerequisites

The onboarding prerequisites include getting the required accounts and access and performing specific configurations in GCP, as explained in the following sections.

Britive needs a service account that provides access to GCP to read roles, users, and IAM policies. After creating an account, the following items are required:

- Organization ID
- Service Account key file for Britive Service Accounts
- Project ID for creating service accounts
- Customer ID in Google Workspace Account Settings
- Google Workspace User Account

Before onboarding a GCP, you must perform the following steps:

1. Prerequisites for GCP
  1. [Enabling Cloud APIs](/v1/docs/enabling-cloud-api-1)
  2. [Creating a Custom Role for GCP Organization Application](https://docs.britive.com/v1/docs/custom-role-in-gcp)
  3. [Creating a Custom Role for GCP Standalone Application](/v1/docs/creating-a-custom-role-for-gcp-standalone-application)
  4. [Creating a Service Account](/v1/docs/creating-a-service-account)
  5. [Assigning Permissions to Service Account](/v1/docs/assigning-permission-to-service-account)
2. Prerequisites for Google Workspace
  1. [Creating a custom role](/v1/docs/cis-custom-role)
  2. [Creating a custom user](/v1/docs/cis-custom-user)
  3. [Domain wide delegation of authority for service account](/v1/docs/domain-wide-delegation-of-authority-for-service-account)