googlecloudrun.yml

name: Deploy the application to Google Cloud Run
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - 'master'

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: Deploy job
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout the repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v1

      - name: Build Docker image
        run: |
          docker build . --tag eu.gcr.io/${{ secrets.GCLOUD_PROJECT }}/${{ secrets.GCLOUD_APP_NAME }}

      - name: Authenticate into Google Cloud Platform
        uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/github-actions/setup-gcloud@master
        with:
          service_account_email: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_EMAIL }}
          service_account_key: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_AUTH }}

      - name: Configure Docker to use Google Cloud Platform
        run: "gcloud auth configure-docker --quiet"

      - name: Push image to Google Cloud Container Registry
        run: docker push eu.gcr.io/${{ secrets.GCLOUD_PROJECT }}/${{ secrets.GCLOUD_APP_NAME }}

      - name: Install beta commands and deploy on cloud run
        run: |
          gcloud components install beta --quiet
          gcloud beta run deploy ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_APP_NAME }} --quiet --image eu.gcr.io/${{ secrets.GCLOUD_PROJECT }}/${{ secrets.GCLOUD_APP_NAME }} --project ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_PROJECT }} --region europe-west1 --platform managed

Can you explain what secrets.GCLOUD_AUTH is? I imagine the secrets.GCLOUD_EMAIL is the service account email, but I dont know what the auth is. Is is the service account keyfile.json contents? Or is it some sort of password?