docs/integrations/secret-syncs/gcp-secret-manager.mdx
Prerequisites:
- Set up and add secrets to [Infisical Cloud](https://app.infisical.com)
- Create a [GCP Connection](/integrations/app-connections/gcp) with the required **Secret Sync** permissions
- Enable **Cloud Resource Manager API**, **Secret Manager API**, and **Service Usage API** on your GCP project
- Ensure your network security policies allow incoming requests from Infisical to this secret sync provider, if network restrictions apply.
2. Select the **GCP Secret Manager** option.
3. Configure the **Source** from where secrets should be retrieved, then click **Next**.
- **Environment**: The project environment to retrieve secrets from.
- **Secret Path**: The folder path to retrieve secrets from.
<Tip>
If you need to sync secrets from multiple folder locations, check out [secret imports](/documentation/platform/secret-reference#secret-imports).
</Tip>
4. Configure the **Destination** to where secrets should be deployed, then click **Next**.
- **GCP Connection**: The GCP Connection to authenticate with.
- **Project**: The GCP project to sync with.
- **Scope**: The GCP project scope that secrets should be synced to:
- **Global**: Secrets are available across all project regions. By default GCP uses automatic replication. You can optionally pin the data to specific regions using **Replica Regions** (see below).
- **Region**: Secrets are stored in a single specified region.
- **Replica Regions** (Global scope only): An optional list of regions used for GCP [user-managed replication](https://docs.cloud.google.com/secret-manager/docs/choosing-replication#user-managed). Leave this empty to use GCP automatic replication, or select one or more regions to control where your secrets are stored.
<Warning>
GCP does not allow changing a secret's replication policy after creation, so updates to Replica Regions only apply to newly synced secrets.
</Warning>
- **Region** (Region scope only): The single region that secrets should be synced to.
5. Configure the **Initial Sync Behavior** to determine how Infisical should resolve the first sync, then click **Next**.
- **Overwrite Destination Secrets**: Removes any secrets at the destination endpoint not present in Infisical.
- **Import Secrets (Prioritize Infisical)**: Imports secrets from the destination endpoint before syncing, prioritizing values from Infisical over GCP Secret Manager when keys conflict.
- **Import Secrets (Prioritize GCP Secret Manager)**: Imports secrets from the destination endpoint before syncing, prioritizing values from GCP Secret Manager over Infisical when keys conflict.
6. Configure the **Sync Options** to specify how secrets should be synced, then click **Next**.
- **Key Schema**: Template that determines how secret names are transformed when syncing, using `{{secretKey}}` as a placeholder for the original secret name and `{{environment}}` for the environment.
<Note>
We highly recommend using a Key Schema to ensure that Infisical only manages the specific keys you intend, keeping everything else untouched.
</Note>
- **Auto-Sync Enabled**: If enabled, secrets will automatically be synced from the source location when changes occur. Disable to enforce manual syncing only.
- **Disable Secret Deletion**: If enabled, Infisical will not remove secrets from the sync destination. Enable this option if you intend to manage some secrets manually outside of Infisical.
7. Configure the **Details** of your GCP Secret Manager Sync, then click **Next**.
- **Name**: The name of your sync. Must be slug-friendly.
- **Description**: An optional description for your sync.
8. Review your Secret Manager Sync configuration, then click **Create Sync**.
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To create a **GCP Secret Manager Sync**, make an API request to the [Create GCP
Secret Manager Sync](/api-reference/endpoints/secret-syncs/gcp-secret-manager/create) API endpoint.
The `destinationConfig` object accepts the following fields:
- **scope** (`global` | `region`): How secrets are stored in GCP Secret Manager.
- **projectId**: The ID of the GCP project to sync to.
- **userReplicaLocationIds** (Global scope, optional): A list of region IDs (for example `["us-west4", "us-east1"]`) used for user-managed replication. If omitted or empty, GCP automatic replication is used. This applies only to secrets created after it is set.
- **locationId** (Region scope): The single region ID (for example `"us-west4"`) that secrets should be synced to.
### Sample request
```bash Request
curl --request POST \
--url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/secret-syncs/gcp-secret-manager \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"destinationConfig": {
"scope": "global",
"projectId": "infisical-test-playground"
},
"name": "my-gcp-sync",
"description": "this is an example secret sync",
"secretPath": "/",
"syncOptions": {
"initialSyncBehavior": "overwrite-destination"
},
"isAutoSyncEnabled": true,
"connectionId": "eec83609-5eb4-4d8d-9f6e-ded016984f0d",
"environment": "dev",
"projectId": "09eda1f8-85a3-47a9-8a6f-e27f133b2a36"
}'
```
### Sample response
```bash Response
{
"secretSync": {
"id": "aee02c4a-4a5f-488c-82dd-0b3164772871",
"name": "my-gcp-sync",
"description": "this is an example secret sync",
"isAutoSyncEnabled": true,
"version": 1,
"projectId": "09eda1f8-85a3-47a9-8a6f-e27f133b2a36",
"folderId": "1447389e-16fb-49ba-96fd-361b5a2522af",
"connectionId": "eec83609-5eb4-4d8d-9f6e-ded016984f0d",
"createdAt": "2025-01-27T12:28:59.408Z",
"updatedAt": "2025-01-27T12:28:59.408Z",
"syncStatus": "pending",
"lastSyncJobId": null,
"lastSyncMessage": null,
"lastSyncedAt": null,
"importStatus": null,
"lastImportJobId": null,
"lastImportMessage": null,
"lastImportedAt": null,
"removeStatus": null,
"lastRemoveJobId": null,
"lastRemoveMessage": null,
"lastRemovedAt": null,
"syncOptions": {
"initialSyncBehavior": "overwrite-destination"
},
"connection": {
"app": "gcp",
"name": "my-gcp-connection",
"id": "eec83609-5eb4-4d8d-9f6e-ded016984f0d"
},
"environment": {
"slug": "dev",
"name": "Development",
"id": "124e0392-4070-4b1c-900e-ced30cd55bf3"
},
"folder": {
"id": "1447389e-16fb-49ba-96fd-361b5a2522af",
"path": "/"
},
"destination": "gcp-secret-manager",
"destinationConfig": {
"projectId": "infisical-test-playground"
}
}
}
```
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