# How to run dbt on Cloud Composer and authenticate the service account

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**Tags:** airflow, orchestration-and-deployment, gcp-cloud-composer\
**Created:** [July 22, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/how-to-run-dbt-on-cloud-composer-and-authenticate-the-service-account/4646 "2022-07-22T16:44:35Z")\
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type: bigquery  
method: oauth

dbt will then automatically use the credentials of the service account of the node pool.

I have written a series of articles on how to run dbt at best on Google Cloud. Here is the link of part 1 if you are interested:

> **[DBT at scale on Google Cloud — Part 1](https://medium.com/astrafy/dbt-at-scale-on-google-cloud-part-1-54f8655443a7)**
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> Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity — not a threat.

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