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# Enable Cloud Messaging
Pre-requisite(s):
* Firebase project. [Read more..](/app-details/firebase/create-firebase-project.md)
### Enabling Cloud Messaging for your Firebase project
1. Make sure you have selected your **Project** in the Firebase Console**,** and via the cogwheel in the top-left corner of the Firebase console, open **Project Settings**:\
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2. Open the **Cloud Messaging** settings page by clicking on the similarly named tab. Then click on the three dots in the upper right corner. Select **Manage API in Google Cloud Console**.\
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3. We want to manage our Firebase Cloud Messaging API account, so select **Manage**:\
4. You'll be redirected to the **Google Cloud Console** in a new tab. Here we are going to create a new service account:\
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1\) Select **Credentials**\
2\) Select **Create Credentials**\
3\) Select **Service Account**\
5. Give the account a name (you are free to choose) and select **Create and** **Continue**:\
6. Continue with assigning the role **Firebase Cloud Messaging API Admin** to this new account:\
7. Select **Continue** and then **Done**:
8. We are now ready to start **creating the keys** that we need to upload in AppMachine. Back in the main overview, select the account you just created by clicking on it:\
9. Here, select **Key** and then **Add Key**:\
10. Select **Create new Key**, then select **JSON** and finally click **Create**:\
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11. You will now see a confirmation that the key has been created and downloaded to your computer:\
12. We are done here, and return to the AppMachine Designer:\
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1\) Go the the **Publish** page of your app\
2\) Select **Edit Store Info** \
3\) Select **View Certificates and API Keys**\
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13. Select **Add Certificate**:\
14. Click on **Next**:\
15. **NOTE:** Make sure you start with the google-services.json, this is the file you downloaded when you first created your app project. If you don't have it, you can re-download it through the **Project Settings** of your app:\
16. After uploading google-services.json, you can proceed to upload the newly created key. When you are ready, select "Upload".\
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17. Congratulations, you are now finished!