Convert GCP key from .pem to PKCS8

Products

• CloudHealth

Issue/Introduction

If you source GCP key from .pem file and upload it then the account will show healthy, but won't pull in costs.

Resolution

The .pem file needs to be converted to PKCS8 first. You may refer the stackoverflow articles below

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8290435/convert-pem-traditional-private-key-to-pkcs8-private-key
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20065304/differences-between-begin-rsa-private-key-and-begin-private-key/20065522#20065522 

You can also use openssl

openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -inform PEM -outform DER -in filename -out filename -nocrypt
 
# openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -inform PEM -outform PEM -nocrypt -in pkcs1.key -out pkcs8.key