# Updating a connector in Google Cloud

Periodically, you may need to update your Google Cloud connector to help maintain functionality, performance, and security.

This article explains how to update a connector through the Helm CLI.

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### Prerequisites

<table><thead><tr><th width="257">Item</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Apono Token</strong></td><td><p>Account-specific Apono authentication value<br><br>Use the following steps to obtain your token:</p><ol><li>On the <a href="https://app.apono.io/connectors"><strong>Connectors</strong></a> page, click <strong>Install Connector</strong>. The <strong>Install Connector</strong> page appears.</li><li>Click <strong>GCP > Install and Connect GCP Project > CLI (GKE)</strong>.</li><li>Copy the token in step listed on the page in step 1.</li></ol></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Helm Command Line Interface (Helm CLI)</strong></td><td><a href="https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/">Command-line interface</a> used to manage Kubernetes applications</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Owner Role</strong></td><td><a href="https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/roles-overview?sjid=2603002525407015039-NC#basic">Google Cloud role</a> that provides full access to most Google Cloud resources</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Project ID</strong></td><td>Identifier for the <a href="https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#identifying_projects">Google project</a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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### Update a connector

To update an Apono connector for Google Cloud, follow these steps in the shell environment:

1. Set the `APONO_CONNECTOR_ID` environment variable to your chosen connector ID value.

   ```shell
   export APONO_CONNECTOR_ID=apono-google-integration
   ```
2. Set the `APONO_TOKEN` environment variable to your account token.

   ```shell
   export APONO_TOKEN=abcd1234-e5f6-7g8h-90123i45678
   ```
3. Set the `PROJECT_ID` environment variable to the Google Project ID.

   ```shell
   export PROJECT_ID=my-project-12345
   ```
4. Set the `GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL` environment variable.

   ```shell
   export GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=apono-connector-iam-sa@$PROJECT_ID.iam.gserviceaccount.com
   ```
5. Set the `NAMESPACE` to the namespace where the connector is installed.
6. Run the following `helm upgrade` command to pull the most recent connector version.

   ```shell
   helm upgrade apono-connector apono-connector --repo https://apono-io.github.io/apono-helm-charts \
       --set-string apono.token=$APONO_TOKEN \
       --set-string apono.connectorId=$APONO_CONNECTOR_ID \
       --set-string serviceAccount.gcpServiceAccountEmail=$GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL \
       --namespace $NAMESPACE \
       --create-namespace
   ```
7. On the [**Connectors**](https://app.apono.io/connectors) page, verify that the connector has been updated.


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