Add info about gcp service account key encoding (#19496)

hashicorp · Mar 10, 2023 · 7f14a9e · 7f14a9e
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 ### Service Account Keys
 
-To generate service account keys, read from `gcp/.../key`. The roleset or static
-account must have been created as type `service_account_key`:
+To generate service account keys, read from `gcp/.../key`. Vault returns the service
+account key data as a base64-encoded string in the `private_key_data` field. This can
+be read by decoding it using `base64 --decode "ewogICJ0e..."` or another base64 tool of
+your choice. The roleset or static account must have been created as type `service_account_key`:
 
 ```shell-session
 $ vault read gcp/roleset/my-key-roleset/key