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• apigeeDeploy : This operation deploys an Apigee API proxy or Shared flow to Apigee X or Apigee Edge by using the maven apigee deploy plugin.

• apigeeConfigDeploy : This operation deploys Configurations like API Products, Developers, Developer Apps, Flow hooks, Extensions, Mask Config, Custom Roles, Cache, KVM, Target Server, and Resource Files, to the Apigee host by using the maven apigee config plugin.

Please refer for more information FlexDeploy - Apigee Plugin Guide

Setting up the Cloud Account for Apigee X

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service account key file is the file associated with our GCP service cloud account. We can download this file from the GCP console.

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Note: Permissions for deploying different types of resources on Apigee X, needs to be assigned to the Service Account.

Please refer to the link for more information about Service Account and Service Account File.

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