# Google PaLM projectId required on local docker with text2vec-palm enabled?

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/google-palm-projectid-required-on-local-docker-with-text2vec-palm-enabled/283>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** developer-experience\
**Created:** [June 26, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/google-palm-projectid-required-on-local-docker-with-text2vec-palm-enabled/283 "2023-06-26T10:31:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattlindsey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/mattlindsey/32/227_2.png) [@mattlindsey](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/mattlindsey)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/google-palm-projectid-required-on-local-docker-with-text2vec-palm-enabled/283/1 "2023-06-26T10:31:29Z")

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Running latest text2vec-palm module 1 on docker but getting error:  
`module ‘text2vec-palm’: projectId cannot be empty`

But when I supply a projectID in the schema config it gives error on get:

`explorer: get class: vectorize params: vectorize params: vectorize params: vectorize keywords: remote client vectorize: connection to Google PaLM failed with status: 401 error: Request had invalid authentication credentials. Expected OAuth 2 access token, login cookie or other valid authentication credential. See https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project."]} (Weaviate::Error)`

Why is projectId required when I am not on Google Cloud? Am I doing it wrong for local docker? Shouldn’t it work out-of-the-box with `text2vec-palm` enabled?

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**Author:** ![mattlindsey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/mattlindsey/32/227_2.png) [@mattlindsey](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/mattlindsey)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/google-palm-projectid-required-on-local-docker-with-text2vec-palm-enabled/283/2 "2023-06-26T11:26:47Z")

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Additional info. This docker-compose.yml works fine with openai module, but not palm:

```auto
version: '3.4'
services:
  weaviate:
    image: semitechnologies/weaviate:latest
    ports:
    - 8080:8080
    restart: on-failure:0
    environment:
      QUERY_DEFAULTS_LIMIT: 25
      AUTHENTICATION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_ENABLED: 'true'
      PERSISTENCE_DATA_PATH: '/var/lib/weaviate'
      DEFAULT_VECTORIZER_MODULE: 'none'
      CLUSTER_HOSTNAME: 'node1'
      ENABLE_MODULES: 'text2vec-openai,text2vec-palm'

```

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**Author:** ![jphwang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/jphwang/32/38_2.png) [@jphwang](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/jphwang)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/google-palm-projectid-required-on-local-docker-with-text2vec-palm-enabled/283/3 "2023-06-30T16:22:14Z")

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Hi @mattlindsey - I think the way Docker images work, the `semitechnologies/weaviate:latest` tag isn’t always the latest unfortunately. Please try `semitechnologies/weaviate:1.19.11`

On the `text2vec-palm` issues - modules like `text2vec-palm` or `text2vec-openai` use PaLM or OpenAI API endpoints to generate vectors from your data.

I believe the PaLM models are currently only available through GCP Vertex AI, rather than through a public API endpoint like OpenAI. So you need the parameters to connect to GCP Vertex AI like the `projectId` and so on.

The error looks like the Google Cloud authentication credentials are failing. How are you providing your GCP token at the moment?

You can follow the example here ([text2vec-palm | Weaviate - vector database](https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/modules/retriever-vectorizer-modules/text2vec-palm#for-google-cloud-users)), if you have not seen it before. The way GCP is set up, also keep in mind that they require an OAuth 2 key which expires hourly and must be rotated too. ([text2vec-palm | Weaviate - vector database](https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/modules/retriever-vectorizer-modules/text2vec-palm#token-expiry-for-google-cloud-users))

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**Author:** ![mattlindsey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/mattlindsey/32/227_2.png) [@mattlindsey](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/mattlindsey)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/google-palm-projectid-required-on-local-docker-with-text2vec-palm-enabled/283/4 "2023-06-30T17:01:34Z")

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Thanks @jphwang. We decided to stick with using nearVector for now and generating the vectors ourselves – since we can do everything we need that way. And to avoid additional requirements of the expiring token and using GCP Vertex AI. The docs should maybe be a little clearer on those requirements.