# Enable Required Firebase APIs for Chromebook Management

## Required Google Cloud APIs

FileWave 15.4.0 and later requires the **Firebase Management API** and **Firebase Cloud Messaging API** for Chromebook management. Both services must be enabled in the same Google Cloud project used by the FileWave Google integration.

## When to check

Check these APIs during initial Chromebook setup, before upgrading an older FileWave environment to 15.4.0 or later, and when Google synchronization reports that a required API is disabled. Enabling them before the FileWave upgrade is safe.

## Enable and verify the APIs

1. Open [Google Cloud APIs & Services](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard) and select the project configured for FileWave.
2. Enable **Firebase Management API** (`firebase.googleapis.com`) and **Firebase Cloud Messaging API** (`fcm.googleapis.com`). The [direct enablement link](https://console.developers.google.com/flows/enableapi?apiid=firebase.googleapis.com,fcm.googleapis.com) opens both services together.
3. If the correct project is unclear, compare it with the project and service-account configuration described in [Chromebook Client Pre-Requisites](https://kb.filewave.com/books/evaluation-guide/page/chromebook-client-pre-requisites "Chromebook Client Pre-Requisites") before enabling services.

Select the Google Cloud project used by FileWave, then choose **Next**.

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-05/scaled-1680-/pc8lxzUhUGcID458-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-05/pc8lxzUhUGcID458-image.png)

Confirm that both APIs are listed, then choose **Enable**.

[![image.png](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-05/scaled-1680-/mv7PQrIknPNxqhcK-image.png)](https://kb.filewave.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-05/mv7PQrIknPNxqhcK-image.png)

In FileWave Central 15.4.0 or later, open **Settings > Google**, run or observe a synchronization, and confirm that the status no longer reports either API as disabled.

## Related content

- [Chromebook Client Pre-Requisites](https://kb.filewave.com/books/evaluation-guide/page/chromebook-client-pre-requisites "Chromebook Client Pre-Requisites")
- [Update your apps to the latest Firebase Cloud Messaging APIs and SDKs](https://kb.filewave.com/books/google-general-info/page/update-your-apps-to-the-latest-firebase-cloud-messaging-apis-and-sdks "Update your apps to the latest Firebase Cloud Messaging APIs and SDKs")