GoogleCloudPlatform · mctavish · Aug 9, 2022 · Aug 9, 2022 · Aug 9, 2022 · Aug 9, 2022
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -224,6 +224,43 @@ Alternatively, you can pass the `--noreload` flag when running the Django
 using the `--noreload` flag disables the autoreload feature in Django, which
 means local changes to files will not be automatically picked up by Django.
 
+### Experimental Firebase Realtime Database Backend
+
+This functionality is available for release 3.0 onward of this agent.
+
+The agent can be configured to use Firebase Realtime Database as a backend
+instead of the deprecated Cloud Debugger service.  If the Firebase backend is
+used, breakpoints can be viewed and set using the Snapshot Debugger CLI instead
+of the Cloud Console.  
+
+To use the Firebase backend, set the flag when enabling the agent:
+
+```python
+try:
+  import googleclouddebugger
+  googleclouddebugger.enable(use_firebase=True)
+except ImportError:
+  pass
+```
+
+Additional configuration can be provided if necessary:
+
+```python
+try:
+  import googleclouddebugger
+  googleclouddebugger.enable(
+      use_firebase=True,
+      project_id='my-project-id',
+      firebase_db_url='https://my-database-url.firebaseio.com',
+      service_account_json_file='path/to/service_account.json',
+  )
+except ImportError:
+  pass
+```
+
+See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/snapshot-debugger for more details.
+
+
 ## Flag Reference
 
 The agent offers various flags to configure its behavior. Flags can be specified

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ google-auth>=1.0.0
 google-auth-httplib2
 google-api-python-client
 google-api-core
-firebase_admin
+firebase_admin==5.2.0
 pyyaml
diff --git a/src/googleclouddebugger/version.py b/src/googleclouddebugger/version.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # The major version should only change on breaking changes. Minor version
 # changes go between regular updates. Instances running debuggers with
 # different major versions will show up as two different debuggees.
-__version__ = '2.19'
+__version__ = '3.0'
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def ReadConfig(section, value, default):
         'google-auth>=1.0.0',
         'google-auth-httplib2',
         'google-api-core',
+        'firebase-admin==5.2.0',
         'pyyaml',
     ],
     packages=['googleclouddebugger'],