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☁️Google Cloud Storage

Provides instructions for connecting Google Cloud Storage buckets to Ovision.

Notice This guide assumes that you have a project in use within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This guide does not guide you through the creation of a GCP project.

Access GCP

  1. Connect to the GCP console.

  2. Log in with your Google account.

  3. Select a project at the top of the GCP console.

Create Service Account

Notice If you have an existing service account, you can skip the [Create Service Account] step.

  1. Go to [IAM & Admin → Service Accounts] through the main menu.

  2. Click the [+ CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT] button on the service account menu.

  3. Follow the steps to create a service account by entering the information.

  4. Check the service account that you created in the list of service accounts.

Create Bucket

Notice If you have already created a bucket, you can skip the [Create Bucket] step.

  1. Type 'buckets' in the search bar and click 'Buckets' in the lookup list.

  2. Go to the [Buckets] menu, and then click the [+ CREATE] button.

  3. Follow the steps to create a bucket by entering the information.

  4. Check the bucket that you created in the list of buckets.

Connect Service Account and Bucket

Notice You need to verify that the service account permissions on the bucket are set to 'Storage Admin'. If permissions are not set, you should follow the guide below to set permissions.

  1. Go to [IAM & Admin → Service Accounts] through the main menu.

  2. Copy the 'email' from the service account you want to connect with the bucket to the clipboard.

  3. Type 'buckets' in the search bar and click 'Buckets' in the lookup list.

  4. Go to the [Buckets] menu, then click the [Actions] button on the bucket that you want to connect with the service account, and then click the [Edit access] button.

  5. On the Set Permissions menu, click the [+ ADD PRINCIPAL] button.

  6. Paste the 'service account' email that you copied to the clipboard into 'New principals'.

  7. Click [Select a role] and set it to 'Storage Admin'.

  8. Click the [SAVE] button to complete the [Add Principals] operation.

Get Service Account Private key

  1. Go to [IAM & Admin → Service Accounts] through the main menu.

  2. Click the [Actions] button on service account, and then click [Manage keys].

  3. On the [Manage keys] menu, click [Create new key] from the [ADD KEY] drop-down menu.

  4. Select [JSON] as 'Key type' and click the [CREATE] button.

Connect Buckets to Ovision

Notice The 'Private Key (JSON)' and 'Bucket Name' information of the service account is required to connect buckets in Ovision.

  1. Click the [Settings] menu.

  2. Click the [Connections] menu.

  3. Click the [Connect] button on 'Google Cloud Storage'.

  4. Enter information about the bucket connection and click the [Connect] button.

    • Private Key : Copy and paste the contents of the previously downloaded json file.

    • Bucket Name : Enter a name for the bucket. (*You must enter the same name as the bucket of GCP.)

  5. If the bucket connection status is marked 'SUCCESS' with a notice that the connection was successful, the connection is complete.

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