Google Cloud Storage

An overview of Google Cloud Storage integration with Secoda

GCS Metadata Extracted

Getting started with Google Cloud Storage

There are 3 steps to connect Google Cloud Storage with Secoda

1. Create a service account for Secoda

2. Create access key

3. Connect Google Cloud Storage to Secoda

Create a service account for Secoda

To provide least privilege to Secoda for extracting Google Cloud Storage metadata, you can create a new service account following the steps below.

Refer to Google Cloud’s documentation about service accounts for more information.

1. From the Navigation panel on the left, go to IAM & admin > Service accounts

2. Click Create Service Account along the top

3. Enter a name (for example: “secoda”) and click Create

4. When assigning permissions, make sure to grant the following permission:

a) If you're creating the service account via the GCP console add the following role:

Storage Object Viewer

b) If you're programatically creating the service account add the following role:

roles/storage.objectViewer

Create access key

On the GCP console, goto Cloud Storage and navigate to Settings on the panel on the left. Click on the Interoperability tab.

Generate HMAC keys for the newly created service account. Access key and the secret will be used to connect GCS to Secoda.

Connect Google Cloud Storage to Secoda

1. In Secoda, head to the Integrations page and click New Integration

2. Find Google Cloud Storage under Data Storage

3. Fill in the connection form with the Access Key and the Secret that were previously generated. Also, provide the name of the GCS bucket from which metadata is extracted

4. Click Test Connection to make sure everything is correct

5. Head to the Sync History tab on the side bar and click Run sync