Add the GCS synchronization capability

After you have created a connection to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in your Edge site, you have to add the GCS synchronization capability to the connection.

Before you start

• You have created and installed an Edge site.
• You have enabled the GCS integration via Edge.
• You have created a connection to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) in your Edge site.

Required permissions

• You have a global role that has the System administration global permission.
• You have a global role with the Manage connections and capabilities global permission, for example Edge integration engineer.

Steps

1. Open an Edge site.
   1. On the main menu, click , and then click Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
   2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
      The Edge sites overview appears.
   3. In the Edge site overview, click the name of an Edge site with the status Healthy.
      The Edge site page appears.
2. In the Capabilities section, click Add capability.
   The Add capability page appears.
3. Enter the required information.

   Field	Description	Required
   Capability	This section contains the general information about the capability.
   Name	The name of the Edge capability.	Yes
   Description	The description of the Edge capability.	No
   Capability template	The capability template, which determines the next available sections. Select the following Edge capability: GCS synchronization	Yes
   GCP service account	This section contains information on how to connect to Google Cloud Storage.
   GCP Connection	The GCP connection to be used.	Yes
   Configuration	This section contains information on the configuration of the crawlers.
   Maximum number of files per crawler	The maximum number of files that can be registered per crawler. The default value is 100.	Yes

4. Click Save.
   The capability is added to the Edge site.
   The fields become read-only.

What's next?

You can now register a GCS file system.