Register a Google Cloud Storage file system

Requirements and permissions

The Edge site role has the Manage all resource permission.
The GCS synchronization capability does not store any user credentials. It calls the Import API using the Edge site user credentials. By default, the Edge site user cannot add any new assets in Collibra.
You have a resource role with the Configure external system resource permission, for example Owner.
You have a global role with the Catalog global permission, for example Catalog Author.
You have a role with the following resource permissions on the GCS community you created when you registered a GCS file system:
- Asset: add
- Attribute: add
- Domain: add
- Attachment: add

On the main menu, click , and then click Catalog.
The Catalog Home opens.
On the main toolbar, click .
The Create dialog box appears.
In the Create dialog box, click Register system.
The Register system page appears.
Note The GCS integration is currently listed under the Register with Jobserver/Register System section. We will change the location of the integration to be listed under the Register with Edge/Register Data Source section in a future release.
In the Register system page, click Google Cloud Storage.
The Register Google Cloud Storage file system dialog box appears.

Enter the required information.

Field	Description
Community	The parent community in which the initial GCS structure must be created.
File system name	The name for GCS file system asset.
Description	The description to provide extra information about the file system. This is used as the Description attribute of the GCS File System asset.
Owner	The owner name of the data in the created community.

Click Register.
An GCS File System asset is created.
An Storage Catalog domain is created with the same name as the GCS File System asset.