Add a Google Cloud Storage connection to an Edge site

After you created and installed an Edge site, you can create a connection to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Before you begin

Requirements and 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.
  • You need a Google Cloud Platform Service Account that can read the Google Cloud Storage (GCS) file system that you want to integrate. This means the Service Account must have the permissions to list buckets (storage.buckets.list) and objects in a bucket (storage.objects.list). For information on GCP, go to the Google documentation.
  • If you use Dataplex, the Service Account must be able to detect file schemas in GCS resources from Dataplex, for example via the Dataplex Viewer role.
    For information on GCP, go to the Google documentation.

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 Connections section, click Create connection.
    The Create connection page appears.
  3. Enter the required information.
    FieldDescriptionRequired

    Connection settings

    This section contains the general settings of your connection.

    Name

    The name of the Edge connection for Google Cloud Platform.

    		 Yes
    Description

    The description of the connection.

    		 No
    Connection provider

    The connection provider, which determines the available connection parameters.

    Select the GCP connection to connect to Google Cloud Platform.

    		Yes

    Connection parameters

    		This section contains the settings to connect to your data source.
    GCP Service Account Credentials JSON

    The account to connect to the GCP.
    Add the full content of the service account key JSON file.

    Ensure the service account has the required permissions.
    For more information about service account keys, go to the Google documentation.

    		 Yes
    Encryption options

    Select the type of encryption used to store the Secret Access Key.

    Default: To be encrypted by Edge management server.

    		 Yes

    Additional parameters

    Your connection to GCP does not require any additional parameters.

    Delete the existing blank property.

    		 No
  4. Click Create.
    The connection is added to the Edge site.

What's next?

You can now add the GCS synchronization capability to an Edge site.