Netezza: Create a Google Cloud Platform connection

After you install an Edge site or are granted a Collibra Cloud site, you can create a connection to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Do you use a vault?

You can use a vault to add your data source information to your Edge site connection.

Check the connection property table below to see which information is available for your vault.

Vaults are not available for Collibra Cloud site sites.

No vault
AWS Secrets Manager
Azure Key Vault
CyberArk Vault
Google Secret Manager
HashiCorp Vault
 

Prerequisites

In your Collibra environment

  • You either created and installed an Edge site or were granted a Collibra Cloud site.
    Note 

    If you have defined an outbound (forward) proxy on your Edge site, the integration considers that configuration when connecting to the data source. The following proxies are supported for GCS:

    • Pass through (No authentication)
    • Pass through (Basic authentication)
    • MITM (No authentication)
    • MITM (Basic authentication)
    • No proxy for noProxy hosts defined by Edge
  • You have added a vault to your Edge site.
    Note  Vaults are not supported on Collibra Cloud sites.
  • If your data source connection requires a file from your vault, the file must be encoded into Base64 and stored as a regular secret in your vault.
  • You have a global role that has the Manage connections and capabilities global permission, for example, Edge integration engineer.

In your GCP environment

For more information on Google Cloud Platform and service accounts, go to the Google documentation. For more information on Dataplex roles, go to the Google documentation on Dataplex roles.

  • 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 that the service account must have the following permissions:
    • storage.buckets.list to list buckets
    • storage.objects.list to list objects in a bucket
  • If you use Dataplex, the service account must be able to detect file schemas in GCS resources from Dataplex. This means that the service account must have the following permissions, for example, via the Dataplex Viewer role:
    • dataplex.*.get
    • dataplex.*.list

Steps

  1. Open a site.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products iconCogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. In the tab pane, click Edge.
      The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of your sites.
    3. In the table, click the name of the site whose status is Healthy.
      The site page opens.
  2. In the Connections section, click Create connection.
    The Create connection page appears.
  3. Select the GCP connection to connect to Google Cloud Platform.
  4. Enter the required information.
    FieldDescriptionRequiredAvailable for vaults?
    Name

    The name of the Edge or Collibra Cloud site connection for Google Cloud Platform.

    Yes No
    Description

    The description of the connection.

    No No
    Vault The vault where you store your data source values. No No
    Connection type
    Important  Currently, only the Service Account authentication method is supported for this integration.

    The authentication method for your GCP connection. Select Service Account to use a Google service account for authentication.

    Yes No
    GCP Service Account / Workload Identity Federation (WIF)
    Important  Currently, only the Service Account authentication method is supported for this integration.

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

    Copy
    Example
    {
      "type": "service_account",
      "project_id": "PROJECT_ID",
      "private_key_id": "KEY_ID",
      "private_key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nPRIVATE_KEY\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n",
      "client_email": "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL",
      "client_id": "CLIENT_ID",
      "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
      "token_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
      "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
      "client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL"
    }

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

    Yes Yes
    Property

    If your connection to GCP requires any additional parameters, click Add Property.

    No No
  5. Click Create.
    The connection is added to the Edge or Collibra Cloud site.

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