PostgreSQL: 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 | |
How to use your vault... To use your vault, do the following:
To use your vault, do the following:
To use your vault, do the following:
To use your vault, do the following:
To use your vault, do the following:
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Prerequisites
In your Collibra environment
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You created and installed an Edge 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.
- 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.listto list bucketsstorage.objects.listto 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.*.getdataplex.*.list
Steps
- Open a site.
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On the main toolbar, click
→
Settings.
The Settings page opens. -
In the tab pane, click Edge.
The Sites tab opens and shows a table with an overview of your sites. - In the table, click the name of the site whose status is Healthy.
The site page opens.
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On the main toolbar, click
- In the Connections section, click Create connection.
The Create connection page appears. - Select the GCP connection to connect to Google Cloud Platform.
- Enter the required information.
Field Description Required Available for vaults? Name The name of the Edge 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.CopyExample{
"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
- Click Create.
The connection is added to the Edge site.
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