Create a Google Cloud Platform connection to an Edge site

Before you can synchronize Google Dataplex via Edge, you need to prepare your Edge or Collibra Cloud site. After you created and installed an Edge site, you can create a connection to 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
  
To use your vault, do the following:
  1. In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
  2. Enter the query value to identify the secret in your vault.
    Example 
    Note The Query must be a string containing the properties required to identify the secret. Each property must be separated by a semicolon (;). For example: Safe=<SafeName>;Folder=<FolderName>;Object=<ObjectName>

    If a property is a folder with sub-folders, use a backslash (\) to define the folder path. For example: Folder=Root\Top Secrets\More Secrets

    For more information about query formats and supported properties, go to the CyberArk Credential Provider documentation.

To use your vault, do the following:
  1. In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
  2. Enter the required information:
    Secret Engine Type
    Select one of the following:
    • Key Value
    • Database
    Engine Path
    The engine path to your vault where the value is stored.
    Secret Path
    The secret path to your vault where the value is stored.
    Field
    If your Secret Engine Type is Key Value, enter the name of the field to your vault where the value is stored.
    Role
    If your Secret Engine Type is Database, enter the role specified in the Database engine.
    Example 

To use your vault, do the following:
  1. In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
  2. Enter the required information:
    Vault Name
    The name of your Azure Key Vault in your Azure Key Vault service where the value is stored.
    Secret Name
    The name of the secret in your vault where the value is stored.
    Example 

To use your vault, do the following:
  1. In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
  2. Enter the required information:
    Secret Name
    The name of the secret in your vault where the value is stored.
    Field
    If the secret stored in your AWS Secrets Manager is a JSON value, for example {"pass1": "my-password", "pass2": "my-password2"}, then you need to specify the Field to point to the exact JSON value that should be used. For example, Secret Name: edge-db-customer; Field: pass.
    Note If the secret stored in your AWS Secrets Manager is a plain string value, for example my-password, then you do not need to specify the Field.
    Example 

To use your vault, do the following:
  1. In the Value Type field, select Vault Key.
  2. Enter the name of the secret in your vault where the value is stored.
    Example 

Prerequisites

In your Collibra environment

In your GCP environment

Steps

  1. Open a site.
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel 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
    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.

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    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.

What's next

You can now add the Google Dataplex Catalog synchronization capability to an Edge or Collibra Cloud site.