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Google Cloud Storage Data Server#

This topic covers integration of Google Cloud Storage (GCS) and Google BigQuery (GBQ) with the Privacera Platform using Privacera Dataserver.

Prerequisites

Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

  • If GCS is being configured, then you need access to an Google Cloud Storage account along with required credentials.
  • If GBQ is being configured, then you need access to an Google Cloud BigQuery account along with required credentials.
  • Get the credential file (JSON) associated with the service account by downloading it. For more information, click here.

Configuration

  1. SSH to the instace as USER.

  2. Copy the credential file you've downloaded from your machine to a location on your instance where Privacera Manager is configured. Get the file path of the JSON file and add it in the next step.

  3. Run the following commands.

    cd ~/privacera/privacera-manager/
cp config/sample-vars/vars.dataserver.gcp.yml config/custom-vars/
vi config/custom-vars/vars.dataserver.gcp.yml

  4. Update the following credential file information.

    GCP_CREDENTIAL_FILE_PATH: "/tmp/my_google_credential.json"

    Note

    You can also add custom properties that are not included by default. See Dataserver.

  5. Run the following commands.

    cd ~/privacera/privacera-manager
./privacera-manager.sh update

    After the update is completed, Privacera gets installed and a default GCS data source is created.

  6. Add GCS Project ID in the GCS data source.

    1. Navigate to Portal UI > Settings > Data Source Registration and edit GOOGLE_CLOUD_STORAGE.

    2. Click Application Properties and add the following properties:

      • Credential Type: Select Google Credentials Local File Path from the dropdown list.
      • Google Credentials Local File Path: Set value to None.
      • Google Project Id: Enter your Google Project ID.

    3. To view the buckets, navigate to Data Inventory > File Explorer.

      If you can not view the buckets, restart Dataserver.

      cd  privacera/privacera-manager 
./priavacera-manager.sh restart dataserver

Related Information

For further reading, see:

  • You can use Google APIs to apply access control on GCS. For more information, click here.
Last update: September 16, 2021