Connecting to Google Cloud Platform

Connecting to Google Cloud Platform

Our Premium Connector lets you connect the Google Cloud Platform with our platform. 

Learn more about how to Add Connections.

Adding

The Data Hub area of the platform is where you can add connections for connectors. Navigate the side menu to Data Hub > Connections.

On the Connections page:

  • Click the ADD CONNECTION button in the top-right-hand corner to bring up a list of connections.
  • Click on the Google Cloud Platform option.

Authenticating

After adding a connection, fill in the required properties and save.

Service Account Email

The Google-provided email address of the Cloud service account you’ve created.
Should end in ‘iam.gserviceaccount.com’

Service Account Key File

The .p12 certificate file you have downloaded for your Google Cloud service account

Key File Password

Password for your service account’s .p12 key file – this would have been displayed by Google at time of downloading the file

Creating a Service Account

  1. In the top-left corner of the GCP console, click Menu Menu.
  2. Click IAM & Admin > Service accounts.
  3. Click Create Service Account, and in the Service account name field, enter a name for the service account. 
  4. (Optional) Enter a description of the service account.
  5. Click Create.
  6. Assign the desired roles to the new account.
  7. Click Continue  > Create Key.
  8. Ensure the key type is set to P12 and click Create.
    You’ll see a message that the service account P12 file has been downloaded to your computer.
    Take note of the File Password that’s linked to the generated P12 file.
  9. Click Close > Done.
  10. Click Save.
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