Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage resources represent bucket-based object storage hosted on Google Cloud. GCS buckets can be automatically discovered through a Google Cloud inventory, or added manually using a self-managed inventory.

If you have a Google Cloud inventory configured in Plakar Control Plane, GCS buckets in your project are automatically discovered and available as resources. No manual setup is needed, you can go directly to attaching a connector to the resource and configuring its credentials.

If you are not using a Google Cloud inventory, you can create a self-managed inventory to manage your GCS resources manually. Read the self-managed inventory documentation for more information.

When using a Google Cloud inventory, buckets are automatically discovered. When using a self-managed inventory, you need to register your resources manually or import them from a CSV file.

To add a GCS bucket as a resource, use Object Storage as the class and GCS as the subclass. For the endpoint, use the bucket name.

Google Cloud Storage resources can be configured as a source, store, or destination connector.

The path to a Google Cloud service account JSON key file on the machine running Plakar Control Plane. Use this when you want to reference a key file on disk rather than embedding the credentials directly.

The full contents of a Google Cloud service account JSON key file, pasted directly into the field. Use this instead of Credentials File when you want to store the credentials inline without relying on a file path.

You only need to provide one of Credentials File or Credentials JSON.

Optional. Overrides the default Google Cloud Storage API endpoint. Only needed when connecting to a non-standard endpoint such as a local GCS emulator for development and testing.

Optional. Disables authentication entirely. Only useful when connecting to a local emulator that does not require credentials. Should never be enabled in production.

Plakar Control Plane requires a set of IAM permissions to access your GCS bucket. These permissions should be granted to the service account that Plakar Control Plane will use to authenticate. See the documentation on Managing IAM Roles and Service Accounts on Google Cloud for instructions on how to create a custom role with these permissions and generate a service account key.