Adding Google Cloud service accounts

To allow a specific service account to perform all operations on a Google Cloud target or to authenticate with an R-Cloud module, you must first add the service account to R‑Cloud, and then specify it when setting up the target or adding an R-Cloud module to R‑Cloud.

For details on how to specify a service account when setting up a Google Cloud target, see Setting up a Google Cloud target. For details on how to specify a service account when adding an R-Cloud module to R‑Cloud as a source, see Adding R-Cloud modules.

Prerequisite

A service account must be configured in Google Cloud and you must have access to a valid JSON file that stores the service account information, including its private key.

Procedure

  1. In the Cloud Accounts dialog box, click New New.

  2. Select Add Google Cloud Service Account, and then click Next.

  3. In the Name field, enter a name for the service account that you want to add.

  4. From the Protection Set drop-down menu, select the protection set to which you want to add your service account.

  5. Click Browse.

  6. Select the JSON file with the service account information, and then click Open.

  7. Review the service account information, and then click Upload.

The service account is added to the list of cloud accounts in R‑Cloud.

You can at any time edit any of the existing service accounts (click Edit Edit and make the required modifications) or delete the ones that you do not need anymore (click Delete Delete). Keep in mind that deleting the service account from R‑Cloud does not remove it from Google Cloud.