Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

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Service account creation

We recommend creating a service account to handle the interaction between LucidLink and the Google Cloud Platform.

1. Login to your GCP Console.

2. Within the navigation menu at the top left, select IAM & Admin, then Service accounts. Then select Create Service Account.

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3. Choose a Service account name, click Create and Continue.

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4. Grant the appropriate Role to this account. In this example, we have chosen the built-in Storage Admin role. Once the role has been chosen, press Done to continue.

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Access Key generation

Google Cloud provides S3 Compatible Storage access-key and secret-keys via their XML APIs and Interoperability mode. To generation authentication keys for your service account, navigate to Cloud Storage, select Settings and Interoperability tab.

At the section Service Account HMAC, click on Create a key for a service account.

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Select a service account and choose Create key.

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The access key and secret are now generated. Please note that the dialog window is the only time you can access the secret.

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Once the keys are generated, you can create your LucidLink Filespace (see section Filespace creation).

LucidLink will create a bucket during the Filespace creation process. If you prefer, you can also create the bucket in the correct region within Google Cloud Platform by selecting Cloud Storage, then Buckets.

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Click Create bucket, and specify a unique Name (please only use lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens). Choose Region and Location along with Create to submit.

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Filespace creation

Please login to our Web App or through the desktop application. Click on "Create Filespace":

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Enter the name of your Filespace:

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Select "Your own storage" and choose GCP:

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Select the cloud storage region. You can enter the name of the container you have created. LucidLink automatically creates a bucket based on a globally unique identifier if no container name is provided in the "Bucket name" field.

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Enter the Access key and Secret key previously generated (see the Access key generation section)

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Finally, once you have confirmed all the settings are correct, you can create your Filespace.

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Please contact LucidLink Support if you encounter any challenges.

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