Google Cloud Storage connection
To access your data in Google Cloud Storage, create a connection asset for it.
Google Cloud Storage is an online file storage web service for storing and accessing data on Google Cloud Platform Infrastructure.
Create a connection to Google Cloud Storage
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Project ID
- Credentials: The contents of the Google service account key JSON file
- Client ID and Client secret
- Access token
- Refresh token
For Credentials, you can use secrets if a vault is configured for the platform and the service supports vaults. For information, see Using secrets from vaults in connections.
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
In a project Click Add to project > Connection. See Adding a connection to a project.
In a catalog
Click Add to catalog > Connection. See Adding a connection asset to a catalog.
In a deployment space
Click Add to space > Connection. See Adding connections to a deployment space.
In the Platform assets catalog
Click New connection. See Adding platform connections.
Next step: Add data assets from the connection
Where you can use this connection
You can use Google Cloud Storage connections in the following workspaces and tools:
Analytics projects
- Data Refinery (Watson Studio or Watson Knowledge Catalog)
- DataStage (DataStage service)
- Notebooks (Watson Studio). Use the insert-to-code function to get the connection credentials and load the data into a data structure. See Load data from data source connections.
- SPSS Modeler (SPSS Modeler service)
Catalogs
- Platform assets catalog
- Other catalogs (Watson Knowledge Catalog)
Supported file types
The Google Cloud Storage connection supports these file types: Avro, CSV, Delimited text, Excel, JSON, ORC, Parquet, SAS, SAV, SHP, and XML.
Learn more
Google Cloud Storage documentation
Parent topic: Supported connections