Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage is a service for storing objects in Google Cloud. An object is an immutable piece of data consisting of a file of any format.

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If you select Google Cloud Storage from the Storage section, configure the following details:

Field	Description
Display name	Enter the name to be displayed.
Bucket name	Enter the name of your existing bucket.
Endpoint	The default endpoint is https://storage.googleapis.com.
Upload JSON key file (.json)	Upload the JSON key file. JSON key file is used to authenticate a Google Cloud service account with Google Cloud Storage.
Connection status	Click the Test connection link to test the storage connection. If the bucket connection is successful, a success message appears.
Console UI Designate this bucket as the ACL store	Console UI Use the toggle switch to designate this bucket as the ACL store. If you enable the toggle switch,An Enable Access Control List (ACL)? dialog appears, Click Enable. Note: This feature applies to watsonx.data Premium. For more information on how to use this feature, see Governance through Access Controlled Lists (ACL). If you enable the toggle switch, the Associate catalog option is selected by default, with the Apache Iceberg data source per-selected. You cannot choose a different catalog for ACLs. You can designate only one storage as the ACL store per instance. After a storage is designated, this option will no longer be visible or available.
Console UI Associate catalog	Console UI Select the checkbox to associate a catalog to the data source. This catalog is automatically associated with your data source and serves as your query interface with the data stored within.
Catalog type / Type	Console UI Catalog type: Select the catalog type from the list. The recommended catalog is Apache Iceberg. The other option for catalog is Apache Hive. Platform UI Type: Select the database type from the list. The recommended database is Apache Iceberg. The other option for database is Apache Hive.
Catalog name / Name	Console UI Catalog name: Enter the name of the catalog. Platform UI Name: Enter the name of the database associated with your data source. The database serves as your query interface with the data stored within.
Base path (optional) Note: This field appears only when you select Apache Iceberg as the data source.	Enter the base path for the data source in the object storage. This allows you to associate multiple Iceberg data sources with a single storage location. Note: You cannot share a storage location between Iceberg and non-Iceberg data sources.
Associate	Click Associate to create the storage.

Note: For Google Cloud Storage, multiple buckets of different service accounts cannot be configured.

Note: If Google Cloud Storage is already inactive in old instances, the system will display the Activate button. Once you activate Google Cloud Storage, the system will automatically remove the Activate button.