Google Cloud Storage Bucket
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Cloud Storage allows world-wide storage and retrieval of any amount of data at any time. You can use Cloud Storage for a range of scenarios including serving website content, storing data for archival and disaster recovery, or distributing large data objects to users via direct download.
To set up Google Cloud Storage as a storage for your backups, follow the steps below.
Type a storage name in the Storage name field. Use a name that will help you identify this storage in the future.
Select Google Cloud from a Storage Provider dropdown:
Choose the settings for the storage:
To upload backups to Google Cloud Storage, you need to grant the Storage Object Admin role to the service account that Cloudback uses to access the bucket. Copy the service account from the Step 2 field and grant the Storage Object Admin role to this service account.
After granting the Storage Object Admin role, you need to provide the bucket name in the Step 3 field. Bucket name is required so Cloudback can upload backups to the correct bucket.
Deduplication type - enable or disable data deduplication. For more details, please refer to the documentation
Archive type - enable or disable archive password protection. For more details, please refer to the documentation
Archive name pattern - configure the archive name pattern, which is used to generate the name of the backup archive. For more details, please refer to the documentation
To upload backups to Google Cloud Storage, you need to have a bucket. You can find more information on how to create a bucket in the . If you already have a bucket, you can skip this step.
Navigate to the Storages page by clicking on the Storages link in the left-side navigation pane
Click on the + New storage button:
Open the
Click on Save button to save the new storage. You can also use a Test button to check if the storage is configured correctly. After saving the storage, you can use it for storing backups of your repositories.
All storage settings can be changed later in the Storages page. To edit the storage settings, click on the Edit button next to the storage you want to edit.
You can change the storage for a particular repository in the page. Also, you can assign it to multiple repositories through the .
