Google Cloud Integration

QuantaStor's Cloud Containers feature enables one to setup a NAS Gateway to object storage like AWS and other S3 compatible cloud storage buckets. Because of the way Google Cloud Storage works there are a couple of steps required to enable access to your Google Cloud account.

Overview Configuration Steps

• Login to your Google Cloud account: https://console.cloud.google.com/storage
• Navigate to the project settings and get your "Access Key" and "Secret"
• Create a service account to access the buckets and get the json authorization file.
• Add provider credentials to the Google provider within QuantaStor with your key, secret, project and json file.
• Create a new Cloud Container which will create a bucket in your Google Cloud storage -or- Add a Cloud Container using an existing Google Cloud bucket

Logging into Google Cloud Storage

Login to your Google account normally via https://console.cloud.google.com/storage.

Get the Access Key and Secret

Navigate to "Settings" and then "Interoperability" for you project. If you don't have a key, create a new one for the project.

Create a service account

Navigate to IAM & Admin section to create a service account.

Then create a service account.