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Preparing a Google Drive Connection

Article: 100050288
Last Published: 2024-03-05
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Product(s): Veritas Alta SaaS Protection

Description

 
This article will walk through the process of configuring the Google Workspace pre-requisites in order to create the connector that will capture the data.  
A few notes to consider:
  1. The process will require elevated access to the Google Workspace console.
  2. The connector only supports capturing data from users in Google Workspace; it does not support regular Gmail.    

Authentication and Authorization

A service account is required in order to access resources, including delegated access to users' Google Drives.

 

 

Step 1:  Create the Project

A project is a collection of settings, credentials, and metadata about the application or applications you're working on that make use of Google APIs and Google Cloud Platform resources.
  1. Create a Project by logging into the console via the following URL: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials
  2. Create a Credential of type service account.

 

 

 

Step 2: Enable the APIs

Click the ' Enable APIS AND SERVICES' button.  From the list, enable the required APIs listed below:
  1. Google Drive
  2. Service Directory API
  3. Admin SDK API

 

Step 3: Create the service account, making it an owner of the project

 

 

Step 4:  Create the service account key and download the JSON 

This JSON file will be used when configuring the connector.  
 

 


Step 5: Enable domain-wide delegation for the service account

  1. Browse to: https://admin.google.com/ac/owl/domainwidedelegation
  2. Select Security, then API controls, then Domain-wide delegation
  3. Click the 'Add new' button
  4. Enter the Client ID, which is the service account Unique ID
  5. Enter the URL's below for the scopes:
  6. Click the 'Authorise' button
 
 
This completes the process.
 
Now it is time to create and configure the Connector that will capture this data.  Refer to the article: How to create Veritas Alta SaaS Protection Connectors for Google Drive. 
 

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