Create an account in Google Cloud Storage GCS

5 minute read                                                                                                                 Intermediate

---

Video Tutorial

1. Go to Google Cloud Console and sign in with your Gsuite account.

2. After signing in you will be redirected to the Google Cloud console. Use link if not redirected: https://console.cloud.google.com/getting-started

3. Click on TRY FOR FREE and fill in Billing details.

4. Select Country and check to agree to terms and conditions.

5. Now fill in your primary contact and payment information details and click on start free.

This whole process of account information and payment information verification will take a few minutes.

6. Answer the four questions asked by Google Cloud

• What best describes your organization and its needs?

• What brought you to Google Cloud?

• What are you interested in doing with Google Cloud?

• What best describes your role?

7. Click My Project in the top bar to create a new project.

8. Click on New Project at the top right corner.

10. Fill in your project details and click on the CREATE button. Once the new project is created, select it, and in the top search bar:

• Type BigQuery API and enable it if it’s not already enabled. If enabled, it will show as Manage.

• Similarly, search for Google Sheets API and enable it if it’s not already enabled. If enabled, it will show as Manage.

11. Select Cloud Storageand the Buckets from the side panel of Google Cloud Console Dashboard

12. Click on +CREATE button to create a bucket to store data

13. Enter the name of the bucket to be created and the preferred data location where data will be stored

14. Choose the preferred plan for storage and access control type and click on the CREATE button.

15. A new bucket is created.

---

Making bucket Public

1 . Once Bucket is created, Open the bucket and click on Permissions.

2 . Under the View By Principle section, click Grant Access.

3 . Under add principle, tab choose allUsersand choose a role as Storage Admin.

4 . Click on save open and a pop-up will come for confirmation of making the bucket publicly accessible.

5 . Click on ALLOW PUBLIC ACCESS

6. Select IAM & Adminand then Service Accounts from the side panel of Google Cloud Console Dashboard

7. Click + Create Service Account, enter the details, and click Create and Continue.

8. Grant this service account access to the project, ensuring it has Owner access as well. Click Done.

9. Click on the three-dot dropdown next to the service account, then select Manage Keys.

10. Click Add Key, select JSON as the key type, and click Create.

11. Save the downloaded JSON file and copy its content.

Integrate Google Cloud Storage with Glific

1. Open the Glific account and click on the NGO main account button (bottom left corner), then go to Settings and select Google Cloud Storage.

2. Enable the active box, paste the copied JSON file into the Goth Credentials field.

3. Copy the client email from the JSON file and paste it into Goth Credentials.

4. Enter the bucket name (you can find it in Google Cloud Console > Cloud Storage > Buckets).

Integrate BigQuery API with Glific

1. Open BigQuery from the left panel in Glific.

2. Enable the active box and paste the copied JSON content into the Goth Credentials field. Click Save.

Integrate Google Sheets API with Glific

1. Open Google Sheets from the left panel in Glific.

2. Enable the active box and paste the copied JSON content into the Goth Credentials field. Click Save.