How do I connect to Google Cloud?

Learn how to connect, monitor and report on resources in Google Cloud

1. Log into Bocada Cloud

• On the left navigation menu, click Connections, then +Add.  
• Click the Google Cloud tile.
• Organization field: this drop-down field will be pre-populated with your main organization (Billing Entity); however, you can select a different organization if you have more than one set up. The data collected through this connection will be associated with the organization you select in the Bocada Cloud UI (reports, dashboard) and email notifications.
• Connection Name field: give this connection a name which will display in the Bocada Cloud UI.

2. Service Account Key 

Bocada Cloud connects to Google Cloud projects for data collection and reporting via a Service Account Key. This key should be linked to a Service Account User with a viewer role and can be created by following the steps outlined here:

https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/keys-create-delete#creating

Once you have created the key, copy the JSON content and paste into the Service Account Key (JSON Content) field.

3. Test Connection 

Click the Next button to test the connection. 

If the connection is successful, you will be asked to select how many days in the past (up to the past 8 days) of backup data you want to collect to initially populate reports and your Dashboard. Then, your connector will run data collections every hour after that point. Data will be collected for the following resource types:

• Virtual Machines 
• Spanner Backups 
• Cloud SQL (Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server)  
• Spanner to Buckets Exports 
• Kubernetes

If the connection is unsuccessful, you will be able to click the “Previous” button to edit your connection details and try again. 

Resource Audit Reporting

Bocada Cloud collects all of the resources that exist in your Google projects as inventory resources. You will see them displayed in the Resource Audit report which identifies those that are protected (backed up), and those that are unprotected (not backed up). Learn more.