Setting Up Google Cloud Storage

Before you can use Google Cloud Storage with Media Cloud, you’ll first need to go through some basic steps to get going. It looks complicated, but if you stick with the steps outlined, you should be able to get through the process in about 10-15 minutes.

Step 1 – Create Role

The very first thing we need to do is create a role that defines what capabilities are going to be granted to the user of the bucket.

Log into your Google Cloud Platform console, navigate to the IAM section and select Roles from the side navigation. When the Roles page has loaded, click on Create Role.

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Step 1.1 – Role Properties

On the Create Role page, give the role a name and, optionally, set it’s ID to something that is going to be more clear for you. Set the Role launch stage to General Availability.

When you’ve done all that, click on Add Permissions

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Step 1.2 – Role Permissions

A dialog window will appear that will allow us to assign the relevant permissions to our new role. To make it easier, filter the list of permissions to any role that has Storage in the title.

Once you’ve filtered the permissions, add the following permissions to our new role by click on the checkbox next to it. You will want to add the following:

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Step 1.3 – Create the Role

Verify that the correct permissions have been assigned and click on Create.

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