Google GCS

Below is an example of a FarEarth hosting configuration, for Amazon's S3 buckets.

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For information on how to configure Google GCS, refer to Google GCS Setup

{
    "id": "farearth.gcs-archive-101",
    "protocol": "google-gcs",
    "dataRetentionWindow": "12 hours",
    "properties": {
        "bucketName": "MY_BUCKET",
        "credFileB64": "...", // Add your service account json encoded base64 string here            
        "enableMultiPartCopy": true, // Optional property, default is true
        "enableCopyObject": true // Optional property, default is true
    }
}

The required properties for the Amazon S3 bucket listed below.

Field	Details
bucketName	Name of the bucket as it is configured on Amazon
credFileB64	Base-64 encoded version of the JSON credentials file provided by Google
enableMultiPartCopy	Default: true. Enables or disables multi-part copying which improves performance for large files

FarEarth uses a secure data transfer mechanism, where the access credentials, including the credFileB64, never leave the FarEarth server where it is configured (example, the Gateway). This means that even if other FarEarth components, running in other security realms, require access to the data in Google Drive cloud storage, it requests the access via the Gateway, using industry-standard secure communication. Data is retrieved via short-lived, access-constrained, and pre-signed URLs.