1. Create a Google account to access Google Cloud Storage.
2. On the Credentials page, navigate to the APIs and auth section, and create a service account. After you create the service account, you can download a JSON file that contains the project_id, client_email, and private_key values. You will need to enter these details when you create a Google Cloud Storage connection in Informatica Cloud.
The following image shows the Credentials page where you can create the service account and key:
3. On the Dashboards page of the Google API Console, https://console.developers.google.com/, enable the Google Cloud Storage JSON API. Google Cloud Storage Connector uses the Google API to integrate with Google Cloud Storage.
The following image shows the Dashboard page where you can enable the API:
4. Create a project, bucket, source file, and target file. You will need to enter the project_id, path, source file name, and target file name when you create tasks and mappings in Informatica Cloud.
5. Verify that you have read and write access to the Google Cloud Storage bucket that contains the source file and target file.