Integrate a GCP organization or project
Create an integration to manage access to a GCP organization or project resources
Apono offers GCP users a simple way to centralize cloud management through our platform. Through a single integration, you can manage multiple GCP services across various organizations and projects.
Prerequisites
Item | Description |
---|---|
Apono Connector | On-prem connection serving as a bridge between a Google Cloud instance and Apono |
Apono Premium | Apono plan providing the most features and dedicated account support |
Google User Account | User account with owner permissions |
Google Cloud Command Line Interface (Google Cloud CLI) | Command-line interface used to manage Google Cloud resources |
Google Cloud Information | Information for your Google Cloud instance associated with the Apono connector Google-defined:
User-defined
|
Associate BigQuery dataset permissions
Google BigQuery is a fast, scalable, secure, fully managed data warehouse service in the cloud, serving as a primary data store for vast datasets and analytic workloads.
To add this resource to your Google Project or Organization, you must create a custom role with BigQuery dataset permissions and assign the role to the service account for the Apono connector.
The following instructions in this section use the Google Cloud CLI.
However, you can also create a custom role through the Google Console, and IAM client library, or the REST API. Additionally, you can assign the custom role to the Apono connector through the Google Console.
Follow these steps to associate the permissions through the Google Cloud CLI:
In your shell environment, log in to Google Cloud and enable the API.Shell
Set the environment variables.
Create the custom role. Be sure to replace the placeholders (
<ROLE_ID>
,<TITLE>
, and<DESCRIPTION>
) with actual values of your choosing for the role ID, title, and description of the role.
Using the role ID defined in the previous step, assign the custom role to the Apono connector service account.
Enable the Cloud Asset API
To manage and monitor your cloud assets, you must enable the Cloud Asset API.
Follow these steps to enable this API:
In your shell environment, log in to Google Cloud and enable the API.
Integrate with GCP
Organization
Follow these steps to integrate Apono with your GCP organization:
On the Catalog tab, click GCP. The Connect Integrations Group page appears.
Under Discovery, click Google Organization.
Click one or more resource types to sync with Apono.
Apono automatically discovers and syncs all the instances in the environment. After syncing, you can manage access flows to these resources.
Click Next. The Apono connector section expands.
From the dropdown menu, select a connector. Choosing a connector links Apono to the roles available in the organization where the connector is located.
If the desired connector is not listed, click + Add new connector and follow the instructions for creating an Apono connector.
Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.
Define the Integration Config settings.
Setting Description Integration Name
Unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly name used to identify this integration when constructing an access flow
Organization ID
Click Next. The Get more with Apono section expands.
Define the Get more with Apono settings.
Setting Description Custom Access Details
(Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources Upon accessing an integration, a message with these instructions will be displayed to end users in the User Portal. The message may include up to 400 characters. To view the message as it appears to end users, click Preview. NOTE: You can also add the
custom_access_details
parameter to theapono_integration
schema using Terraform. For more information, learn how to integrate with Apono in the Terraform Registry.Integration Owner
(Optional) Fallback approver if no resource owner is found Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners:
From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform.
From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups.
NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.
Resource Owner
(Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource Follow these steps to define one or several resource owners:
Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment.
From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated. Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono.
NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.
Click Confirm.
After connecting your GCP organization to Apono, you will be redirected to the Connected tab to view your integrations. The new GCP integration will initialize once it completes its first data fetch. Upon completion, the integration will be marked Active.
Now that you have completed this integration, you can create access flows that grant permission to GCP organizational roles.
Project
Follow these steps to integrate Apono with your GCP project:
On the Catalog tab, click GCP. The Connect Integrations Group page appears.
Under Discovery, click Google Project.
Click one or more resource types to sync with Apono.
Apono automatically discovers and syncs all the instances in the environment. After syncing, you can manage access flows to these resources.
Click Next. The Apono connector section expands.
From the dropdown menu, select a connector. Choosing a connector links Apono to the roles available in the organization where the connector is located.
If the desired connector is not listed, click + Add new connector and follow the instructions for creating an Apono connector.
Click Next. The Integration Config section expands.
Define the Integration Config settings.
Setting Description Integration Name
Unique, alphanumeric, user-friendly name used to identify this integration when constructing an access flow
Project ID
Click Next. The Get more with Apono section expands.
Define the Get more with Apono settings.
Setting Description Custom Access Details
(Optional) Instructions explaining how to access this integration's resources Upon accessing an integration, a message with these instructions will be displayed to end users in the User Portal. The message may include up to 400 characters. To view the message as it appears to end users, click Preview. NOTE: You can also add the
custom_access_details
parameter to theapono_integration
schema using Terraform. For more information, learn how to integrate with Apono in the Terraform Registry.Integration Owner
(Optional) Fallback approver if no resource owner is found Follow these steps to define one or several integration owners:
From the Attribute dropdown menu, select User or Group under the relevant identity provider (IdP) platform.
From the Value dropdown menu, select one or multiple users or groups.
NOTE: When Resource Owner is defined, an Integration Owner must be defined.
Resource Owner
(Optional) Group or role responsible for managing access approvals or rejections for the resource Follow these steps to define one or several resource owners:
Enter a Key name. This value is the name of the tag created in your cloud environment.
From the Attribute dropdown menu, select an attribute under the IdP platform to which the key name is associated. Apono will use the value associated with the key (tag) to identify the resource owner. When you update the membership of the group or role in your IdP platform, this change is also reflected in Apono.
NOTE: When this setting is defined, an Integration Owner must also be defined.
Click Confirm.
After connecting your GCP project to Apono, you will be redirected to the Connected tab to view your integrations. The new GCP integration will initialize once it completes its first data fetch. Upon completion, the integration will be marked Active.
Now that you have completed this integration, you can create access flows that grant permission to GCP organizational roles.
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