Google Shared Drives
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Overview
A connection is how you grant DryvIQ access to the content in your Google Shared Drives account. You will provide the connection information required for DryvIQ to connect to the platform/server. This grants DryvIQ access to the account so it can scan and analyze the content based on the policies you create.
Creating a Connection
Select Content from the main menu.
Verify you are on the Connections tab.
Select Add connection.
Select Google Shared Drives as the platform on the Add connection modal.
Enter the connection information. See Connection Authentication Options below for details about each field.
Test the connection to ensure DryvIQ can connect using the information entered.
You will see a "Connection test succeeded" message on the Add connection modal when DryvIQ establishes connection. (If you don't see this message, verify the information you entered.)
Select Done.
Connection Authentication Options
Below is a list of the authentication options available to create the connection. Select the options that work best for your account and the connection you are creating.
Field | Notes | Required |
|---|---|---|
Display as | Enter the display name for the connection. If you will be creating multiple connections, ensure the name readily identifies the connection. The name displays in the application, and you can use it to search for the connection and filter lists. The maximum length is 255 characters. | Optional |
Service Account Email | Enter the email address created during the Service Account creation process. It will resemble | Required |
Private Key | Enter the private key required to access the drive. This is the value created when creating the new private key when creating a new Service Account in the Google IAM & admin Console. It will begin with " | Required |
Subject Email | Enter the email address for the root account containing the data to be transferred. | Required |
Domain | Enter the target domain name. For example, your-domain.com. If you do not include the domain for the Subject Email, you must include the domain in this field. This domain will then be used as the domain for the account. | Optional |
Token Uri | Enter the custom authentication URI. If not supplied, the default is used - https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token . | Optional |
Preserve content type | If a policy requires DryvIQ to move files, indicate if DryvIQ should try to preserve files in their original content type. This feature is mainly used for Google to Google transfers. The default value is No. This means that an upload content type is not specified. Most files will still preserve content types. However, Google native documents and Microsoft Office files will transfer as Microsoft Office files. Selecting Yes will preserve files in their original content type. Google native documents will transfer as Google native documents. Microsoft Office files will transfer as Microsoft Office files. | Optional |
Import as Google native documents | If a policy requires DryvIQ to move files, indicate if DryvIQ should import Microsoft Office documents as Google documents. This feature is mainly used when transferring from any platform, such as Box to Google. The default value is No. This means Microsoft Office files will be preserved as their original content type. Selecting Yes will import all Microsoft Office files as Google native documents. | Optional |
Behavior when deleting files | Select the type of delete DryvIQ should perform if a policy requires deleting items: Permanent or Soft. Soft delete is the default delete behavior; however, Permanent is the recommended behavior. A soft delete marks items as a deleted. You can still access them to restore or permanently delete the items. A permanent delete removes the items. This delete is not reversible. | Optional |
Allow file discovery | If a policy requires DryvIQ to move files, indicate if files with shared links should be searchable. The default value is No. This means that only users with whom the file has been shared can find and access the file. Selecting Yes sets the "People can search for this file" setting in the file link settings to TRUE. This means any files with shared links can be found and accessed by any user through the search. | |
Use domain admin access | Indicate is you want to allow domain-level administrator access to all Google shared drives, regardless of membership. The default value is No. This means the connection can only access shared drives the administrator is a member of. Selecting Yes allows the connection to access all shared drives in the administrator's domain/enterprise. | Optional |