Google Cloud Storage
- 07 Aug 2025
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Google Cloud Storage
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Overview
This Adapter allows you to ingest files/blobs stored in Google Cloud Storage (GCS).
Note that this adapter operates as a sink by default, meaning it will "consume" files from the GCS bucket by deleting them once ingested.
Configurations
Adapter Type: gcs
client_options: common configuration for adapter as defined here.bucket_name: the name of the bucket to ingest from.service_account_creds: the string version of the JSON credentials for a (Google) Service Account to use accessing the bucket.prefix: only ingest files with a given path prefix.single_load: iftrue, the adapter will not operate as a sink, it will ingest all files in the bucket once and will then exit.
Infrastructure as Code Deployment
# Google Cloud Storage (GCS) Specific Docs: https://docs.limacharlie.io/docs/adapter-types-gcs
sensor_type: "gcs"
gcs:
  bucket_name: "your-gcs-bucket-for-limacharlie-logs"
  service_account_creds: "hive://secret/gcs-service-account"
  client_options:
    identity:
      oid: "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
      installation_key: "YOUR_LC_INSTALLATION_KEY_GCS"
    platform: "json"
    sensor_seed_key: "gcs-log-processor"
    mapping:
      sensor_hostname_path: "resource.labels.instance_id"
      event_type_path: "logName"
      event_time_path: "timestamp"
    indexing: []
  # Optional configuration
  prefix: "security_logs/firewall/"  # Filter by path prefix
  parallel_fetch: 5                  # Parallel downloads
  single_load: false                 # Continuous processingAPI Doc
See the official documentation.
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