Establishing the Connection to Google Cloud Data Fusion

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The communication between the Data Fusion Agent and the target system is established by Connection objects. The Data Fusion Connection object contains the parameters (target system endpoint, credentials and so on) required to authenticate on and connect to Data Fusion.

As an administrator user, you create the Data Fusion Connection objects that provide the log in data required to establish the connection to the Google Cloud Data Fusion system.

Tip:

To configure an Automic Automation Data Fusion Connection object you will need the authentication data (credentials, endpoints, and so forth) that enable the login to the target cloud solution. You can get this data from the team in your organization that is responsible for maintaining the target cloud solution.

If you use tokens for the authentication, make sure you create them first on you Data Fusion environment. For more information, please refer to the official Google Cloud Data Fusion documentation.

The Connection Object definition consists of an Agent-specific page and other pages that are common to all Connection objects.

This page includes the following:

Adding a Google Cloud Data Fusion Connection Object

  1. In the Automic Web Interface, go to the Process Assembly perspective. It opens to the Explorer view which contains the list of jobs that are available to you in your system.

  2. You have two options:

    • Right-click anywhere on the list and select Add > Add Object.

    • Click the Add Object button on the toolbar.

  3. On the Add Object dialog, start typing the name of the relevant integration in the Search field.

  4. Select the corresponding Connection object and click Add. The Object Name dialog is displayed.

  5. Enter a descriptive Name.

  6. Optionally, enter a short and descriptive Title that helps you recognize the purpose of the object.

  7. Click OK. A new page opens where you can start with the object definitions.

Google Cloud Data Fusion Page

This page contains a Connection and a Proxy section.

Google Cloud Data Fusion-Specific Connection Section

In this section, you define the parameters relevant for the connection to the Data Fusion system.

  • Endpoint

    URL that identifies the Google Cloud Data Fusion environment.

  • Authentication Type

    Service Account Key

  • Input Type

    Select how to provide the relevant authentication information for the service account:

    • File Path

      Enter the file path to the JSON file that contains the authentication information. Make sure that the file is available on the Agent machine (host).

    • JSON

      Enter the JSON payload definition.

Proxy Section

If the Google Cloud Data Fusion system is behind a proxy server, you define the parameters relevant for the connection to that system in this section.

  • Proxy Host Name

    Host name or IP address of the proxy server to which you want to connect.

  • Proxy Port

    Port used by the proxy server.

  • Proxy Username

    User name used to authenticate the proxy server.

  • Proxy Password

    Password of the user used to authenticate the proxy server.

Common Definition Pages

In addition to the Agent-specific connection parameters, you can also specify optional properties. You do so on the following definition pages:

Once the Connection object is configured, developers and object designers can select it when defining the Data Fusion Jobs.

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