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Google Cloud Storage buckets, authenticated with a service account key.

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At a Glance

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Credentials

Create a secret with the Google Cloud Storage provider type. The auth method is gcs_service_account, which requires: The service_account_json field expects the entire JSON key file contents as a string. Copy the full JSON output from gcloud iam service-accounts keys create — don’t extract individual fields.

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Location Setup

Example:

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Importing from rclone.conf

GCS remotes appear in rclone.conf as type = gcs (or type = google cloud storage). The importer needs the credentials inline via service_account_credentials; a remote that uses service_account_file (a local file path) cannot be imported — paste the JSON inline in your rclone.conf first, or create the secret manually. See the rclone import guide.