This article shows you how to connect your Google Cloud Storage bucket to CloudM Archive. Before you start, make sure you have met the Archive prerequisites and set up your storage bucket in Google Cloud Storage.
From Automate V3.6.0.0 (11 November 2026), storage configuration sits on one page. You add and test buckets, choose the default bucket and set retention periods in the same place.
Add a storage bucket
- Sign in to CloudM Automate.
- Go to Archive > Storage Configuration. The page lists your connected buckets.
- Click Add storage bucket.
- Upload the service account JSON key into the Service Account key field.
- Enter the bucket name you created earlier in the Bucket name field.
- Optional: enter a friendly name. This is the name shown in the list of buckets.
- Optional: if you have set up a KMS key, paste its resource name into the Encryption Key ID field.
- Make sure the Region matches the region you chose when you created the bucket.
- Test the connection to check the details are valid.
- If the credentials do not match the bucket name, you are shown an error. Correct it and test again.
- If the test keeps failing, check every step of setting up Google Cloud Storage, making sure all permissions are enabled and the credentials were added to CloudM Automate correctly.
- Save the bucket.
Set the default bucket
To make a bucket the default, turn on its default storage bucket toggle.
Edit an existing bucket
Select the bucket in the list on the Storage Configuration page to edit its configuration, then test the connection and save.
Next steps
- Set how long Mail, Drive and Chat are kept: see How to set the retention policy.
- To remove a bucket you no longer need, see How to delete or disconnect an Archive bucket.